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EPA: Greens sue Trump for delaying Obama methane rule

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Environmentalists today made good on their promise to sue the Trump administration over its delay of Obama-era standards to reduce methane emissions from new oil and gas sources.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Feds take step toward allowing Atlantic exploration

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The Trump administration is proposing to approve five ocean seismic survey companies' requests to search for oil and gas in the Atlantic Ocean, prompting fury from environmentalists.

HONG KONG: African park rangers plead for ivory smuggling crackdown

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African park rangers described elephant poaching and clashes with wildlife traffickers in stark detail at a Hong Kong hearing today, urging the China-ruled city to ban ivory trade.

AUSTRALIA: Company gives investment OK for $4B coal mine

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An Indian company gave final investment approval for its $4 billion coal mine and railway in the north of Australia today.

NEVADA: Governor to sign rooftop solar bill

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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) said he expects to sign a bill aimed at reviving the rooftop solar industry in the state.

OREGON: Gov. Brown tried to hide info on enviro chief

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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's (D) administration deleted information in documents released to the Portland Oregonian regarding the hiring of Department of Environmental Quality chief — and Brown's former adviser — Richard Whitman.

CALIFORNIA: Industry holds ground on battle over product labels

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California lawmakers have been pushing for new labels on products such as nail polish, cleaning supplies and garden plants in an effort to tell people more about what they buy at the store.

CHEMICALS: 'Cancer Alley' residents push back against deregulation

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The Trump administration's deregulation push is aggravating the industrial heart of Louisiana.

WATER POLLUTION: Standard filters don't work on PFC contamination

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Carbon filters being installed by communities in Colorado to remove toxic chemicals from drinking water are failing to fully remove the chemicals, according to researchers at the Colorado School of Mines.

AIR POLLUTION: Dumping coal could save 52K lives per year — study

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Fully replacing coal-fired electricity generation with solar power in the United States could save some 52,000 lives annually, researchers concluded in a newly released study.

FLINT CRISIS: Official puts blame on blacks who 'don't pay their bills'

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A public official in Flint, Mich., blamed the city's ongoing water crisis on black people who "don't pay their bills" in recorded conversations last month.

AIR POLLUTION: Enviros urge more monitoring of Kan. grassland fires

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Grasslands burning in the Flint Hills area of eastern Kansas led to levels of fine particle pollution well above U.S. EPA's standard, environmentalists said in a report released yesterday that urged state regulators to increase monitoring.

EPA: Workers say climate work quashed under Pruitt, Trump

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Climate change work has been largely halted at U.S. EPA under Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to current and former agency employees.

EPA: Pruitt promises to eliminate chemical review backlog by July

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U.S. EPA announced yesterday that it has halved the backlog of new chemicals under review from roughly 300 to 150 and plans to fully eliminate it by the end of next month.

SOLAR: Pop star Prince quietly helped fund tech incubator

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Before his death last year, pop star Prince made an investment in green energy that is now helping solar startups as they face challenges from industry change and an unfriendly White House.

ENERGY POLICY: Military analysts call for national strategy, more leadership

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A group of retired military leaders are warning government officials that the transition to advanced energy will affect national security and that the United States must play a leading role in order to protect the country's interests.

TECHNOLOGY: U.S. storage market surges to record

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The U.S. energy storage market just surged to its best quarter in history, deploying 234 megawatt-hours of power.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Climate change forces inland cities to raise bridges

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Many river communities in the United States are having to deal with bridges that suddenly seem too low to stay safely above water, an effect of climate change that is less well-known than the risks to coastal cities.

CARBON CAPTURE: Perry touts U.S. technology investments at Beijing forum

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BEIJING — Energy Secretary Rick Perry promoted U.S. investment in technology to help reduce coal's environmental footprint during an energy conference here today.

PESTICIDES: Green groups, AGs up fight against common farm chemical

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The widely used farm pesticide chlorpyrifos took multiple hits from opponents yesterday, as environmental groups filed additional challenges to its use and seven state attorneys general said they'll fight for its prohibition, as well.
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