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EPA: Lobbyist with hand in Pruitt trips tied to gas-rich nation

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The lobbyist who helped arrange EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's trip to Morocco has another foreign client with natural gas interests, East Timor.

PAKISTAN: 23 dead in coal mine methane explosions

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Methane gas explosions Saturday killed 23 people in two coal mines in Pakistan.

OREGON: Fish die after Reclamation cuts river flow to supply farmers

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A drop in Klamath River flows has killed fish below southern Oregon's Keno Dam.

UTAH: State park visitors toss dino tracks into reservoir

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Dinosaurs sloshed through a bog in northeastern Utah some 200 million years ago, leaving behind tracks that are now immortalized in sandstone at Red Fleet State Park.

ARIZONA: State won't test medical pot for pesticides after bill fails

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A bill requiring the Arizona Department of Agriculture to test medical marijuana for pesticides or mold failed in the state Legislature last week.

MICHIGAN: Bipartisan lawmakers aim to save the bees

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A bipartisan pair of Michigan lawmakers introduced bills last week to protect bees — and, ultimately, the state's agriculture industry.

TOXICS: Newspapers find dangers in Philadelphia schools

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Schools in Philadelphia contain environmental hazards like lead paint chips that endanger students, according to an investigation by The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News.

BUSINESS: Now Tesla's Elon Musk wants to start a candy company

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Billionaire inventor Elon Musk has a sweet new idea: launching a candy company.

VW SCANDAL: Germany won't extradite former Volkswagen CEO to U.S.

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The U.S. indictment of Volkswagen AG's former CEO has hardly made ripples in Germany.

AGRICULTURE: Composting may help counter antibiotics in manure — studies

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For researchers trying to understand agriculture's role in antibiotic resistance, an old-fashioned solution may hold more promise than advanced science.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA rejects petition to test downwind of Canadian smelter

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EPA rejected a petition from over 100 Washington state residents to conduct air quality testing downwind of a Canadian lead and zinc smelter, one of the world's largest.

HAWAII: As lava destroys 26 homes, there's also a silent threat: Vog

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The fissures spewing lava near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano have highlighted a silent danger on the islands: volcanic smog.

WATER POLLUTION: EPA turns scrutiny back to contaminated Mich. tannery site

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EPA will conduct new testing of the contaminated site of a former Wolverine World Wide Inc. tannery in Rockford, Mich.

NUCLEAR: Idaho university loses a gram of radioactive plutonium

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Idaho State University has lost about 1 gram of radioactive, weapons-grade plutonium.

AIR POLLUTION: Illinois AG charges favoritism on ozone designation

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Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan (D) is threatening a lawsuit after EPA reversed course last week on a closely watched compliance decision for a southeastern Wisconsin county slated to be home to a huge manufacturing complex.

WILDLIFE: Breeding wolverines are creeping south in Wyo.

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Male wolverines have been observed in Wyoming's Owl Creek Mountains for the first time in a century, a sign of the species' continuing southward expansion.

OCEANS: Scientists feel 'betrayed' by plan to sell research ship

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The National Science Foundation plans to sell a world-class research vessel in 2020, and ocean seismologists worry what will happen to their research without a replacement vessel.

OCEANS: Kelp forests make surprise comeback along Maine's coast

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Underwater kelp forests are dying out across the planet — but off Maine's coastline, they may be returning to their former glory.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Agency employees, Jeff Bezos up for government 'Oscars'

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Employees from EPA and the departments of Energy and the Interior are in the running for distinguished civil service awards.

PESTICIDES: EPA transparency plan would shield safety info — greens

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Environmental groups today slammed EPA's scientific transparency proposal because they say it could allow the agency to keep pesticide safety information secret.
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