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The environment stands to be a big loser now that Republicans have

recaptured control of the U.S. Senate and expanded their lead in the

U.S. House. Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) -- who had a zero percent

score (that's right, a goose egg) from the League of Conservation

Voters in the last session of Congress -- is widely expected to

become chair of the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee,

which plays a lead role in debates over such issues as clean air,

transportation, and Superfund. Trent Lott ®, soon to be the Senate

majority leader, spoke today of an " aggressive " push to advance such

GOP goals as passing a major energy bill that would allow drilling in

the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Environmentalists had hoped

that the tragic loss of their champion Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn.)

would be assuaged slightly by a Democratic victory in Minnesota's

Senate race; earlier today, however, former Vice President Walter

Mondale (D) conceded the close race to Republican Norm Coleman.