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"The Senate moved last night to expedite major bipartisan conservation legislation to the floor for consideration."

"The heads of EPA and the departments of the Interior and Energy were at a conservative political conference late last month also attended by a confirmed carrier of a respiratory illness that's spreading rapidly and taking a toll on global markets."

"Democratic White House hopefuls Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders believe climate change is an existential threat, that the United States should immediately rejoin global climate talks, and that fossil fuel workers need help adjusting to a cleaner energy economy. The similarities end there."

"Oil rigs may soon be coming to the nation’s largest wildlife refuge. We find out what that could mean to the people who live there."

"A lawsuit for damages related to climate change brought by the city of Baltimore can be heard in Maryland state courts, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday. The decision is a setback for the fossil fuel industry, which had argued that the case should be heard in federal court, where rulings in previous climate cases have favored the industry."

"The administration failed to follow key practices to show the reason for reforming a workplace and why employees were asked to relocate"

"An EPA advisory panel's sharp rebukes of the Trump administration's Clean Water Act protections and vehicle emissions standards have provided a partial blueprint for how critics could challenge the rules in court."

"Senate Democrats appear to be narrowing their efforts to battle climate change through a fast-moving energy bill, focusing on two amendments that have proven controversial in the upper chamber."

"An influential climate-denial think tank bankrolled by President Donald Trump’s far-right billionaire donors has laid off nearly a dozen staffers amid financial troubles, according to three former employees."

"An appeals court judge who helped preserve Obama-era ozone protections, chided energy regulators for inadequate climate analysis and played a key role in legal wrangling over the Clean Power Plan is set to retire later this year."