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SCIENCE: FDA scrutinizes its animal research after 4 monkeys die

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The Food and Drug Administration has terminated a nicotine addiction research project after the deaths of four squirrel monkey test subjects used in the study.

EPA: Region 5 chief donned fake nose to help daughter — speech

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President Trump's appointee to lead U.S. EPA's Region 5 office donned a fake nose and sunglasses to help her daughter pass her driving test, according to remarks by her daughter to the administrator's new staff.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Lab probes Americans' love-hate relationship with wind

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A new national lab study is upending common assumptions about U.S. wind power, including that "not in my backyard" fights drive opposition and that people living closest to turbines don't like them.

AIR POLLUTION: Groups pan EPA bid to delay San Antonio ozone decisions

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U.S. EPA's bid to kick the last of its ozone standard compliance decisions into midsummer is falling flat with a coalition of public health and environmental groups.

CLIMATE: D.C. Circuit won't revisit decision striking down HFC rule

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit won't reconsider a recent decision that struck down a key prong of the Obama administration's climate policy.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Georgia Power, greens partner to save tortoise

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While industry and environmentalists often butt heads over endangered species protection, Georgia businesses are joining green groups in an effort to save the gopher tortoise.

OIL AND GAS: In noisy oil fields, songbirds change their tunes

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Songbirds in Alberta's oil fields are adjusting their tunes to be heard above noisy drilling equipment, according to new research.

BORDER WALL: Hundreds rally to oppose barrier through Texas refuge

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Hundreds of activists gathered at the Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday to celebrate its 75th anniversary and oppose proposals to build a border wall through the wilderness.

NATIONAL PARKS: Trails shut, bathrooms break as maintenance backlog persists

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With a maintenance backlog at the National Park Service that exceeds $11 billion, parks are showing the strain.

PUBLIC LANDS: Family sues over LaVoy Finicum's 'assassination style' death

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The family of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum has filed a multimillion-dollar wrongful death suit against the government, Oregon and an environmental group contesting his shooting during the 2016 armed standoff at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

HOUSE: Appropriations Chairman Frelinghuysen announces retirement

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New Jersey Republican Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen announced today he will retire at the end of this term. He was expected to face the roughest re-election bid of his career.

LAW: Koch-backed group goes to bat for Trump's judicial nominees

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Americans for Prosperity, the conservative political advocacy group of the Koch brothers, is ramping up its work supporting President Trump's judicial nominees.

LAW: NAM hires ex-DOJ lawyer to fight 'activist litigation'

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The National Association of Manufacturers is beefing up its legal team.

ADVOCACY: Bloomberg editor joins NRDC

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A top energy journalist is joining the Natural Resources Defense Council.

CLEAN WATER RULE: Trump admin moves to finalize WOTUS delay

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The Trump administration has moved to finalize a delay of the Clean Water Rule before an appeals court can withdraw its stay of the 2015 regulation.

WHITE HOUSE: Trump fires at elephant trophy imports, hits Interior

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President Trump has once again blasted elephant trophy imports, garnering praise from some wildlife conservation advocates but complicating the work of his own administration.

INFRASTRUCTURE: 'Discussion draft' would make big changes to NEPA

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The Trump administration wants to make major changes to permitting under the National Environmental Policy Act as part of its infrastructure plan, according to a draft White House document obtained by The Washington Post.

EPA: Pruitt played role in climate webpages' disappearance

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A slew of emails obtained by the Environmental Defense Fund outline U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's hand in removing climate information from the agency's website.

EPA: Trump budget poses 'unacceptable risk' to agency — IG

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U.S. EPA's internal watchdog has put the White House on notice that its lean budgets could hinder its efforts to root out waste and fraud.

FRANCE: Top court overturns ban on breeding orcas, dolphins

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France's highest administrative court has reversed a ban on breeding killer whales and dolphins, citing irregularities in the process of enacting the legislation.
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