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Energy

States, tribes get partial victory in Columbia River Basin salmon battle

Under a partial injunction, dams along the Columbia and Snake rivers must lower reservoir levels and increase fish spill.

Two years too late? Justices take up forum fight over Michigan pipeline

The justices questioned whether federal courts should jump into a state-led effort to take down an international pipeline.

Full DC Circuit grills DOJ over effort to claw back billions in green energy funds

A prior three-judge panel, led by two Donald Trump appointees, approved the government’s summary termination of the $16 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program.

Iran says students must respect ‘red lines’ after protests

The nation has vowed to retaliate "ferociously" against any attack from the United States, even a limited one, which Trump has publicly acknowledged he is considering.

San Francisco seeks breakaway from PG&E to create public utility

State Senator Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, is pushing a bill that would help the city move toward a public model.

Supreme Court takes up fossil fuel giants’ bid to skirt climate change lawsuit 

This is the first time the high court will weigh in on suits against fossil fuel companies from communities affected by climate change.