Remove deprecated environment loading utility

src/synthetic_dataset_generator/load_env.py

@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-import os
-from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict
-from dotenv import load_dotenv
-
-def load_env_file(env_path: Path | str) -> Dict[str, str]:
-    """
-    Load environment variables from a .env file.
-    
-    Args:
-        env_path: Path to the .env file
-        
-    Returns:
-        Dict of environment variables loaded
-    
-    Raises:
-        FileNotFoundError: If the .env file doesn't exist
-    """
-    env_vars = {}
-    
-    with open(env_path) as f:
-        for line in f:
-            line = line.strip()
-            if line and not line.startswith('#'):
-                key, value = line.split('=', 1)
-                key = key.strip()
-                value = value.strip()
-                os.environ[key] = value
-                env_vars[key] = value
-                
-    return env_vars
-
-
-def init_environment():
-    """Initialize environment variables."""
-    root_dir = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
-    env_file = root_dir / ".env"
-
-    # Load .env if it exists, but do not fail if it does not exist
-    if env_file.exists():
-        load_dotenv(env_file)
-    
-    # Verify required variables are set
-    if not os.getenv("HF_TOKEN"):
-        raise ValueError(
-            "HF_TOKEN environment variable is required. "
-            "Please set it in your .env file or environment."
-        )