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Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
November 30, 2023
In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
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This Jan. 5, 2020, photo shows a bald eagle in Philadelphia. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states.
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ESI Energy Pleads Guilty to Killing 150 Eagles with Wind Turbines
The company was hit with a fine and sentenced to five years probation after being charged with three counts of violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act
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Feds to Require Valves on New Pipelines to Prevent Disasters
But safety advocates said the move would not have averted the accidents that prompted the new rule.
April 1, 2022
Endangered Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge, Gautier, Miss., Nov. 27, 2012.
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Wildlife Officials Reverse Course on Pesticide
Chemical manufacturers vowed to change product labels so the highly toxic pesticide is used more carefully.
March 9, 2022
Cleanup work at the site where more than 300,000 gallons of diesel spilled outside New Orleans.
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Pipeline Spills 300,000 Gallons of Diesel Near New Orleans
Thousands of fish, birds and other animals were killed.
January 13, 2022
Workers in protective suits clean the contaminated beach in Corona Del Mar after an oil spill off the Southern California coast, Oct. 7, 2021.
Energy
Leaking Oil Pipe's Safeguards Not Fully Working
The report gives no new details on a possible anchor strike suspected to be the cause of the 25,000-gallon spill.
December 9, 2021
Workers in protective suits clean a contaminated beach in Newport Beach, Calif., Oct.6, 2021.
Energy
Coast Guard Says 1,200-Foot Ship Dragged Calif. Oil Pipeline
The impact would have knocked a concrete casing off the pipe and pulled it more than 100 feet.
October 18, 2021
A member of the Center for Biological Diversity, in polar bear costume, protests the Keystone XL pipeline during a visit by then-President Barack Obama to Los Angeles, May 7, 2014.
Energy
Fight Over Canadian Oil Rages on After Pipeline's Demise
As the Keystone XL fight escalated, Canadian crude exports to the U.S. steadily increased.
June 11, 2021
A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont., April 4, 2013.
Energy
Judge Rejects Bid to Delay Lawsuit Over Coal on Public Lands
Environmentalists want to shut down the program permanently.
June 7, 2021
Pumpjacks in a field near Lovington, N.M., April 24, 2015.
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US Pauses Oil, Gas Lease Sales from Public Land
The Interior Department cancelled sales through June amid a review of how the program contributes to climate change.
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In Shift, Oil Industry Group Backs Federal Price on Carbon
Members of the American Petroleum Institute include ExxonMobil, Chevron and other oil giants.
March 26, 2021
Oil well east of Casper, Wyo., Feb. 26, 2021.
Energy
As Climate Fight Shifts, Biden Faces a Formidable Foe
The U.S. oil and gas industry is much larger and more influential than the coal sector.
March 12, 2021
A mechanized shovel loads a haul truck with coal at the Spring Creek coal mine near Decker, Mont., April 4, 2013.
Energy
Judge Orders Consideration of Coal Mine's Climate Costs
A federal judge says U.S officials downplayed the environmental costs of a massive Montana coal mine.
February 5, 2021
A mechanized shovel loads coal onto a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont., April 4, 2013.
Energy
Judges Nixes Bid to Stop Revived Coal Sales
A coalition of states, environmental groups and American Indians sought to revive an Obama-era moratorium.
May 26, 2020
A fireball at the site of an oil train derailment near Casselton, N.D., Dec. 30, 2013.
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Trump Administration Moves to Block Wash. Oil Train Law
The Department of Transportation determined federal law preempts the state law adopted last year.
May 12, 2020