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SOUTH KOREA: Nation OKs first nuclear reactors since Fukushima disaster, safety scandal

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South Korean regulators have approved the country's first two nuclear reactors since a domestic safety scandal and Japan's Fukushima Daiichi disaster created new worries about South Korea's nuclear industry.

GULF SPILL: Residents don't show higher levels of chemical exposure -- doctor

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One of the nation's top epidemiologists said yesterday that residents of the Gulf Coast affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill don't appear to have higher levels of chemical exposure than residents of other parts of the country.

OBITUARY: Folk singer Pete Seeger advocated for Hudson River cleanup

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Folk singer Pete Seeger will mostly be remembered for his contributions to American music, but he also used his celebrity status to advocate for his beloved Hudson River.

DRINKING WATER: Texas law could allow pumping of groundwater that feeds Rio Grande

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South Texas officials are afraid they can do little to stop a proposed groundwater-pumping project they say would endanger the Rio Grande.

AUTOS: Honda begins exporting from U.S.

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Honda has become the first Japanese automaker to become a net exporter from the United States.

OIL AND GAS: Crews tackle delicate task of clearing Pa. bridge of crude tankers

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Cleanup crews have been continuing a slow and delicate process to remove seven derailed crude-oil-carrying freight cars from a Philadelphia bridge since an accident stalled a CSX Corp. train there last week.

CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles district attorney joins fight over utility's spending records

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The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said it was joining forces with a City Hall effort to probe how two controversial Department of Water and Power nonprofits have spent more than $40 million in ratepayer money.

DOE: Snow puts nun, activists' nuclear lab break-in sentencing on hold

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A snow storm put a sentencing hearing on hold for an 83-year-old nun and two other activists who broke into a Tennessee nuclear facility in 2012.

AGRICULTURE: Judge sentences farmers linked to 2011 listeria outbreak with probation, fines

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A federal judge yesterday sentenced two Colorado cantaloupe farmers who authorities say were linked to a deadly outbreak of listeria in 2011 to probation and home confinement.

WATER POLLUTION: Groups sue Va. landowner over selenium dumps

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Environmental groups yesterday filed a complaint in federal court against Penn Virginia Resource Partners LP over discharges of the chemical element selenium.

AGRICULTURE: 'Zombie bees' threaten colonies in Northeast

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"Zombie bees" could pose a new threat to beekeepers in the Northeast.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS extends public comment period on lesser prairie chicken rule

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The Obama administration today announced it will reopen the public comment period for a proposed special rule that would allow landowners and industry to cause limited harm to the lesser prairie chicken if it becomes a federally listed species.

SALMON: Obama admin declares disaster for Wash. sockeye fishery

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The Commerce Department declared a commercial fishery disaster in Washington state for sockeye salmon coming from British Columbia's Fraser River for the fourth time since 2002.

OBITUARY: 'Tenacious,' polarizing horse slaughter advocate dies suddenly at 56

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A state lawmaker known as a lightning rod for controversy surrounding the horse slaughter debate has died at 56. The cause of death is still unknown.

FLOOD INSURANCE: Senate launches debate on measure to reverse rate hikes

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The Senate this morning swiftly approved a handful of amendments to a bill that would delay scheduled rate increases for the federal flood insurance program.

TECHNOLOGY: Obama calls for funding, patent reform to unleash 'innovation, not litigation'

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Innovation stood out as a rare issue on which President Obama asked for help from Congress last night in a State of the Union address focused on executive branch action.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Union jumps on executive order bandwagon with top 10 list for Obama

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At least one federal employee union wants President Obama to add a few more issues to the go-it-alone agenda he laid out in last night's State of the Union address.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 'Things are out of control' as manatee-loving tourists overwhelm refuge

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CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. -- This city of 3,100 people is crazy about manatees.

BIOFUELS: Ethanol backers, bashers jam EPA's mailbox with comments on RFS rollback

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U.S. EPA yesterday closed its public comment period on a controversial proposal to lower this year's ethanol and advanced biofuel mandates.

DROUGHT: Parched SoCal water district eyes tapping depleted Lake Mead

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California -- in the grip of a record drought -- is set to tap an already depleted Lake Mead in a move that's likely to accelerate the looming water crisis faced by Las Vegas and other communities that rely on the Colorado River reservoir.
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