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July 23, 2019

New Mexico Sets State Oil Production Record

By Kenneth Artz

New Mexico produced nearly 246 million barrels of oil in 2018, up more than 40 percent from the previous year, setting a new record for oil production in the state.

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Energy

July 22, 2019

Federal Coal Sales Won’t Impact Climate, Trump Administration Says

By Kenneth Artz

A federal district judge in Montana delivered a partial victory to the plaintiffs in a lawsuit calling for a halt to the Trump administration’s resumption of federal coal sales.

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Energy

Climate Change

July 18, 2019

New Hampshire Senate Rejects Plastic Bag, Soda Straw Bans

By Kelsey Hackem

New Hampshire will not ban thin-film plastic bags or limit restaurants’ use of plastic soda straws this year.

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Environment

July 11, 2019

Montana Utility Requests Solar Rate Change to Cover Costs

By Kelsey Hackem

NorthWestern Energy, Montana’s largest electric utility, has requested a rate review for its net-metering residential customers.

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Energy

Environment

July 10, 2019

Legislative Pulse: Examining Climate Change, Coal, and Environmental Protection in Pennsylvania

By H. Sterling Burnett

State Sen. Dave Argall explains how he is trying to promote sound science and economic analysis to energy and climate matters in Pennsylvania.

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Energy

Climate Change

July 10, 2019

Maine Legislature Considers Creating Statewide Electricity Monopoly

By Bonner R. Cohen

Lawmakers in Maine are considering a proposal to combine the state’s two investor-owned electric utilities into a single, monopoly, nonprofit utility.

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Energy

Environment

July 9, 2019

Interior Department Takes Steps to End Sue-and-Settle Agreements

The U.S. Department of Interior has identified the steps it is taking to improve transparency and public input for legal settlements it is considering.

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Environment

July 8, 2019

Mexican Gray Wolf Livestock Kills Are Rising Rapidly in Arizona and New Mexico

By Kenneth Artz

Endangered Mexican gray wolves, reintroduced by the federal government to parts of the Southwestern United States, have killed nearly as many cows and calves in the first four months of 2019 as they did all of last year.

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Environment

July 5, 2019

Justice Department Appeals Court Ruling Rejecting Road Through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge

By Kelsey Hackem

The U.S. Justice Department is appealing a decision by the Federal District Court of Alaska blocking the federal government from exchanging land with the state and an Alaskan Native Corporation to build a road through the Izembek Wildlife Refuge.

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Environment

July 4, 2019

Climate Models Overstate Temperature Impact of Carbon Dioxide, Study Confirms

By Bonner R. Cohen

A new study demonstrates climate models consistently overstate the warming effect of increasing carbon dioxide concentrations on climate.

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Climate Change

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