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AIR POLLUTION: EPA delays Del. ozone compliance petition response

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U.S. EPA is giving itself another six months to address Delaware's complaint that a coal-fired power plant in southwestern Pennsylvania is contributing to ozone compliance problems.

EPA: Exiting enforcement chief defends 'new generation' strategy

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U.S. EPA enforcement chief Cynthia Giles has been there from the beginning of the Obama administration.

EPA: Deputy looks to next generation of environmental leaders

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Stan Meiburg, U.S. EPA's acting deputy administrator, had his retirement party last week. His second one.

PIPELINES: PHMSA rules to speed up spill-response time

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The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on Wednesday issued a rule to boost pipeline safety by improving notification-response time after a spill.

PUBLIC LANDS: Man admits making meth after BLM rangers find waste

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A caretaker of a Montana ranch admitted to making methamphetamine but denied throwing from a truck and onto public land a backpack with a bottle actively cooking the substance.

WATER POLLUTION: Reclamation settles over Columbia River oil discharges

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The Bureau of Reclamation yesterday settled allegations over pollution in the Columbia River by obtaining a pollution permit.

WILDLIFE: Forest Service, Idaho illegally collected environmental data

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A judge yesterday ordered the state of Idaho to destroy data collected illegally from tracking collars placed on elk and wolves.

YELLOWSTONE: Jail time, fines for pranksters who trespassed on hot spring

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Three Canadians accused of walking on an ecologically fragile hot spring yesterday pleaded guilty.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA offers 2-pronged legal attack on MACT rule critics

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U.S. EPA sought yesterday to parry a two-sided attack on its emission standards for brick and ceramic manufacturers, arguing in a newly filed court brief that the new limits are strong enough to satisfy public health requirements, yet not skewed against industry.

OBITUARY: Woman who battled river development dies at 94

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A Texan woman who halted development along a Houston river in the 1960s and kick-started the city's environmental movement has died.

SCIENCE: Researchers enter dome to simulate living on Mars

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Six scientists will live in a dome on a remote Hawaii volcano for a NASA study on human behavior designed to help the agency plan for trips to Mars.

WILDLIFE: Circus shutdown raises concern for animals' future

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The largest circus company in the nation will strike its tents this spring, leaving dozens of animals in limbo.

WILDLIFE: Groups sue feds over farming in waterfowl refuges

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Three environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that a plan for five southern Oregon and Northern California wildlife refuges does not sufficiently protect or restore critical habitat for tens of thousands of migrating waterfowl.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Battle over Ore. lands winds down, for now

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The battle over new national monuments in Oregon seems to be winding down.

BLM: Kornze urges staff to keep engaged despite 'pendulum' swings

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Neil Kornze, who yesterday ended more than two years as director of the Bureau of Land Management, told the agency's staff in a farewell email that they have much to be proud of, and he urged them to "continue to tackle the nation's most exciting and complicated natural resource issues."

COAL: Pizarchik laments 'pure propaganda' against Obama regs

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Joe Pizarchik heads back home to Pennsylvania this week as the longest-serving director ever at the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.

FISH AND WILDLIFE: Ashe goes to zoo, aquarium group; Kurth named acting chief

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Dan Ashe is headed to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, after more than five years of directing the Fish and Wildlife Service through periods of controversy, budget cuts and landmark decisions.

CLIMATE: Gore pushes action at Sundance documentary premiere

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Former Vice President Al Gore called for a continued push on climate change yesterday at the premiere of his new documentary, which opened this year's Sundance Film Festival.

FORESTRY: Pruitt 'very concerned' about sustainable lumber policy

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The federal government may look to loosen restrictions on where it buys lumber, ending a conflict over which sustainable forestry programs it favors.

Q&A: Clinton confidante Granholm isn't moving to Canada

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Die-hard Hillary Clinton supporter Jennifer Granholm helped lay the plans for an administration that never happened.
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