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A bison grazes in a snow covered pasture at the Wilder buffalo ranch near McLaughlin, S.D. The Obama administration will use $1.1 billion in firearm taxes to help states with environmental programs. (AP Photo/Doug Dreyer)

Energy and Environment

Feds use tax revenue from gun sales to fix the environment

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March 7, 2016 11:23 pm

$States and industry groups filed initial court briefs late Friday backing their lawsuits against the Department of Interior's fracking rules that went into effect last year. The groups argue that the agency's Bureau of Land Management is overstepping its authority in regulating the drilling process on federal land. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley/File)$

Energy and Environment

States oppose Obama’s ‘end run around’ Congress on fracking

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March 7, 2016 5:58 pm

Christine Todd Whitman, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency under former President George W. Bush, says climate change is a Republican issue. After all, it was Richard Nixon who created the EPA. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Former Republican EPA chief searches for a middle ground on climate

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March 7, 2016 5:01 am

Experts say the move is critical for the military, which needs to keep its wartime operations going without interruption, notably drone operations that rely on electricity-dependent communications and information-technology hardware. (Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Off the grid: Pentagon readies for cyberattack

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March 7, 2016 5:01 am

Apache announced late Thursday that it would be closing its operations in the state, assuring that its pulling out of Alaska would have a

Energy and Environment

Cheap oil forces driller to wave goodbye to Alaska

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March 4, 2016 11:09 pm

Energy and Environment

Senate approves pipeline safety bill

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March 4, 2016 12:11 am

West Virginia lost 19,000 jobs in one year, Sen. Joe Manchin tells Energy chief Ernest Moniz. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Energy and Environment

Dem to Obama: Stop ‘beating the living crap’ out of coal country

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March 3, 2016 6:20 pm

Energy and Environment

Study: Obama oil tax raises more questions than answers

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March 3, 2016 4:51 pm

Chief Justice John Roberts squashed an attempt roll back new pollution standards for power plants. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Energy and Environment

Supreme Court slams states’ motion to halt EPA rules

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March 3, 2016 3:31 pm

A group of 20 states asked the court last month to halt the standards. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP)

Energy and Environment

EPA asks Supreme Court to deny states’ motion to halt pollution rules

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March 3, 2016 12:48 am

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