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AIR POLLUTION: Houston woman charged with scamming federal program

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A Houston woman has been charged by federal officials with defrauding a regional air quality program in an unusual case.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA fights green groups' bid to pursue Wyo. haze suit

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U.S. EPA is again siding with the state of Wyoming and power producers to oppose a bid by environmentalists for separate treatment of their lawsuit challenging haze reduction regulations.

AGRICULTURE: Walmart designs year-round cantaloupe

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Like most grocery stores, Walmart struggles to sell cantaloupes during the winter.

RIVERS: Snowmelt in Calif. contributes to 14 deaths

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Huge waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers throughout the mountains in the western United States are proving deadly as warm weather sparks melting in even the deepest mountain snowpacks.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 5 proposals delayed by failure to run classified ads

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Five Fish and Wildlife Service proposals are being held up by the Endangered Species Act's classified ad requirement, the agency announced today.

SAGE GROUSE: Key habitat rarely overlaps with energy potential — report

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A new analysis of greater sage grouse habitat across seven Western states shows little overlap with areas with the potential for energy development, according to a report released today by Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.

CHEMICALS: Industry, enviros double down on TSCA priorities

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Industry and environmental groups wrapped up meetings with the Office of Management and Budget yesterday over their priorities for evaluating chemicals under the new Toxic Substances Control Act.

ADVOCACY: Gas industry unveils campaign to counter activist 'assaults'

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The natural gas industry has launched a national campaign beginning in Connecticut and Virginia to counter a growing "keep it in the ground" grass-roots movement aimed at halting the spread of gas production, infrastructure and exports.

CLIMATE: 'Noah's Ark' caucus membership rises amid lobby push

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Freshman lawmakers from coastal districts in Virginia and California have joined the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Dems ask IGs to review record keeping

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Senior Democrats in the Senate are requesting that agency watchdogs across the government review the Trump administration's preservation of federal records.

PARIS AGREEMENT: 'My view didn't change' — Tillerson

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told senators this morning that he still supports the Paris Agreement, despite President Trump's decision to initiate U.S. withdrawal.

WHITE HOUSE: 100,000 comments roll in on how to revamp executive branch

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The public has submitted more than 100,000 comments on reforming or eliminating executive branch programs, according to the White House.

APPROPRIATIONS: Shutdown may be 'right outcome' — Mnuchin

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The Trump administration is not ruling out closing federal agencies this fall if it can't reach a spending accord with Congress.

EPA: Dems threaten to stall nominees on congressional requests

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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said U.S. EPA's lackluster response to congressional requests is endangering the chances of more top officials arriving at the agency.

DOE: National Academies tout research program Trump wants to kill

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A Department of Energy research agency targeted for elimination by the Trump administration "is not failing" and doesn't need reform, according to a report today from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

AUSTRALIA: World's largest electric fence built to protect native species

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Australian wildlife rangers are building a 115-mile-long electric fence to prevent invasive species, especially feral cats, from harming native animals.

WATER POLLUTION: Big fashion brands linked to dirty factories

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Major fashion brands have been linked to a fabric produced in polluting factories, according to a new report from the Changing Markets Foundation.

AIR POLLUTION: High smog levels accompany East Coast heat wave

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The heat wave that has struck the East Coast this week has also spurred air quality alerts from New Jersey to Massachusetts.

AIR POLLUTION: Calif. refinery spews 74,000 pounds of SO2 in power outage

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A refinery in Benicia, Calif., released 74,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide over 14 days after a May power outage, according to a report filed with the state.

AIR POLLUTION: Wildfire soot emissions underestimated — study

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Western wildfires are a much more consequential source of air pollution than previously believed, researchers conclude in a study that also finds prescribed burning may serve to reduce emissions.
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