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List of Endangered Animals Beating Extinction as Trump Cuts Protections

Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.

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Colorado agencies call for removal of Roan Plateau parcels from federal oil and gas lease saleTwo Colorado agencies are asking the Bureau of Land Management to reconsider offering several parcels — including several atop the Roan Plateau — for oil and gas leasing in December, citing concerns about potential impacts...

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UAH receives $1 million in federal funding to improve Southeast drought monitoringHuntsville campus is home to the state climatologist's office.

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Wright: A glaring double standardColorado’s ongoing legal battle against federal rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act exposes a glaring double standard in our state’s approach to Western Slope conservation. In that lawsuit, our state argues passionately that the federal...

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Mayor Cara Spencer signs Board Bill 49 on data centersMayor Cara Spencer signs Board Bill 49, creating strict zoning, renewable energy, noise, water, and community-impact rules for data center development in St. Louis.

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Healey's budget office says Question 6 impact would be 'significant'Governor Maura Healey's state budget office said Question 6 could have a “significant impact” on state and local finances.

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Northeast Ohio ozone attainment: What it means and what it doesn'tNortheast Ohio now meets the federal ozone standard, helping clear the way for Ohio's effort to end E-Check. But the EPA designation measures long-term air quality, not whether today's air is healthy to breathe. Here's the difference between ozone attainment and the daily Air Quality Index.

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Winter restrictions for SW La. wildlife refuges begin Oct. 15Annual winter fishing and boating closures at the Southwest Louisiana National Wildlife Refuge Complex will begin one hour after sunset on Thursday, Oct. 15, federal officials announced. The seasonal restrictions […]

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Federal Lawyer Quits, Warns Trump Admin Is Creating “a Shitty Country”John Murdock, a top conservative lawyer at the Department of the Interior, has quit over what he calls an “assault on the rule of law.” Murdock is stepping down after 18 years at the federal agency because, as he wrote in a bombshell resignation letter obtained by The Guardian and Public Domain , “We are headed in the wrong direction.” A self-described…

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Conservative lawyer furiously resigns from Trump admin over 'glaring legal flaws': reportAn attorney who spent 18 years in the Interior Department's legal office has quit in protest, accusing the Trump administration of an "assault on the rule of law," according to The Guardian and Public Domain, which obtained his resignation letter. John Murdock, a conservative Christian who started at the department in 2002, left officially on September…

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Lawsuit filed to stop Hwy 41 project; missing SC man ID’edIn today’s news briefing, read about a lawsuit over the Highway 41 project, some closure in a Charleston cold case and President Donald Trump’s comments toward U.S. Senate candidate Annie Andrews.

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