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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks at the University of Maryland, May 11, 2023, in College Park, Md. Regan said he fully supports his agency's decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska's salmon-rich Bristol Bay in a telephone interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)

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EPA head says he's 'proud' of decision to block Alaska mine and protect salmon-rich Bristol Bay
By MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-4:28PM , 70 Reads
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The nation’s top environmental official said he fully supports his agency’s decision to block a proposed gold and copper mine in Alaska’s salmon-rich Bristol Bay, even as the state of Alaska has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn that action.
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Three wind turbines stand in the water off Block Island, R.I, the nation's first offshore wind farm, Aug. 15, 2016. In a first-of-its kind auction for the Gulf of Mexico, a company bid $5.6 million Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023 to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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$5.6 million bid for one offshore tract marks modest start for Gulf of Mexico wind energy
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-3:37PM , 156 Reads
In a first-of-its kind auction for the Gulf of Mexico, a company bid $5.6 million Tuesday to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation.
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Fires burn along Highway 27 in Beauregard Parish, La., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. The wildfire in southwestern Louisiana forced 1,200 residents in the town of Merryville, located in Beauregard Parish, to evacuate on Thursday. (Brad Bowie/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Louisiana plagued by unprecedented wildfires, as largest active blaze grows
By SARA CLINE - Associated Press
Tue,08/29/23-3:25PM , 145 Reads
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — One of the largest wildfires in Louisiana history continues to burn through land and threaten rural communities, which are used to flooding and hurricanes this time of year rather than drought and blazes.
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Texas A&M head coach Jimbo Fisher speaks during NCAA college football Southeastern Conference Media Days, Monday, July 17, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Texas A&M opens their season at home against New Mexico on Sept. 2. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

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From Texas A&M to Auburn, the SEC is loaded with new offensive playcallers. There are 10 in all
By JOHN ZENOR - AP Sports Writer
Tue,08/29/23-3:08PM , 91 Reads
Jimbo Fisher and Hugh Freeze have enjoyed considerable success as offensive playcallers. Ditto Eliah Drinkwitz.
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