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LOUISIANA: Fire at chemical plant forces evacuation

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A fire broke out yesterday at a chemical plant in south-central Louisiana, spewing thick smoke and forcing an evacuation.

AGRICULTURE: EPA to advance biostimulant guidance this summer — official

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EPA will offer clues this summer on how it plans to regulate substances that boost plant growth but aren't usually considered fertilizers or pesticides, an agency official said yesterday.

DRINKING WATER: Denver utility, state at odds over how to fix lead problem

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Denver discovered high lead levels in some homes' tap water in 2012. Now Colorado state health officials want to inject a chemical into the water supply to halt corrosion, but utility officials are fighting the plan.

AIR POLLUTION: The reason for that black smoke in NYC: Dirty oil boilers

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Heating oil is the cause of black plumes of smoke periodically seen leaving New York City apartment buildings.

DRINKING WATER: Mich. found 'deficiencies' in Flint before ending free water

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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality warned Flint that its water system still had "significant deficiencies" less than three weeks before Gov. Rick Snyder (R) ended free bottled water service to the city.

OIL AND GAS: Chevron settles with city over fire that sickened thousands

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Chevron Corp. has agreed to pay Richmond, Calif., $5 million to settle a lawsuit over a 2012 refinery fire.

SUPERFUND: 2 sentenced for deception over potentially radioactive soil

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Two former supervisors at a San Francisco Superfund site, Justin Hubbard and Stephen Rolfe, pleaded guilty last year to falsifying soil samples in an ongoing toxic waste scandal.

PIPELINES: Va. lawmaker sues Forest Service over access to protesters

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A Virginia state senator sued the Forest Service this week, alleging that the agency illegally blocked access to people protesting a planned natural gas pipeline.

VW SCANDAL: Former Volkswagen CEO indicted, upping stakes for company

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Volkswagen AG's emissions cheating scandal reached the top ranks of the company yesterday with the indictment of the former CEO.

DROUGHT: Over 100 horses in Ariz. likely perished looking for water

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Over 100 horses died in northern Arizona after apparently getting stuck in a mud-filled stock pond.

PUBLIC LANDS: Agency aims to remove mistakenly killed trees

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The Forest Service is seeking public comments on a plan to remove hundreds of dead ponderosa pines in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest that were mistakenly killed by an herbicide.

ARCTIC: Enviros seek ANWR public meeting in D.C.

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A coalition of environmental groups has asked federal land managers to hold a public meeting in Washington, D.C., on a proposal to lease a section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas developers.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Bill would convert N.M.'s White Sands to park status

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New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich today unveiled legislation to redesignate White Sands National Monument as a national park.

MINING: Western Caucus slams Obama withdrawals, pushes Pebble project

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The Congressional Western Caucus pushed this week for the Trump administration to revisit Obama-era mining restrictions nationwide and specifically for the controversial Pebble mine in Alaska.

EPA: House Dems want more time for comments on 'secret science'

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More than 60 House Democrats are urging EPA to allow more time for public feedback on a fiercely disputed proposal to revamp how the agency handles scientific research.

WHITE HOUSE: Trade policies could spark another Depression — economists

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More than 1,100 economists, including multiple Nobel economics prize winners, warned President Trump and Congress yesterday that protectionist trade policies on solar panels, vehicles, aluminum, steel and other products could set the United States up for another Great Depression.

NATIONAL PARKS: Agency hires GOP operative to promote maintenance fund

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A veteran GOP strategist and former aide to Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has joined the National Park Service as a top adviser.

OFF TOPIC: Climate advocate quietly tutors Trump's team

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Trammell S. Crow may be one of the most influential environmental and energy players you've never heard about.

CLIMATE: Trump admin cites Paris targets to expand Mont. coal mine

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Even while President Trump is pulling the United States out of the Paris Agreement, his administration is citing other nations' climate goals to justify expanding a Montana coal mine.

EPA: Press deputy to leave

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John Konkus, one of EPA's top press officials, is departing the agency.
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