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COAL ASH: TVA to appeal order to remove waste at Gallatin plant

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The Tennessee Valley Authority plans to appeal a federal court ruling that ordered it to remove coal ash buried at its Gallatin Fossil Plant.

AIR POLLUTION: Court OKs more time for Ark. haze talks

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U.S. EPA and an array of litigants will get another four weeks to work out their differences on a regional haze reduction plan for Arkansas.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA floats Texas coal plant emissions trading program

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U.S. EPA is moving forward with an emissions trading program for Texas coal-fired power plants to cut sulfur dioxide emissions under the agency's regional haze regulations, according to a newly signed final rule.

WILDLIFE: Tropical bird blown to Mass. by hurricane dies

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A tropical bird blown unexpectedly into Massachusetts by Hurricane Jose has died.

WILDLIFE: Sept. 11 memorial lights pose risk to birds — study

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An annual light display in New York marking the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks poses a potentially fatal threat to migrating birds, a new study has found.

OCEANS: E.U. to pledge $1B to protect marine life

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The European Union plans to pledge about $1.18 billion along with its private sector to protect marine life this week at the global Our Ocean conference.

WILDLIFE: Horses taking toll on giant panda bamboo supplies

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A new threat to a large swath of giant panda habitat in China has emerged — grazing livestock.

NEVADA STANDOFF: Bundy aims to put Love on witness stand

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Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy has asked a federal judge to ensure that former Bureau of Land Management Special Agent Dan Love appears as a witness at the upcoming trial over the 2014 armed standoff near Bunkerville, Nev., regardless of whether federal prosecutors decide to call Love to the stand.

VIRGINIA: Ads target Gillespie, Trump on environment

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The Virginia League of Conservation Voters political action committee announced a $200,000 digital ad buy opposing Republican Ed Gillespie in the state's gubernatorial contest this year.

ADVOCACY: Expanding API set to move headquarters

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As its staff grows and its political influence remain immense, the top oil and gas trade group is moving its headquarters to a new office that is both bigger and closer to Capitol Hill.

LAW: Ex-Interior lawyer joins center helping AGs fight Trump

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A new center at New York University that aims to provide resources to state attorneys general is staffing up for battles with the Trump administration over environmental rule rollbacks.

DOE: Agency to whistleblowers: 'You are not alone'

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Employees and contractors across the Department of Energy today tuned into an hourlong video refresher on the consequences of leaking classified and sensitive information.

AIR POLLUTION: Groups decry EPA's failure to meet ozone deadline

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Public health and environmental groups voiced dismay and anger today at U.S. EPA's failure to meet a statutory deadline to make final compliance determinations for its 2015 ground-level ozone standard.

EPA: Gun missing from HQ for more than 3 years — watchdog

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There has been a gun missing from U.S. EPA headquarters for more than three years.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Protection for tiny darter contrasts admin moves on grizzlies

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Some tiny Southern fish and the lumbering grizzly bear are dramatizing divergent sides of the debate over adding and removing animals from Endangered Species Act protections.

DOE: Meet 'the Texans' in Perry's growing inner circle

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry's network of political staffers and advisers is growing in the Department of Energy and the Beltway.

PROPERTY RIGHTS: Klamath Basin farmers lose long-running takings suit

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A 2001 Western water dispute that turned into a long-simmering fight over federal taking of property has now ended in defeat for aggrieved farmers in the Klamath River Basin.

PHILIPPINES: Legislature approves enviro chief, pleasing miners

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Philippine lawmakers approved Roy Cimatu as environment minister today. He replaces Regina Lopez, a staunch environmentalist who ordered more than half the country's mines to close but was ousted after substantial industry backlash.

JAPAN: TEPCO gets first approval to run reactors since Fukushima

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The Japanese utility whose safety record has come under fire since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has secured its first approval since the meltdowns to operate reactors.

RHODE ISLAND: Flame retardant ban becomes law over industry opposition

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A Rhode Island proposal to prohibit sales of bedding and furniture treated with a type of flame retardant became law early this morning despite strong opposition from the chemicals industry and without the signature of the governor.
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