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POLLINATORS: Beekeepers report less honey, more worry

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A yearly survey of beekeepers has found a "steady decline" in honey crops, prompting concern in the industry about agricultural development and emerging pesticides that could dampen honeybees' future.

FISHERIES: Car pollution is killing coho salmon — study

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Contamination from cars and roads is killing coho salmon, according to a recent study.

WILDFIRES: Diseased oak trees likely worsened Calif. blazes

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Dead and dying oak trees afflicted with a disease known as sudden oak death likely exacerbated the wildfires that tore through California's wine country this month.

RECREATION: From RVs to bows and arrows, outdoor rec becomes big business

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Outdoor recreation is booming, with related equipment and service sales now exceeding $887 billion a year, according to a new industry study.

SAGE GROUSE: BLM sets public hearings while group sues for records

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The Bureau of Land Management next month will hold public hearings in four states as part of an effort announced earlier this month to reopen Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans and potentially alter them significantly.

HURRICANES: 5 ex-presidents unite for benefit concert

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The five living former U.S. presidents made a joint appearance Saturday to drum up support for recovery efforts from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.

TRANSPORTATION: Proposed truck emissions repeal under White House review

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U.S. EPA has sent a proposal to repeal parts of a fuel efficiency rule for large trucks to the White House Office of Management and Budget for review.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Solar tariffs case spawns rift at Fox News

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A high-profile trade case that could slap tariffs on the solar industry has put big name Fox News anchors on rival sides of the debate.

EPA: Agency keeps scientists from speaking at watershed conference

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U.S. EPA has asked three scientists to not speak at a conference today in Providence, R.I., about the state of Narragansett Bay and its watershed program.

INTERIOR: Deputy takes bigger role while department awaits nominee

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A top Interior Department official will be pulling double duty as the Senate has yet to confirm a permanent assistant secretary for land and minerals management, under a secretarial order released today.

OCEANS: 200 scientists fear overfishing if Congress weakens law

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Hoping to prevent overfishing in federal waters, a group of more than 200 scientists from across the country today urged Congress not to weaken the nation's top fishing law.

EPA: Obama official accuses lawmakers of coordinating with company

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Karl Brooks, a top Obama-era U.S. EPA official, is urging Administrator Scott Pruitt to denounce "a choreographed legal, political, and economic strategy" by House Republicans and chemical-maker Denka Performance Elastomer LLC to attack the agency's scientific integrity.

NATIONAL PARKS: No ordinary fixer-upper: 'Spending the president's money'

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SHARPSBURG, Md. — Kenny Klipp appreciates that President Trump donated his first-quarter salary to the National Park Service, hoping it will result in a new job assignment in 2018.

SUPREME COURT: Cases in wings might jolt sleepy term on enviro issues

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BALTIMORE — There's still a chance the Supreme Court's quiet term on environmental law might turn into a blockbuster.

REGULATIONS: Mum's the word about EPA's rule-cutting task force

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Eight months after President Trump established regulatory reform task forces at agencies, the U.S. EPA panel's work is still shrouded in secrecy.

INFRASTRUCTURE: As dams burst, Trump seeks to gut key safety regime

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This year’s extreme weather is wreaking havoc on dams, terrifying thousands of people who live near them. The Bureau of Reclamation has a program to study the problem. President Trump wants to cut it.

PHILIPPINES: Ban on open-pit mining moves closer to demise

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Recently confirmed Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu said he hopes an open-pit mining ban will be over by the end of the year after a government panel today advised lifting the moratorium.

NEVADA: Girl Scouts abandon camp over endangered butterfly

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An endangered butterfly has led the Girl Scouts to forsake their longtime camp in the mountains near Las Vegas.

WEST VIRGINIA: Burning warehouse has long history of enviro violations

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A massive industrial fire has been burning at a warehouse in Parkersburg, W.Va., since Saturday.

WATER POLLUTION: Utility substation causes Baltimore harbor oil spill

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A Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. substation is responsible for an oily discharge that appeared on Baltimore's Inner Harbor.
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