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CLEAN WATER RULE: 120 lawmakers want to block WOTUS with spending bill

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Nearly half of House Republicans are calling for an appropriations bill rider that would block federal funding for implementing the Obama administration's rule for Clean Water Act jurisdiction over isolated wetlands and streams.

CLIMATE: 64 groups endorse Obama's $750M request for U.N. fund

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More than 60 environmental, civil rights, faith, humanitarian and other organizations yesterday said they support the Obama administration's request to provide $750 million to a U.N. fund for developing countries to address climate change.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Clinton erupts over request to reject fossil fuel donations

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Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton yesterday lost her temper with a Greenpeace activist who asked the former secretary of State to reject donations tied to the fossil fuel industry.

SUPREME COURT: Obama to promote nominee during Chicago trip

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President Obama plans to travel home next week to the University of Chicago, where he taught constitutional law before entering politics, to tout his case for the Senate confirming Judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

TRANSPORTATION: 'Smart cities' tap technology as remedy to inequity

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Prepaid transit cards are the latest -- and maybe the oddest -- weapon in the war on poverty.

PUBLIC LANDS: Quiet activities generate billions for local communities -- study

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Hiking, camping, fishing and other non-motorized "quiet recreation" on lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management generate billions of dollars and support thousands of jobs in local communities across the West and Alaska.

AIR POLLUTION: Colo. governor urges EPA to halt ozone standard

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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) yesterday said it would be "a great idea" for U.S. EPA to suspend the ozone standard adopted last fall, a statement that swiftly won praise from business organizations and derision from one environmental group.

SUPREME COURT: Kennedy comments may indicate hot water for WOTUS rule

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AUSTIN, Texas -- Justice Anthony Kennedy made waves in environmental law this week when he called the Clean Water Act "arguably unconstitutionally vague." For critics of U.S. EPA's new Waters of the U.S. rule, or WOTUS, that was a welcome sign that the conservative justice who's often the high court's swing vote might be willing to help strike the Obama administration's contentious water regulation.

POWDER RIVER BASIN: ClimateWire's Harball previews new series on region's future amid coal manufacturing decline

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As coal prices face a steady decline and companies move to shut down operations, what is the future of coal in the Powder River Basin? In a new four-part series, ClimateWire tells the stories of two towns facing the effects of coal market shifts combined with new climate policies. On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire reporter Elizabeth Harball previews the series and discusses the political impacts of the region's economic woes.

KOSOVO: U.N. tribunal says Roma owed compensation for lead poisoning

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A U.N. human rights panel in Kosovo today asked the United Nations to apologize to the Roma community and reimburse it for the health impacts caused when displaced communities were relocated atop lead-poisoned sites after a bloody war in 1999.

SWEDEN: Ship runs aground at decommissioned nuclear plant

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A vessel used to haul nuclear waste ran aground today at a decommissioned nuclear power plant in Sweden.

CHINA: In rare protest, citizens oppose Syngenta deal over GMOs

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About 400 Chinese citizens have signed their names to protest the acquisition of Swiss-based seed and pesticide company Syngenta AG by the state-owned China National Chemical Corp. over fears of more genetically modified crops being planted throughout the country.

MARYLAND: State poised to outlaw pesticide linked to bee die-offs

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Maryland may become the first state to outlaw a certain type of pesticide that is linked to the decline in bee populations.

ILLINOIS: EPA tells state to fix its fuel cleanup budget standoff

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Federal regulators told Illinois officials they must start paying companies again to extract leaky fuel tanks from the ground or force gas station operators to cover removal costs, according to a letter dated March 21 and obtained by the Associated Press.

FLORIDA: State to spend $250M annually for Everglades cleanup

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Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) yesterday signed a bill that will require lawmakers to appropriate at least $250 million every year for the next 20 years for Everglades restoration.

ZIKA VIRUS: Americans know little to nothing about the disease

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Americans aren't very knowledgeable about the Zika virus, according to a new poll that found about four in 10 people say they've heard little or nothing about it.

AIR POLLUTION: Oil, natural gas permitting rule under OMB review

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U.S. EPA has sent a proposed final rule affecting Clean Air Act permitting requirements for oil and natural gas facilities to the Office of Management and Budget for review.

EPA: IG to audit agency's finances

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The U.S. EPA inspector general is taking a closer look at the agency's books.

NOAA: Agency unveils draft plan for buying commercial space data

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing a new process to buy commercial space data, amid congressional pressure to take advantage of an "emerging" industry.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Park's cat-vs.-bird battle reaches federal court

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Outdoor cat advocates and bird supporters are battling it out in a federal lawsuit over Jones Beach State Park in New York, which is home to two colonies of feral cats but also the spring home for tiny shorebirds called piping plovers.
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