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APPROPRIATIONS: Interior-EPA bill to get House floor time

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House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) said this morning he expected the fiscal 2017 Interior and Environment spending bill to move to the floor in early July.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA seeks comments on nominees to hot-button science panel

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U.S. EPA is seeking public comment on a slate of seven nominees for a slot on its Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), the panel charged with providing scientific and technical expertise in the agency's periodic reviews of the standards for ozone, particulate matter and four other "criteria" pollutants.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Rubio cites Senate control, White House concerns in about-face

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Republican Sen. Marco Rubio announced today he will seek re-election to his Florida seat, reversing course after vowing for months that he would be a "private citizen" following his failed GOP presidential primary bid.

PUBLIC LANDS: Critics exult after fracking rule's legal collapse

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Opponents of the Obama administration's hydraulic fracturing rule are rejoicing today after a federal court's monumental decision to strike down the years-in-the-making regulation.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Clinton talks climate, fossil fuels during Hill meeting

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Hillary Clinton promoted climate change action during her hourlong meeting with House Democrats this morning that focused largely on strategy for helping the party win Congress and the White House in November.

HOUSE: Democrats stage sit-in for gun control, paralyzing business

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Several dozen Democrats sat down on the House floor this morning to protest Republican opposition to gun control legislation.

CHEMICALS: Obama signs TSCA reform into law

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President Obama signed into law today the first overhaul to the nation's chemical laws in nearly 40 years, a milestone in the history of environmental legislation and a feather in the caps of Democrats and Republicans alike.

TEXAS: Benzene spill briefly closes section of Houston Channel

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The Coast Guard is investigating a chemical spill that closed a section of the Houston Ship Channel for more than two hours yesterday.

SOUTH DAKOTA: Man guilty of using illegal pesticide, killing bald eagle

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A South Dakota man Wednesday was found guilty for his use of an illegal pesticide that ended up killing a bald eagle, according to the U.S. district attorney's office.

LOUISIANA: 3 monkeys killed by dogs at Baton Rouge Zoo

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Three monkeys died this week in a Baton Rouge, La., zoo after they were attacked by dogs.

GULF SPILL: Deepwater Horizon will cost BP a total of $61.6B

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BP PLC has pegged the final cost for its 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill at $61.6 billion, the company said yesterday.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA seeks info on tech innovations to curb industry releases

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U.S. EPA is looking for public feedback on how to better stem emissions from the oil and gas industry following last month's release of regulations to curb releases of methane, volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants.

ARMY CORPS: Sacramento district already implementing WOTUS -- critic

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The Army Corps of Engineers' Sacramento District began implementing the Clean Water Rule before it became final, said a California-based environmental consultant.

AGRICULTURE: Big food companies underwriting switch to organic

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The demand for organic crops is outpacing supply so much that major companies are subsidizing farmers to repurpose land to accommodate for organic.

WIND ENERGY: N.Y. utility plans largest offshore farm in U.S.

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A New York utility is slated to sign off on a wind farm off eastern Long Island that would apparently be the nation's largest offshore wind project to date.

SOLAR ENERGY: Calif. plants set electricity production record this week

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California's solar plants produced a record 8,030 megawatts of electricity just after 1 p.m. Tuesday -- enough power for more than 6 million homes, and almost twice as much solar power as California could generate two years ago.

EMISSIONS: EPA updates 20-year-old landfill standards

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U.S. EPA updated 20-year-old emissions standards today for new and existing solid waste landfills.

OREGON STANDOFF: Key defendant in wildlife refuge occupation to plead guilty

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A key defendant in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation case will plead guilty Tuesday.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Drug robbery ruling shouldn't sway prairie dog case -- Utah

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Utah is fighting the Obama administration's argument that a recent Supreme Court drug robbery ruling supports federal prairie dog protections.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Activists denied standing in tortoise case

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Animal rights advocates don't have legal standing to sue the government in a case aimed at prodding endangered species protections for tortoises, federal judges ruled today.
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