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WATER POLICY: Local officials travel U.S. to gather feedback for EPA on rule

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A group of local government officials are traveling the country gathering feedback on U.S. EPA's proposal to clarify the scope of the Clean Water Act.

EPA: OIG denies praising McCarthy in Beale case

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U.S. EPA's in-house watchdog denies praising Administrator Gina McCarthy for her role in uncovering the blockbuster fraud of the fake spy John Beale.

CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD: Agency withholding private emails used for business -- OIG

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The embattled Chemical Safety Board is withholding documents from watchdogs, including private emails used for official business, according to U.S. EPA investigators.

TRANSPORTATION: House panel approves $11B patch for Highway Trust Fund

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A bill to patch the ailing Highway Trust Fund won easy approval from the House Ways and Means Committee this morning, setting the stage for House action as early as next week.

CLIMATE: EPA unveils proposal for phaseout of heat-trapping coolants

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U.S. EPA released a proposed schedule today for phasing out heat-trapping hydrofluorocarbons in refrigeration and air conditioning.

PUBLIC LANDS: Bipartisan sportsmen's bill dies in Senate

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A bipartisan bill to expand hunting on public lands succumbed to political gridlock today, failing to win the 60 votes needed to move forward in the Senate.

SUPREME COURT: 3 cases could set key precedents for environmental lawsuits

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A trend has emerged at the Supreme Court that could establish important precedents for environmental litigation: a concern among the justices about lawsuits filed beyond legal deadlines.

POLITICS: Greenwire's Bush talks Clinton climate politics

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What does Hillary Clinton's framing of climate and energy issues in her memoir "Hard Choices" foreshadow about how she may handle the politics of these issues if she decides to run for president in 2016? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Daniel Bush gives the background on his coverage of the topic and talks about the developing dividing lines among potential 2016 candidates on climate and energy issues.

AUSTRALIA: Mining bust leaves geologists hard up for jobs

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Australian geologists are among the hardest hit as slowing Chinese demand contributes to the collapse in the global mining boom.

JAPAN: TEPCO workers quit shuttered plant for solar industry jobs

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Thousands of Fukushima Daiichi workers have left the Japanese nuclear power plant after its 2011 meltdown with many headed for greener pastures in the solar energy industry.

ARIZONA: Sheriff's office investigates buffalo's death at rodeo restaurant

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Authorities are investigating the death of a popular buffalo that fell off a tractor-trailer at a rodeo-themed restaurant in Arizona.

CALIFORNIA: Volunteers hand out endangered species condoms on World Population Day

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A San Francisco filmmaker is among the volunteers handing out environmentally themed condoms today in honor of World Population Day.

NEW JERSEY: Wealthy towns start work on controversial wall to guard against next Sandy

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Two wealthy New Jersey coastal towns that were among the hardest areas hit by Superstorm Sandy started construction yesterday on a 4-mile-long steel wall that they say will protect their towns from the next storm.

MONTANA: State limits sage grouse hunting as numbers decline

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The lowest spring count of sage grouse since 1980 prompted Montana wildlife officials to call off hunting in some areas and cut the hunting season from two months to one.

WATER POLLUTION: Cancer survivors paddle tainted waters of Flushing Bay

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A group of breast cancer survivors are using the same tenacity that helped them beat the disease to clean up the polluted waters where they row.

MINING: 'Only pink mining truck in America' makes 83,000-pound statement

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An iron mining company will officially unveil a massive hot pink truck box tomorrow in the Iron Range in Minnesota as a massive tribute to breast cancer awareness.

AGRICULTURE: Poultry slaughter rule moves to OMB

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An Agriculture Department rule to modernize inspections in poultry facilities moved to the Office of Management and Budget yesterday afternoon, coming one step closer to finalization.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: At Texas solar farm, sheep keep grass under control

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A Texas solar farm has a creative solution for controlling the vegetation that could impede its panels: sheep.

WILDLIFE: 2 men charged with freeing 2,000 minks at Ill. farm

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A federal grand jury in Chicago this week indicted two California men accused of damaging an Illinois mink farm and freeing 2,000 animals.

COAL: Ky. industry group sues TVA over plant closure

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The Kentucky Coal Association is suing the Tennessee Valley Authority over the federally backed utility's decision to shut down two of three coal-fired units at its Paradise power plant in the Bluegrass State.
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