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WILDLIFE: To rescue koalas, scientists look to their guts

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Researchers say a new method could save endangered species: fecal transplants.

POLLINATORS: States begin ambitious citizen study of bumblebees

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A group of states in the Pacific Northwest have begun an ambitious citizen science project to study nearly 30 bumblebee species.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: With orca's death, population hits lowest level since 1984

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An orca is missing and presumed dead off the coast of Washington state and southwestern British Columbia, bringing the southern resident killer whale population to 75. That's the lowest point since 1984.

WILDLIFE: Advisory panel stalks trophy hunting questions

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The pro-hunting International Wildlife Conservation Council meets again tomorrow amid continuing debate over its priorities.

WHITE HOUSE: Tariff spat puts oil, gas and coal in the crosshairs

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President Trump appears to be vexing the very energy sector he vowed to revive, as China threatens retaliatory tariffs on everything from U.S. crude to coal and solar panels.

EPA: IG expands audit of salary overpayments

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The EPA inspector general is broadening its review of salary overpayments made to agency employees.

EPA: Appointee recused from matters involving past employer

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Steven Cook, a senior Trump political appointee at EPA, will not weigh in on matters involving his former employer, LyondellBasell Industries NV.

CLEAN WATER ACT: Green groups accuse Trump Tower of harming Chicago River

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President Trump could soon have another lawsuit on his hands, this time for allegedly harming fish in the Chicago River.

LAW: Mass. tribe tests Trump admin on trust lands

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Since their ancestors greeted the Mayflower, the Mashpee Wampanoag have watched their homeland shrink.

NATIONAL PARKS: Hovercraft-riding hunter gets another crack at Supreme Court

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An Alaska moose hunter barred from riding his hovercraft in national preserves will get a second chance to make his case to the Supreme Court.

EPA: Pruitt science plan may block use of major Harvard study

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Harvard University is working on an international survey that researchers believe could revolutionize the world's understanding of how buildings affect public health.

EPA: Inside the grants review: 'This is not going to be funded'

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Recently disclosed records shed more light on EPA's review of agency grants, which number in the billions of dollars.

SOUTH ASIA: Flash floods kill dozens, cause 1M to flee

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Flash floods after heavy monsoons have killed dozens of people in South Asia, authorities said today.

NEW JERSEY: Tiny turtle becomes state reptile after students' push

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New Jersey has officially made a tiny turtle its state reptile.

VIRGINIA: Dangerous invasive plant found: 'Don't touch it'

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A toxic, invasive plant with sap that can burn skin and cause blindness has been confirmed in Virginia.

IOWA: Farmer brothers' surprising legacy comes into bloom

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Two Iowa farmer brothers lived together most of their lives on a small farm. Palmer Larson died at 86 in 2012, and his brother Roger died shortly after.

ARIZONA: Parks agency rehires woman with cancer after outcry

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The head of Arizona State Parks & Trails on Friday rehired a woman battling eye cancer, one day after The Arizona Republic reported on the employee's firing after she had obtained Family and Medical Leave Act protection.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Elon Musk: Rogue Tesla employee sabotaged operations

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A Tesla Inc. worker who had been denied a promotion hacked the company's operating system and shared sensitive data, according to an internal memo Elon Musk sent to staff.

AUTOS: UPS looks to green its fleet with natural gas vehicles

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UPS Inc. announced today it will spend $130 million on new compressed natural gas vehicles and fueling stations.

WATER POLLUTION: Mo. creek contamination may pose cancer risk — federal study

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The contaminated Coldwater Creek in St. Louis County, Mo., may have spiked cancer risk for people who lived and played around the creek between the 1960s and 1990s, according to a new federal study.
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