The new reforms bar governors’ partners from using their position for personal gain.
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Climate showdown on the Willamette in Oregon
Activists target shipping hubs to influence fossil fuel development in Alaska.
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Interior launches national conversation on federal coal
Should royalties be higher to account for social costs of climate change?
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Murkowski unveils energy plan for the nation
Highlights and what it would mean for Western states.
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Drought bill aims to build dams to alleviate water shortages
Despite the drought, agriculture in California is in better shape than you might think.
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How crowded are private prisons in the West?
A riot in Arizona puts the spotlight on for-profit incarceration.
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The counties that actively oppose a federal lands transfer
Commissioners fear states could reduce county power and remove public access.
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Obama designates three more national monuments
Vast stretches of Nevada and Northern California are now protected, bringing Obama’s count to 19.
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Efforts to save Utah’s Cedar Mesa reach a crescendo
Conflicting county and state proposals would provide various levels of protection.
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Court sides with industry on power plant emissions
Supreme Court decision is a setback to one of the biggest environmental actions of the Obama administration.
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Methane leaks from oil and gas production on federal lands
New proposals from EPA and BLM to curtail leaks are due out this summer.
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A door squeaks open for rural energy independence
A Colorado co-op just won some freedom from its giant power supplier. Now what?
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Latest: Clean Water Act to protect more waterways
After years of confusion over which waters are protected by the EPA, Waters of the US rule is updated.
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The sage grouse two-step
Massive federal sage grouse conservation plans strike a delicate balance.
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Hillary would charge new fees for fossil fuel extraction
Candidate for Democratic nomination tells Republican presidential hopefuls to heed scientists on global warming.
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Outfitters seek exemption from new federal minimum wage
Bill would allow recreation businesses to operate on federal land without paying staff $10.10 an hour.
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Senate committee votes to block Obama’s clean water rule
Republicans say new rule would give the federal government too much authority over waterways and wetlands.
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Prairie dog case challenges ESA
District judge rules ESA has no say over species that don’t have multi-state presence or economic impact.
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EPA says fracking could contaminate drinking water
Feds identify no widespread problem but concede to insufficient data.
Posted inJune 8, 2015: Tree of Life
Senate approves major reform of the chemical safety law
The biggest bipartisan environmental legislation to pass the Senate in decades.