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WATER POLLUTION: Drink a green beer to highlight Lake Erie algal blooms

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An Ohio brewery hopes to bring attention to the toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie by promoting a green-colored beer named Algae Blooms.

AIR POLLUTION: Satellite images show extent of pollutants across the world

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Images from a new European Space Agency satellite show degrees and distributions of air pollutants worldwide.

COAL ASH: Duke wants N.C. residents to pay for bottled water

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Duke Energy Corp. has spent months shipping bottled water to hundreds of North Carolina households with drinking water wells near the utility's coal ash storage sites.

NATIONAL LABS: New director will lead Los Alamos through transitions

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Terry Wallace has been named the new director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

OIL AND GAS: U.S. sends dirty petroleum byproduct to India — probe

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When U.S. oil and gas companies can't sell a dirty byproduct called petroleum coke domestically, they often export it to already polluted India.

BIOFUELS: EPA to issue report on RFS impacts next spring

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U.S. EPA will report on the environmental effects of biofuel mandates next spring, four years later than required by Congress, the agency said in documents accompanying its announcement of renewable fuel volumes for the next year.

PUBLIC LANDS: Utah county sues BLM for Recapture Canyon access

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San Juan County, Utah, is suing the Bureau of Land Management for ownership of access to Recapture Canyon, a trail that was closed to motorized vehicle use in 2007 after nearby archaeological sites were damaged.

MINING: No EPA action as deadline looms for cleanup standards

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A federal court deadline for U.S. EPA to set new Superfund insurance requirements for hardrock mining expires today.

SCIENCE: Scientists hit jackpot with trove of rare pterosaur eggs

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Paleontologists have made a rare find that could advance the study of an ancient flying reptile beyond what they thought possible.

YELLOWSTONE: Grizzly bear population holds steady — biologists

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Grizzly bear numbers in Yellowstone National Park are holding steady, with numbers just slightly higher than last year's estimate, according to figures released yesterday.

EARTHQUAKES: Unusual temblor in Del. rattles East Coast

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East Coast residents got an unusual taste of life on the other side of the country yesterday when a magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook the ground from Virginia to New York.

ARCTIC: Nations agree to do research before allowing fishing

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The United States, Russia, China and other countries have agreed not to commercially fish in the high Arctic seas until scientists determine whether it's sustainable.

SAGE GROUSE: Wyo. industry, conservation groups support federal plans

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A diverse coalition of Wyoming groups representing the oil and gas, mining, farming, and livestock grazing industries is partnering with conservation groups to urge support for Obama-era greater sage grouse conservation plans that the Trump administration is working to dismantle.

CHESAPEAKE BAY: Bay Journal sues EPA over slashed grants

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The publisher of the Bay Journal is challenging U.S. EPA over its decision to cut millions of dollars in grants with little explanation, a move Maryland Democrats have slammed as a dangerous nationwide precedent.

CLIMATE: Advocates offer glimpse of future Pentagon action

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Among the massive network of security analysts, defense hawks and military advocates spread across Washington, there is a small but vocal group that focus part of their efforts on climate change.

EPA: IG shelved audit of troubled radiation center — records

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U.S. EPA's inspector general quietly canceled an audit last year that was supposed to follow up on a withering 2014 internal assessment of the National Center for Radiation Field Operations (NCRFO), according to records obtained by E&E News.

ENERGY POLICY: Perry plan could cause 27,000 premature deaths — study

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A new analysis of Energy Secretary Rick Perry's plan to save coal and nuclear plants says it could have major costs for energy consumers and the environment.

EPA: National Academies to study program on Senate chopping block

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is moving forward with a study of a U.S. EPA chemical assessment program that Senate appropriators have targeted for elimination.

APPROPRIATIONS: House envisions passing two stopgap bills this month

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House Republican leaders are eyeing passing two separate, stopgap funding bills this month to avert a government showdown and punt final fiscal 2018 spending decisions into next year.

OFF TOPIC: NRDC titan is betting the courts will save his legacy

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Richard Ayres has devoted 37 years to shaping the nation's bedrock environmental laws. Now he's watching the Trump administration try to dismantle his legacy.
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