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KENTUCKY: State faces hazardous waste cleanup shortfall

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Kentucky's hazardous waste management fund faces projected shortfalls, which state officials warn could halt cleanup projects at contaminated sites, posing health risks.

HAZARDOUS WASTE: Ontario to incinerate Love Canal chemicals

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At least 80 truckloads of waste once buried at the infamous Love Canal site -- where homes were built on a chemical dumping ground -- are being brought to an Ontario incinerator.

DRINKING WATER: Shrinking supply creates headache for Utah

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Groundwater rights and soaring demand for fresh water in Utah are creating a dilemma for officials in one of the nation's driest states.

INFRASTRUCTURE: Bypassing mudslide risk, Calif. dam removal creates new river

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Long-awaited rains last week allowed the Carmel River to fill its new channel for the first time, bypassing the San Clemente Dam in the largest diversion project ever attempted in California.

WATER POLLUTION: EPA reporting rule contradicts agency arguments in lawsuit -- farm groups

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U.S. EPA's recent proposal to update reporting requirements for water pollution permits contradicts the agency's defense in a lawsuit to challenge EPA's release of private information on concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), agriculture groups suing the agency say.

PUBLIC HEALTH: NIH scraps study once billed as landmark safety research

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The National Institutes of Health will scrap what was once an ambitious public health study meant to prompt new discoveries on children's exposure to environmental contaminants, among other factors.

NUCLEAR POWER: PSEG population predictions for proposed reactors don't add up

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Plans by PSEG Nuclear LLC for more reactors in its Salem/Hope Creek, Del., nuclear complex do not take into account Delaware growth projections for the area.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: White House reviewing rule to reduce blowout threats

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The White House has begun reviewing a new Interior Department rule aimed at enhancing the reliability of blowout preventers -- devices that are supposed to prevent the uncontrolled escape of oil from offshore rigs.

SALMON: Legal battle mounts as Wash. rule stalls new housing in Skagit Basin

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Richard and Marnie Fox face an uphill legal battle to build their retirement home in the Skagit River Basin north of Seattle.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Colo. notifies Interior of planned lawsuit over Gunnison listing

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The state of Colorado formally notified the Obama administration that it plans to sue over the recent decision to list the Gunnison sage grouse for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

WATER POLLUTION: Supreme Court won't review expert testimony in Calif. perchlorate case

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The Supreme Court today declined an international chemical maker's plea that a lower court should have excluded expert testimony that its product caused water contamination in Southern California.

GRID: Industry pushes court to end federal demand-response program

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Industry groups are asking a federal appeals court to vacate the government's high-profile, demand-response program now instead of waiting to see whether the Supreme Court will review the case.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Carp to cull canal plants in South Fla.

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South Florida water managers are hoping to harness the power of carp to combat invasive plants clogging Fort Lauderdale and Homestead flood-control canals.

OCEANS: Virgin scraps deep-sea dives

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Safety concerns have scrapped billionaire Richard Branson's deep-sea exploration project.

WILDLIFE: Veterinary drug threatens vulture populations

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Carcass-eating birds such as vultures are at risk from an anti-inflammatory livestock drug already linked to a decline in vulture populations in Asia, E.U. regulators said Friday.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 1 of remaining 6 northern white rhinos dies at zoo

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One of the last remaining northern white rhinos died of old age at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, said zoo officials yesterday.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Feds propose new tourist restrictions at Fla. manatee refuge

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The Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed temporary new protections at a controversial Florida wildlife refuge that is overwhelmed in the winter months by visitors eager to swim and play with endangered manatees.

SOLAR: Tribe sues Interior to stop array on BLM land in Calif.

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A Native American tribal group is suing the Obama administration to stop an already approved commercial-scale solar power project in the Southern California desert, claiming that the project is illegal, in part because federal regulators failed to consult with the tribes or take a "hard look" at the project's true environmental impacts.

ELECTION 2014: Nonprofits' ads near line on campaign activity

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Even though charities risk forfeiting their tax exempt status by engaging in political activity, a handful of nonprofit groups took active roles in the midterm elections in ways that blur the line.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Republicans on House committee issue report critical of listing process

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In a parting shot at the Fish and Wildlife Service, outgoing House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) raised concerns today about the peer review process FWS uses before protecting plants and animals under the Endangered Species Act.
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