A conservative legal group has gone to court to block a U.S. EPA advisory panel from convening Monday on the grounds that its members aren't independent of the agency.
EPA: Group sues over makeup of scientific advisory panel
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WILDLIFE: Bear cubs rescued from tree after mother electrocuted
Three bear cubs in Massachusetts were rescued from a tree by state environmental workers after their mother was electrocuted by a nearby transformer.
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OCEANS: Coal dust spill could devastate Great Barrier Reef -- study
A new study says a coal spill on the Great Barrier Reef would devastate ocean life.
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PUBLIC LANDS: BLM backs down from private meeting on Bonneville Salt Flats
A public meeting to discuss the future of the Bonneville Salt Flats will be open to the public after all, the Bureau of Land Management said.
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FISHERIES: Air pollution suffocates species
Billions of phytoplankton are eating air pollution in the Pacific Ocean.
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WILDFIRES: Vilsack fears 'serious situation' in bone-dry Calif.
The coming wildfire season will be especially severe in California and the Southwest, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today, as the Department of Agriculture continues to press Congress to change the way it pays for firefighting.
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CAMPAIGN 2016: Leader of Ky. nuclear worker union calls Clinton 'only hope'
Ahead of today's Kentucky presidential primary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton paid a visit to Paducah yesterday that drew praise from some workers at the Energy Department's nearby gaseous diffusion plant.
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CLIMATE: NRDC ads tout new EPA methane regulations
The Natural Resources Defense Council this week launched what it calls a "significant" digital ad buy in praise of U.S. EPA's new methane regulations for the oil and gas industry.
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SUPREME COURT: Garland delay 'unfortunate' -- former justice
Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens today said it's regrettable that President Obama's nominee to the high court is being blocked by Senate Republicans.
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FEDERAL AGENCIES: IGs push for access to all records
Federal agency internal watchdogs are calling on Senate leaders to pass legislation that would bolster their authority.
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TRANSPORTATION: House GOP ignores Obama's oil tax in new spending plan
A House Appropriations subcommittee today released a proposed transportation spending bill that, as expected, does not take into account President Obama's desire to raise the oil tax to promote climate-friendly transportation systems.
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APPROPRIATIONS: House Republicans take aim at NOAA's climate work
Climate research would take a hit under a House spending bill released today that cuts the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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CLIMATE: Ford puts carbon capture -- literally -- in the driver's seat
CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Ford Motor Co. is capturing carbon while making cars and turning it into a foam used in seats and interiors, Executive Chairman Bill Ford said here yesterday.
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PUBLIC LANDS: The West's open spaces are disappearing -- study
Human impacts like roads, mines, commercial and residential buildings, and logging consumed a football field's worth of natural area every 2 ½ minutes between 2001 and 2011.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Some rage, rage against the dying of the incandescent light
The incandescent light bulb may be about to burn out forever.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: Latest legal twist shuffles calendars, prospects
With the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's surprise decision to push Clean Power Plan arguments to September before the full court, dozens of lawyers are now shuffling their schedules and planning for a new legal timeline.
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THAILAND: Nation closes popular island for habitat recovery
Thai authorities have closed Koh Tachai, a popular beach destination, to tourists to allow the island in the Andaman Sea to recover.
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PESTICIDES: Leaders of panel that backed glyphosate took Monsanto funding
The United Nations panel that recently found glyphosate was not likely to be a human carcinogen has since been roiled by conflict-of-interest allegations.
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BIOTECH: GMOs safe for humans -- study
Genetically engineered crops are no riskier than traditional ones, a new study found.
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CHEMICALS: Potentially harmful nanoparticles found in baby formulas
Potentially hazardous nanoparticles are currently being used in a number of popular baby formula products.
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