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GROUNDWATER: USGS finds high uranium levels in Wash. wells

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A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found that half the 13 groundwater wells sampled in northeastern Washington had uranium levels above EPA's drinking water standard.

COAL: Feds toss challenge of utility's mine cleanup promises

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Federal regulators yesterday rejected a complaint raised about a utility's promises to clean up coal mines it owns in Colorado and Wyoming.

PIPELINES: Minn. lawmakers vote to approve Line 3 project, bypass PUC

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The Minnesota Senate yesterday narrowly passed legislation to greenlight construction of Enbridge Inc.'s replacements to its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline — even without the approval of the state Public Utilities Commission.

PUBLIC LANDS: Groups sue Forest Service over Tongass timber sale

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Conservation groups and a tourism operator yesterday sued the Forest Service over a timber sale in Tongass National Forest.

SUPREME COURT: DOJ backs Wash. in row over fuel taxes, treaty rights

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Washington state's efforts to collect a fuel tax are running up against tribal treaty rights.

WILDLIFE: Poaching ring was 'demented social club,' officials say

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Seventeen people have been charged with over 200 misdemeanors and felonies after an alleged poaching ring slaughtered hundreds of animals in Oregon and Washington over the past several years.

FISHERIES: Oyster farm in Wash. refuge goes back to drawing board

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Permits for a proposed oyster farm in Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state have been put on hold after members of the public and state and federal officials expressed concerns.

NATIONAL PARKS: Utah investigates reports of tainted water at Bryce Canyon

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Utah officials are looking into reports of E. coli drinking water contamination at Bryce Canyon National Park.

WILDLIFE: Enviro petition urges Wyo. to delay grizzly hunt

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Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) received a petition from the National Parks Conservation Association with nearly 33,000 signatures urging him to delay or at least limit an upcoming grizzly bear hunt.

YELLOWSTONE: NPS approves plan to send disease-free bison to other herds

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The National Park Service has given Yellowstone National Park the green light for its quarantine program that would release disease-free bison to other herds nationwide.

COAL: Greens ask feds to probe struggling company's cleanup promises

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Conservation groups yesterday requested that federal regulators investigate mine reclamation guarantees provided by Westmoreland Coal Co., a company verging on bankruptcy.

PEOPLE: Glyphosate study defender tapped to lead cancer agency

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The World Health Organization's leadership has tapped to lead its embattled cancer bureau a Brazilian researcher who has vigorously defended its controversial study of the herbicide glyphosate.

PUBLIC LANDS: Zinke to send more officers to Mexican border

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is vowing to further increase security along the nation's southern border, less than a week after deploying nearly two dozen departmental law enforcement officers to monitor public lands along the U.S.-Mexico boundary.

OCEANS: An end to overfishing? NOAA offers an optimistic outlook

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Overfishing remained near an all-time low in 2017, while the list of rebuilt fish stocks continued to grow, NOAA Fisheries said in an update to Congress today.

REGULATIONS: Emails: EPA all ears as industry pitched 'secret science'

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Industry groups pitched EPA a proposal last spring that closely resembled what became Administrator Scott Pruitt's "secret science" plan, according to emails released this week under Freedom of Information Act litigation.

EPA: Who's donating to Pruitt's defense? Time will tell

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You may wait a long time to see who is contributing to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's legal defense fund.

INTERIOR: Zinke tells greens he'll make 'grand pivot' to conservation

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke yesterday huddled with more than two dozen conservation group leaders, including some of his staunchest critics, in his latest bid to generate both ideas and support for his ambitious departmental reorganization plans.

CALIFORNIA: Bills put cities closer to a water budget

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A couple of bills that the California Legislature approved yesterday could put cities and towns on a water budget in the next 10 years.

HAWAII: Gritty ash dusts residents after volcano explosion

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More than 2,000 masks were distributed to people living near Hawaii's Kilauea volcano after an explosion at the summit yesterday.

FLORIDA: Utilities spent big in last 2 election cycles — report

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Florida's largest electric utilities spent heavily in the last two election cycles, in part to fight rooftop solar, according to a new report.
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