"Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz, who was removed from her job last fall after undisclosed allegations were made against her, has been cleared of any wrongdoing and is returning to the park."
"The House Judiciary Committee passed the bipartisan bill, known as the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act, or NOPEC, on a voice vote."
"A federal appeals court is reconsidering its ruling last year that ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban a particular pesticide."
"Pittsburgh’s beleaguered water authority will spend $50 million to replace lead service lines, give filters to low-income residents and take other steps to address the city’s lead crisis under a settlement approved Thursday by state utility regulators."
"The Republican-led Michigan House voted Wednesday to reject Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s environmental order that would reshape the state environmental agency, saying the Democrat overstepped in seeking to eliminate new business-backed panels that were given a regulatory role under 2018 laws."
"The National Park Service has reversed course on its decision to use revenues from its visitor and recreation fees to pay for basic operations during the 35-day partial government shutdown."
"No new seismic studies will be conducted this winter in the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge due to questions raised about the impacts of testing on local polar bear populations and tundra conditions, the Bureau of Land Management said this week."
"House Democrats this morning announced which lawmakers they plan to appoint to a new committee on climate change, a move that underlines the party's intent to make global warming a priority this Congress — at least rhetorically."
"For months, the term Green New Deal has been bandied about by Democrats in Congress and on the campaign trail for president as their catchall phrase for a sweeping effort to halt runaway climate change."
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