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TRANSPORTATION: Obama-era road emissions rule axed

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The Trump administration has killed a rule meant to combat emissions from cars on roads.

PUBLIC HEALTH: Calif. jury delivers $25.7M verdict in baby powder case

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A California jury yesterday recommended a $25.7 million penalty against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit over the company's baby powder with talc.

WILDLIFE: 6-pack rings feed turtles rather than warp them

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A Florida brewery and a startup company have developed biodegradable six-pack rings that could serve as a snack — rather than a deadly threat — for marine life.

FISHERIES: Mussels off Seattle coast test positive for opioids

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Mussels in the waters off Seattle have absorbed enough oxycodone to test positive for the opioid, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife found.

FISHERIES: Scientists say fish feel pain. What are the implications?

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The scientific consensus on fish is that they feel pain.

PUBLIC LANDS: We're losing the fight to save Western sagebrush — report

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Western sagebrush habitats are succumbing to invasive species and wildfires, and public lands managers are failing to save them, officials said.

OCEANS: As ice melts, first Bering Strait shipping lanes OK'd

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The International Maritime Organization, the United Nation's global regulatory body for international shipping, this week adopted the first-ever shipping routes for marine traffic traveling through the increasingly ice-free Bering Strait and Bering Sea, and began an assessment of autonomously operated ships.

NATIONAL PARKS: Judge clears way to complete Va. power line NPS opposes

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A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers adhered to federal law in evaluating a proposed 17-mile transmission line across the James River that critics, including the National Park Service, have warned will ruin the site of the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown.

AIR POLLUTION: Industry aims to block lawmaker's proposal for glider rule repeal

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A coalition of industry groups is urging lawmakers to oppose a proposal that would fast-track the repeal of EPA's glider kit rule.

WATER POLLUTION: Groups, lawmakers spar over EPA regulation of groundwater

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Advocates and lawmakers sparred this week on whether EPA should require permits for pollution that makes its way to surface water through groundwater.

DEFENSE: Senate Pentagon bill leaves out sage grouse language

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The Senate version of the defense authorization bill does not include a controversial provision on sage grouse, potentially setting up a battle later this year during conference talks with the House.

REGULATIONS: Interior's rule rollbacks saving the most money — analysis

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Of all federal agencies, the Interior Department is on track to save the U.S. economy the most money through its rollbacks of Obama-era rules, a new analysis from a center-right advocacy group found.

PEBBLE MINE: Greens cheer as controversial project loses major investor

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The contentious Pebble mine project suffered a significant setback today following the pullout of a major potential investor.

LAW: Enviro group wins docs, loses bucks in FOIA fight

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An environmental group that sued the Interior Department got the documents it sought but not the reimbursement it wanted, in an object lesson on the ups and downs of the Freedom of Information Act.

OFF TOPIC: LCV's Gene Karpinski guards the 'green firewall' in Congress

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A regular day at the office for Gene Karpinski — one of the most politically savvy greens in Washington, D.C. — includes flagging down lawmakers in the basement of the Capitol.

AUTOS: Talks over clean car rules sour

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California isn't getting what it wants in talks with the Trump administration over clean car rules.

WILDLIFE: Thousands decry looser rules for bear hunting, but will it matter?

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The Interior Department has really stirred the pot this time, with a new proposal to loosen bear-hunting restrictions in Alaska.

DOE: Perry spent $90K last year on travel — IG

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Energy Secretary Rick Perry's use of government aircraft last year cost more than $90,000, but none of the trips were "inappropriate," according to a report today from DOE's inspector general.

FRANCE: Real estate sign lost in Superstorm Sandy finally turns up

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When Superstorm Sandy slammed the town of Brielle on the New Jersey coast in 2012, a Diane Turton Realtors sign went missing from a yard on Cedar Crest Drive.

INDONESIA: Volcano sends plume of ash high into sky

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A volcano in Indonesia erupted today, sending a plume of ash 4 miles into the sky.
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