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In this Dec. 4, 2014 photo released by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, a wolf from the Snake River Pack passes by a remote camera in eastern Wallowa County, Ore. A proposal to strip gray wolves of their remaining federal protections could clip the predators' rapid expansion across vast swaths of the U.S. West and Great Lakes. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife via AP)

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Wolves prove resilient, but proposal could curtail expansion

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and John Flesher Associated PressMarch 15, 2019

FILE - This June 30, 2017 remote camera image released by the U.S. Forest Service shows a female gray wolf and her mate with a pup born in 2017 in the wilds of Lassen National Forest in Northern California. U.S. wildlife officials plan to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, re-igniting the legal battle over a predator that's run into conflicts with farmers and ranchers after rebounding in some regions, an official told The Associated Press, Wednesday, March 6,...

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US plans to lift protections for gray wolves

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and John Flesher Associated PressMarch 7, 2019

FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2015 file photo, Dan Bender, with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office, takes a water sample from the Animas River near Durango, Colo. after the accidental release of an estimated 3 million gallons of waste from the Gold King Mine. Federal officials fear that at least six of the sites examined by The Associated Press could have blowouts like the one at Gold King. (Jerry McBride/The Durango Herald via AP, File)

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Polluted water pours daily from abandoned US mines

by Matthew Brown Associated PressFebruary 20, 2019

A Whiting Petroleum Co. pump jack pulls crude oil from the Bakken region of the Northern Plains near Bainville, Mont., Nov. 6, 2013. As the Trump administration rolls back environmental and safety rules for the U.S. energy sector, government projections show billions of dollars in savings reaped by companies will come at a steep cost: increased premature deaths and illnesses from air pollution, a jump in climate-warming emissions and more derailments of trains.

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Trump rollbacks for fossil fuel industries carry steep cost

by Matthew Brown Associated PressJanuary 27, 2019

FILE-In this March 10, 2015 file photo, firefighters burned about 30 acres of oak woodland Tuesday, March 10, 2015, during a prescribed burn along the eastern edge of Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Shasta County, Calif. Creating fire buffers between housing and dry grasslands and brush and burying spark-prone power lines underground would give people a better chance of surviving wildfires, experts say. So would controlled burns, a proven, historic practice that has been...

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Fatal California fires spur search for solutions

by Matthew Brown Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressNovember 14, 2018

FILE - In this May 22, 2014, file photo, sunlight reflects off of a chunk of coal at Dominion Terminal Associates' coal terminal in Newport News, Va. The Trump administration is considering using West Coast military bases or other federal properties as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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US wants to use West Coast military bases for coal exports

by Matthew Brown Associated PressOctober 15, 2018

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2013 photo, a grizzly bear cub rests near a cabin a few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. A court ruling Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, that blocked grizzly bear hunts in the U.S. West carries far wider political implications amid a push by Congress for sweeping changes to how imperiled species are managed. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)

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Congress seeks changes after grizzly hunt barred

by Matthew Brown Associated PressSeptember 26, 2018

Park Ranger Alex Martinez passes maps out and directs visitors at the Highway 140 gate as Yosemite National Park reopens in California, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. The nearly three-week closure was the result of a wildfire. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

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Yosemite reopens to visitors with smoky air, tight lodging

by Jocelyn Gecker Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressAugust 14, 2018

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 28, 2017 file photo, demonstrators gather in front of the White House in Washington, during a rally against President Donald Trump's Energy Independence Executive order. Environmental groups are preparing to go to court to battle Trump's efforts to roll back his predecessor's plans to curb global warming. But they say their first order of business is to mobilize a public backlash against an executive order Trump signed on Tuesday that eliminates many restrictions of fossil fuel production. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Environmental groups sue over climate actions

by Tammy Webber Associated Press, and Matthew Brown Associated PressMarch 29, 2017

FILE - In this May 5, 2016, file photo, coal miners wave signs as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally in Charleston, W.Va. President Barack Obama will leave behind a host of disputed actions and unfinished business on the environment, from blocked energy leases and mining projects to recent pollution restrictions and decisions on hundreds of potentially-imperiled species. Republicans emboldened by Trump's victory are gearing up to reverse many of the administration's signature environmental moves. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

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Obama environmental legacy at stake as GOP, industry align

by Matthew Brown Associated PressDecember 15, 2016