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INDIA: Festival destroys banks of Yamuna River — group

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India's top environmental watchdog found that the Art of Living Foundation's World Culture Festival devastated the banks of the Yamuna River.

NEVADA: Bill would require cybersecurity plans for utilities

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Nevada lawmakers are considering a bill that would require a cybersecurity plan for critical infrastructure like utilities and telecommunication systems.

MARYLAND: Lawmakers move to let emergency responders assist animals

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When firefighters pull out special pet-sized oxygen masks to help animals involved in fires breathe, they are breaking a Maryland state law.

NEVADA: Governor's bill would allow energy loans

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A bill proposed by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) would let local governments create special improvement districts to allow commercial properties to finance energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy sources.

RAIL: Amtrak pushes for Gulf Coast line despite likely funding cuts

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Amtrak is close to bringing back passenger rail to the eastern part of the Gulf Coast, but the plans are hanging in the balance because of extensive funding cuts proposed in President Trump's budget outline.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Ford faults VW's charging station plan

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Competing automakers are joining the chorus of opposition to Volkswagen's plan to invest in electric vehicle charging stations following its emissions cheating.

DRINKING WATER: Chemical spill near Lake Michigan sparks concern

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A spill of hexavalent chromium, a cancer-causing metal, into a northwest Indiana tributary of Lake Michigan has prompted nearby areas to shut off their drinking water intake and close beaches.

CHEMICALS: Poor labeling led to chlorine cloud over Kan. — safety board

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The chlorine gas bubble that formed over Kansas and sent over 140 people to the hospital last year was due to inadequate loading station labels at a processing plant, among other things, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has found.

WILDLIFE: Greens sue feds over predator control plan

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Conservation groups sued the U.S. government yesterday over a plan to trap and kill up to 120 mountain lions and black bears in Colorado.

NEVADA STANDOFF: Lawyers wrap up arguments in 1st trial

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Prosecutors and defense attorneys gave their closing arguments yesterday in the first trial stemming from a 2014 standoff between ranchers and federal officials in Bunkerville, Nev.

OIL AND GAS: Court won't rehear coastal damage case

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A federal court won't rehear a Louisiana levee board's lawsuit against dozens of oil and gas companies over alleged flood risks to the U.S. southern coast.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Dying marsh prompts hunt for mystery bug

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Roseau cane, a wetland grass vital to the health of Louisiana's coast, is dying at an unprecedented rate in the Plaquemines Parish area, and the likely culprit is an invasive foreign bug.

MARINE MAMMALS: Manatees will survive 21st century — USGS

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Florida manatees should survive the 21st century, according to federal scientists.

EVERGLADES: Florida Senate OKs planned $1.5B reservoir

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The Florida Senate yesterday approved an ambitious plan to create a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee.

BRISTOL BAY: Pebble foes launch group as state renews key permit

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Alaskan commercial fishermen are coalescing around a new group to shield the Bristol Bay area in southwestern Alaska from the potential Pebble mine.

CLIMATE: Mich. Republican faces environmental questions at town hall

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Rep. Justin Amash's (R-Mich.) town hall this week was dominated by climate change concerns.

TOXICS: Senators: Fund lead cleanups at National Guard armories

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A group of Senate Democrats is asking appropriators to fund cleanup efforts at more than 400 National Guard armories across the country contaminated by lead dust.

PEOPLE: Bush EPA deputy gets lobbying waiver, joins business group

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Marcus Peacock, once a senior U.S. EPA official, has joined Business Roundtable.

PUBLIC LANDS: Groups call for transparency in Interior rules review

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is getting a lot of mail these days.

ADVOCACY: Planned climate march gains momentum

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Two weeks from now, thousands of people will surround the White House for a moment of silence followed by a "roar" of resistance to the Trump administration.
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