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ENERGY POLICY: Bills would reform FERC, promote storage

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Lawmakers yesterday introduced a trio of bills aimed at boosting public participation at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, clearing the regulatory path for new electricity projects and increasing tax incentives for storage projects.

PUBLIC HEALTH: How a 19th-century cholera outbreak offers clues for Zika fight

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Scientists are scrambling to understand how environmental factors drive the Zika virus' spread across Latin America and the Caribbean.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Pacific fracking poses no significant threat -- Obama admin

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Hydraulic fracturing in the Pacific Ocean won't have a significant environmental impact, federal regulators announced today.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Appeals court rips BLM review of contested Ore. wind project

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A federal appeals court has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management's review of a controversial wind power project in southeast Oregon "did not adequately address impacts to the greater sage grouse," throwing the future of the project BLM approved nearly five years ago into doubt.

LAW: Trump's sister likes EPA better than he does

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Environmentalists are mobilizing against presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has suggested scrapping U.S. EPA and ridiculed the notion of man-made global warming. But his big sister, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, has a track record of cracking down on pollution and siding with federal agencies.

NEPAL: Army drains glacial lake near Everest to combat climate change

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Nepalese army personnel and community members have begun work to drain rising waters in Lake Imja, which sits near Mount Everest at over 16,000 feet.

SOUTH KOREA: Nation to crack down on diesel emissions

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South Korea announced new measures today to combat smog and air pollution.

DRINKING WATER: 100,000 in Ala. warned to avoid contaminated taps

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A water authority in Alabama issued a warning to more than 100,000 customers saying their drinking water may be contaminated with a chemical linked to cancer.

DRINKING WATER: Residents sue Philadelphia utility over lead tests

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Residents in Philadelphia have launched a class-action lawsuit and lead water-testing campaign, claiming the city's water department is doing a worse job at protecting its water than Flint, Mich.

NATIONAL LABS: Los Alamos cleanup to cost twice DOE's estimate -- N.M.

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New Mexico's Environment Department said it could cost $4 billion over 10 years to clean up Los Alamos National Laboratory. The figure is twice the amount the Department of Energy proposed last week.

EPA: Agency readies for Metro mess

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U.S. EPA is preparing its headquarters employees for what is anticipated to be a disruptive commute over the coming year.

EPA: Agency engineer, lawyer getting public service award

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A U.S. EPA attorney and environmental engineer have won a high-profile public service prize for their work at the agency.

WIND: Turbines find bipartisan home in Iowa

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Iowa is the No. 2 wind power producer in the country but No. 1 in the proportion of its energy produced from wind. And 1.3 million to 1.5 million homes are powered by wind as a result, according to the American Wind Energy Association.

TECHNOLOGY: 'Bionic leaf' makes liquid fuels without using farmland

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Harvard scientists have created a "bionic leaf" that they say holds the potential to generate liquid fuels without using the massive amounts of farmland typically required for biofuels.

COAL: Peabody sues former partner over scuttled deal as layoffs mount

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Peabody Energy Corp. sued Bowie Resource Partners LLC on Wednesday over a scuttled deal for three coal mines that tipped the world's largest private-sector coal producer into bankruptcy.

NATIONAL PARKS: Yellowstone seeks justice for High on Life pranksters

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Federal arrest warrants have been issued for four men from the Canadian clothing and entertainment company High on Life after they walked off trails and dipped their hands into a delicate hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in a social media promotion.

GULF SPILL: BP settles for $175M with investors

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BP PLC has said it will pay $175 million to settle a claim that the company misled shareholders by minimizing the severity of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that left 11 workers dead and led to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

NATIONAL PARKS: Man who put Yellowstone calf in his car gets probation

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A French-Canadian man received six months of probation and a $200 fine yesterday after pleading guilty to interfering with wildlife at Yellowstone National Park.

OREGON STANDOFF: Judge OKs release of 2 defendants

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Two more defendants facing federal conspiracy charges after the 41-day takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were granted pretrial release by a federal judge.

FLOODS: 5 Fort Hood soldiers die after truck overturns in creek

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Five soldiers based at Fort Hood in Texas died after their Army truck overturned in a swollen creek yesterday.
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