The nation's chemicals watchdog yesterday called for more congressional funding to close an "investigative gap" identified in last month's damning report by U.S. EPA's inspector general.
CHEMICALS: Safety board must 'come to grips' with funding -- CSB chair
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TOXICS: EPA unveils formaldehyde rule
U.S. EPA released a pre-publication copy of a final rule yesterday aimed at reducing exposure to formaldehyde vapors from wood products.
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DRINKING WATER: Thousands still without running taps after oil spill
Thousands of people in Saskatchewan remain without running water due to an oil spill in the North Saskatchewan River.
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DRINKING WATER: Fla. OKs increase of chemicals in supplies
Florida could see a rise in chemicals in drinking water supplies under regulations approved this week.
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COAL: Moratorium battle lines harden as Interior comment period ends
Thousands of public comments and six public meetings on the Interior Department's coal-leasing moratorium have done little more than dig trenches deeper on both sides of the debate.
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TECHNOLOGY: Los Angeles wants Google to count its trees
After four years of drought, Los Angeles officials want to know how many trees the city has left, and they want Google and the California Institute of Technology to help.
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PLANTS: Man gets prison time for poaching 970 Venus flytraps
After uprooting 970 Venus flytraps from eastern North Carolina last year with three accomplices, one man has been sentenced to six to 17 months in prison.
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NATIONAL PARKS: Yellowstone vandal gets jail time
A Texas man will serve three days in jail and pay $290 in fines after carving his initials into a monument in Yellowstone National Park.
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OREGON STANDOFF: Judge yanks custody for mom of kids who sang for occupiers
The mother of children who sang for the armed militia that took over a wildlife sanctuary in Oregon lost custody after being accused of physical and emotional abuse of the children.
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TRIBES: U.S. judge issues warrant for repatriation of Pueblo shield
The Department of Justice is attempting to get back a stolen tribal shield from a French auction house that has come under fire in recent months for selling Native American religious objects.
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PUBLIC LANDS: Legendary speed racer dies in crash at Bonneville Salt Flats
Renowned land speed motorcycle racer Sam Wheeler died Monday at the age of 72 after a 200-mph racing accident on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.
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NATIONAL PARKS: Rangers kill problem bear in Denali
Park rangers at Denali National Park in Alaska have killed a problem brown bear, citing its health and behavior for the decision.
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COASTAL EROSION: Towns unite to seek solutions on Lake Michigan shoreline woes
For nearly 200 years, man-made structures have jutted into Lake Michigan on Chicago's north shore, impeding the natural southward drift of sand and providing beaches and harbors.
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WILDLIFE: Elephant poaching down, but too many still killed -- report
Illegal poaching of African elephants has fallen from record peaks, but the animals are still killed for their ivory far too often, according to an international report released today.
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WILDFIRES: Deadly blazes destroy homes, prompt park closures
Two deadly wildfires are continuing to wreak havoc in Central and Southern California, including a blaze along the state's picturesque coast that killed a firefighter and prompted several trail closures and hiker rescues in Los Padres National Forest.
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SOLAR: Video shows promise for surveying bird deaths -- USGS
Video cameras may be the best way for solar developers to track birds, bats and insects that fly near "power towers" and are a key tool to understanding how the massive facilities affect wildlife, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.
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AIR POLLUTION: Dems urge EPA to slash NOx emissions from trucks
Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and almost 30 other congressional Democrats have lined up behind a regulatory bid to slash nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from heavy-duty trucks.
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CLIMATE: Republicans urge Jewell to scrap methane rule
House Republicans asked Interior Secretary Sally Jewell yesterday to withdraw a proposed rule aimed at reducing methane emissions from oil and gas wells on federal land.
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PESTICIDES: Companies, golf courses spend big to fight chemical reforms
The chemical industry and golf course operators have spent millions on lobbying efforts to reform pesticide rules, the White Plains [N.Y.] Journal News has found.
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PEOPLE: Land Trust Alliance brings on new executive
The Land Trust Alliance is bringing on a new top official.
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