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RWANDA: Rhinos return to national park

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Ten eastern black rhinos have been relocated to a national park in Rwanda from South Africa.

UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit causes territories to neglect environment — officials

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Distracted by Brexit, British territories are neglecting wildlife and the environment, according to environmental ministers.

WISCONSIN: Assembly set to ease well use oversight

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The Wisconsin Legislature will vote today on a bill to ease regulations on high-capacity wells.

COLORADO: Bill to ease coal plant closures passes House

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The Colorado House passed a bill yesterday that would ease the decommissioning process for old coal plants as well as help rural communities hurt by the closures.

FLORIDA: House denies vote on fracking investment bill

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Florida's largest power company failed to get enough backers for its plan to charge customers for out-of-state hydraulic fracturing investments.

FLOODS: Mo. utilities warn of shutdowns as river levels rise

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Missouri American Water requested yesterday that St. Louis County customers voluntarily conserve water while they await "near record-setting" flooding that could close one of the utility's treatment facilities this week.

WATER POLLUTION: Omnibus requires Pentagon to own up to base contamination

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The spending bill for fiscal 2017 expected to pass through Congress this week includes a provision that would require the Defense Department to identify all of the hundreds of military bases where drinking water may have been contaminated by firefighting foam.

DRINKING WATER: 18K-plus water systems violated regulations in '15 — report

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Drinking water systems serving almost 77 million people across the country were in violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act in 2015, according to a report from the Natural Resources Defense Council.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Okla. Senate OKs bill to charge EV owners $100 a year

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Oklahoma is poised to charge a $100-a-year fee to owners of electric vehicles despite opposition from automakers.

ELECTRICITY: Total solar eclipse could tax grid

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A total solar eclipse coming in August is forcing utilities to make contingency plans for an electric grid that increasingly relies on solar energy.

PEOPLE: Obama DOE fossil energy chief joins Rice

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Christopher Smith, a former Department of Energy assistant secretary for fossil energy during the Obama administration, is joining Rice University.

WIND: Strong demand fuels 1Q surge in U.S. generation capacity

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The U.S. wind energy sector added 2,000 megawatts of generation capacity in the first months of the Trump administration, a first-quarter surge matched only by the beginning of the Obama administration, when a massive federal stimulus gave the industry a multibillion-dollar boost.

PARIS AGREEMENT: Think tank sees Trump failing to meet emissions pledge

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President Trump's executive actions on energy during his first 100 days put the United States on course to fall far short of its carbon-cutting goals under the Paris Agreement, according to a new analysis.

PEOPLE: Former EPA enforcement official joins law firm

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Sidley Austin LLP has snagged a former U.S. EPA enforcement official for its environmental practice, the firm announced yesterday.

AIR POLLUTION: Wyo., power producers seek halt of regional haze litigation

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The state of Wyoming and two power producers are seeking to freeze proceedings in litigation over regional haze regulations following the Trump administration's recent endorsement of a partial settlement reached late last year.

WILDLIFE: Massive seabird die-off also affected breeding

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Massive die-offs of murres in Alaska over the last two years also took a toll on the bird's next generation, federal biologists said.

WILDFIRES: Severe summer blazes predicted in Southeast

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Scientists expect severe wildfires this summer in the Southeast — Florida and Georgia, specifically — and in parts of Nevada and California.

FISHERIES: War over oysters brews on Chesapeake Bay

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A modern-day oyster war is brewing on the Chesapeake Bay between wealthy waterfront residents and fishermen.

WOLVES: Increased hunting worries Yellowstone biologists

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Biologists conducting long-term studies of the wolves in Yellowstone National Park say the animals are unusual because they are not hunted.

WESTERN WATER: Quickly melting massive snowpack could raise flood risks

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Forecasters are predicting high river flows in California thanks to the massive Sierra Nevada snowpack that followed the wettest winter in Northern California's history.
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