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New York Attorney General Letitia James has led legal battles against the Trump administration’s gutting of environmental protections. Read More

Lawsuit: The agency’s decision — based on the strength of exporting countries’ marine mammal protections — lacked “reasoned explanation, fishery-specific evidence, or consideration of the devastating domestic and international economic consequences they are already causing.” Read More

“There’s this feeling that the river just feels different. It feels stronger. It feels cleaner,” said the Yurok Tribe’s fisheries director. Read More

Layoffs were expected Friday at EPA and the Interior, Energy and Commerce departments, among others. Read More

Another 35 commercial-scale solar projects have been frozen in the Bureau of Land Management review process. Read More

Staff interviewed by POLITICO’s E&E News said they remain in the dark about how much longer they’ll be working during the government shutdown. Read More

Public records responses and open government websites are anticipated to stall, if not outright stop, during the lapse in funding. Read More

The New Jersey-based company described an “untenable path forward for used fuel storage in New Mexico.” The move would allow it to work with other states that are more amenable, it said. Read More