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COLORADO: Hailstorm kills hundreds of fish

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A hailstorm last week in Colorado killed 500 fish representing eight species.

ALABAMA: Environment agency rescinds civil rights complaint policy

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Alabama regulators have withdrawn a policy for receiving and investigating civil rights complaints.

POLITICS: Koch-funded activists kill public transit projects

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A group funded by the Koch brothers is using grass-roots activism to kill public transit projects around the country, according to a New York Times investigation.

WATER POLLUTION: Cocaine in rivers could harm endangered eels — study

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Eels with cocaine in their systems might struggle to mate and reproduce, according to new research.

WISCONSIN: Foxconn plans $30M system to slash plant's water use

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Foxconn Technology Group will install a $30 million water recycling system at a Wisconsin manufacturing plant to cut its water intake from Lake Michigan and the amount of wastewater it dumps back into the lake.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA stalls on plan to leave SO2 standard unchanged

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EPA has scheduled a July 10 public hearing and has also pushed back the deadline for written comments on its plans for leaving its primary sulfur dioxide standard unchanged.

OIL AND GAS: SEC suit claims Dallas firm defrauded 80 investors

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Texas Coastal Energy Co. LLC, once described as a "Wolf-of-Wall-Street-type" firm, is accused of defrauding 80 investors of more than $8 million, according to a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

WILDLIFE: Family sues USDA over cyanide trap that sprayed son

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An Idaho family is suing the Department of Agriculture, saying their son is still suffering after being sprayed with cyanide from a predator trap that federal workers accidentally put near their house.

METHANE: Green groups threaten suit over landfill rule delay

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Two major environmental groups are threatening to add their weight to the legal fight against the Trump administration over its failure to implement an Obama-era climate regulation.

AIR POLLUTION: Court schedules oral arguments on SO2 suits

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral arguments Sept. 11 on three consolidated lawsuits challenging several of EPA's attainment decisions for its primary 2010 sulfur dioxide standard, according to a recently issued order.

AIR POLLUTION: Lawsuit challenges permit guidance

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The Sierra Club is contesting a fresh EPA attempt to make it easier for businesses to show that proposed new plants or expansions of existing facilities will not significantly affect air quality when they are applying for air permits under the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program.

COAL: Appeals court reverses order on W.Va. cleanup plans

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In a blow to environmentalists, a federal appeals court today struck down a judge's 2017 order requiring EPA and West Virginia to address coal-mining-related water pollution.

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK: Park Service to remove nearly 700 mountain goats

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The National Park Service will start removing hundreds of mountain goats from Washington state's Olympic National Park this summer, the agency said yesterday.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Parasite found in cats killed 3 monk seals

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Three endangered monk seals died on Hawaii's Oahu island last month from a parasite found in cat feces, according to state officials.

BLM: Agency asks for help finding stolen 100-pound mammoth tusk

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The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $500 reward for a stolen wooly mammoth tusk.

WILDLIFE: Operation Thunderstorm nets 1,400 suspects worldwide

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A monthlong international operation against illegal wildlife trafficking was a success, international police agency Interpol announced today.

GRAND CANYON: Zinke has 'no intention' of lifting uranium ban

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will not touch the Obama-era ban on new uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, his top spokeswoman said yesterday.

PUBLIC LANDS: Maps show BLM leasing parcels in sage grouse habitat

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The Bureau of Land Management has offered, or plans to offer, nearly 2 million acres for oil and natural gas leasing inside greater sage grouse habitat — much of it priority habitat — according to research conducted by a coalition of conservation groups.

PUBLIC LANDS: Copper mine to start soon on former monument site

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A new copper mining project is expected to begin this summer on former Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument lands, but environmentalists said today they could move to block the project in federal court.

PEOPLE: Longtime climate advocate takes lead role at WRI

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Dan Lashof, a longtime advocate on climate change issues, is heading to the World Resources Institute next month to lead its U.S. operations.
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