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EPA: Sources: Leader of farm group in running for Region 9 post

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The Trump administration could name a California farming representative to fill U.S. EPA's last vacant regional administrator post.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Can presidents cut sites? It's a legal twilight zone

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SALT LAKE CITY — When attorney Constance Brooks challenged the creation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument more than 14 years ago, she argued in federal court that President Clinton exceeded his powers when he established the 1.9-million-acre site.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: States drop suit as Trump admin reopens habitat rules

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Twenty states have dropped a lawsuit against federal wildlife agencies after the Trump administration agreed to reconsider Obama-era updates to critical habitat rules.

AUSTRALIA: Mass whale stranding prompts rescue effort

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About 150 whales have been stranded on an Australian beach.

TEXAS: Study links oil activity to massive subsidence

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Parts of West Texas are showing alarming signs of instability, according to new research.

HURRICANE HARVEY: Buying, selling flooded homes a 'monstrous opportunity'

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People are jumping into the lightly regulated business of purchasing and selling flooded homes in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, and the storm-damaged real estate market is booming.

MEDIA: Comedian buys Weather Channel

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Comedian Byron Allen has purchased the Weather Channel, according to a statement released yesterday.

AUTOS: EVs could be cheaper than gas guzzlers by 2025 — report

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As the cost of lithium-ion batteries comes down, electric vehicles could be cheaper than gas guzzlers within seven years, according to a new report.

CHEMICALS: Mich. taxpayers to foot bill for toxic cleanup

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Michigan taxpayers will help shoulder the cost of cleaning up toxic chemicals at the site of a former Chrysler Corp. plant, officials said.

WESTERN WATER: Southern Calif. board rejects Mojave Desert project

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A controversial bid to sell groundwater from the Mojave Desert ran dry this week at a Southern California water district board meeting.

GULF OF MEXICO: Study: 'Dead zone' nitrogen can stick around for over 30 years

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The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will stick around for decades, according to Canadian scientists.

INTERIOR: Wildlife refuge staffers, volunteer win top honors

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Three national wildlife refuge lovers are being honored tomorrow for their labors.

NOAA: National Hurricane Center gets new director

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The meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service's New Orleans/Baton Rouge office for the last decade has been chosen as the director of NOAA's National Hurricane Center in Miami.

EPA: Chemical panel expands from 18 to 29 members

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U.S. EPA has expanded its chemicals oversight board from 18 to 29 members.

DRINKING WATER: Former Flint official lied on lead forms

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The former water administrator for Flint, Mich., said in court yesterday that he intentionally falsified water sampling forms in an attempt to alert state regulators that the city was violating lead and copper rules.

FERC: Agency calls FOIA lapse unintentional, seeks suit's dismissal

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission responded yesterday to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit from Washington state by admitting its sluggish response, but asked the court to dismiss the complaint anyway.

AIR POLLUTION: Greens seek reconsideration of Ark. haze order

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Two environmental groups are asking a federal appeals court to revisit its recent decision to stay requirements for new curbs on sulfur dioxide emissions from several coal-fired power plants in Arkansas.

WEATHER: No mudslides so far as storms pummel Southern Calif.

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Southern California continued to suffer another bout of heavy rain yesterday, but the region has avoided the kind of mudslides and floods that devastated the community of Montecito last month.

WILDLIFE: Attacks and intrigue in Pa. eagle drama

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Two bald eagles in York County, Pa., rose to social media fame four years ago after being featured on the state online eagle feed.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Odd survival war pits sea lions against protected fish

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Oregon wildlife managers are waging war against sea lions to protect salmon and steelhead, an odd battle that pits a protected sea mammal against endangered fish.
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