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GREAT LAKES: Antidepressants show up in fish brains

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Human antidepressant drugs are accumulating in the brains of fish in the Great Lakes region, appearing in concentrations high enough for researchers to worry about behavior changes in the species.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Tesla employees allege poor chemical training

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Some Tesla Inc. employees in California say they were never properly trained to work with hazardous chemicals, an allegation the company says is "completely false."

WATER POLLUTION: Proposed Trump budget cuts threaten fuel tank cleanups

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The Trump administration's proposed cuts to fuel tank cleanup funding could have an outsize public health impact on Florida.

PUBLIC LANDS: Interior appoints panel, sets meeting on royalties reform

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The Interior Department today took its first major steps toward reviewing the management of royalties from mineral and energy production on public and tribal lands, announcing the roster of a committee devoted to tackling the issue.

PEOPLE: Former FERC aide joins utility group

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An adviser to former Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner Colette Honorable has joined the Utilities Technology Council, a trade association representing energy and water providers.

VW SCANDAL: Judge tosses Wyo.'s suit over emissions cheating

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A federal judge yesterday rejected Wyoming's lawsuit against Volkswagen AG over environmental damage from its diesel emissions scandal.

AIR POLLUTION: Court rejects EPA request to delay action on Del. smog

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A federal court will not let the Trump administration push back a deadline to address air pollution in Delaware.

PIPELINES: Developers of Northeast project ask court for second chance

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Lawyers for the proposed Constitution pipeline are urging a federal court to reconsider a recent decision upholding a move by New York regulators to block the beleaguered gas project.

NATIONAL PARKS: Fire destroys Glacier's century-old Sperry Chalet

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Glacier National Park's historic Sperry Chalet burned down yesterday as high winds brought the Sprague wildfire into the area.

NATIONAL PARKS: NPS finds weaknesses but no negligence in Great Smoky blaze

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Federal investigators found no evidence of human negligence in the November 2016 fire that burned more than 11,000 acres in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains National Park and caused 14 deaths in the Gatlinburg area.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Mont. voters oppose Zinke proposal to shrink sites — poll

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to reduce the size of an unnamed number of national monuments is not supported by a majority of voters in Zinke's home state of Montana, according to a new poll.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Debate re-emerges over nemesis of Okla. oil companies

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The controversial American burying beetle is about to resurface on the public, and possibly the political, stage.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: BLM plans to offer parcel for lease near Utah's Dinosaur

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The Bureau of Land Management is advancing one of three parcels near Utah's Dinosaur National Monument for a December oil and natural gas lease sale despite objections from the National Park Service and Gov. Gary Herbert (R).

APPROPRIATIONS: Admin to seek $6B in first batch of Harvey relief

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The White House is expected to ask Congress for nearly $6 billion in what is expected to be the first of several aid packages over the next few months to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey.

EPA: Senate Dems tell Pruitt to stop 'thwarting transparency'

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A group of Democratic senators yesterday penned a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asking him to end policies at the agency they say "thwart transparency."

EXTREME WEATHER: Houston prepares for long recovery as storm drenches Tenn.

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As Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters recede, Houston officials are starting to plan for the long road toward recovery.

OIL AND GAS: Gasoline prices climb as refiners stay shut

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As the country's largest refineries remain shut after Hurricane Harvey, retail U.S. gasoline prices are soaring.

CHEMICALS: Plant explosions spotlight danger at sites across Gulf Coast

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The crisis at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, where Hurricane Harvey floodwaters knocked out systems keeping volatile chemicals cool, has exposed the vulnerability of hundreds of other facilities in low-lying areas across the Gulf Coast.

CHEMICALS: Storm knocks out production of gas crucial to consumer goods

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Hurricane Harvey knocked out more than half of U.S. production of ethylene, a significant chemical with widespread applications.

AGRICULTURE: Storm dumps crop-killing salt but offers conservation lessons

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Receding floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey are about to reveal lessons for Texas farmers.
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