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JAPAN: Radiation leaks into ocean near Fukushima plant

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. said yesterday it found a pool of highly contaminated water on the roof of a Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant building.

EUROPEAN UNION: Plan would merge energy markets, decrease dependence on Russia

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The European Union executive has proposed a sweeping plan to increase cooperation among the E.U.'s 28 national energy markets in an effort to wean Europe off Russian gas supplies and provide cheaper electricity for ratepayers.

MINNESOTA: Bill would repeal wild rice water rules

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A state representative has introduced a bill that would repeal wild rice water rules that she claims threaten some of Minnesota's largest industries.

ARIZONA: Lawmakers grant Apple millions in renewable energy tax breaks

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Arizona lawmakers cleared a path yesterday to expand renewable energy tax credits and exemptions for a new 1.3-million-square-foot Apple Inc. data center planned for the Phoenix area.

CALIFORNIA: Referendum to overturn plastic bag ban headed to voters

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California's first-in-the-nation statewide ban on plastic bags won't take effect this summer, after opponents successfully gathered enough signatures to put a measure overturning the prohibition before voters in 2016.

WATER POLLUTION: Floating strip club accused of dumping sewage into Alaska harbor

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The owners of an offshore strip club floating near an Alaska island were indicted on federal water pollution charges last week.

AIR POLLUTION: Koch company agrees to move Chicago petcoke piles

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A Koch Industries Inc. subsidiary has agreed to stop storing petroleum coke at its facility on Chicago's Southeast Side, but that doesn't mean the controversial petcoke will be gone forever.

PUBLIC HEALTH: Study links air pollution to higher suicide risks

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Air pollution exposure may increase the risk of suicide, especially among men and middle-aged people, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Utah.

AUTOS: Musk decries Toyota's new hydrogen-fueled car

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Toyota's latest alternative fuel car has immediately found a critic in Tesla Motors Inc.'s Elon Musk.

EPA: Regional office defends pesticide oversight in N.D.

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A report by the U.S. EPA inspector general finding safety risks from what it said was a lack of pesticide inspections in North Dakota is meeting resistance from the state and an EPA regional office.

AGRICULTURE: Renewal period opens for landowners in USDA conservation program

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The Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service is allowing landowners to renew existing contracts in the Conservation Stewardship Program through March 31.

EPA: Region 7 chief heads for headquarters post

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U.S. EPA's Region 7 chief Karl Brooks will be stepping down from his post for a new job at the agency's Washington, D.C. headquarters.

OBITUARY: Manhattan Project scientist, environmentalist dies at 94

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Nuclear physicist Ralph Nobles, who worked on the Manhattan Project and led efforts to save San Francisco Bay wetlands, died Friday due to complications from pneumonia, according to his daughter.

AGRICULTURE: Mo. top court to hear challenge to 'right to farm' amendment

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Opponents of a recently passed "Right to Farm" amendment to the Missouri Constitution are asking the Missouri Supreme Court to remove the amendment because they say ballot language misled voters who approved it.

OBITUARY: Indian rights advocate, fracking opponent dies at 67

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Outspoken indigenous rights advocate Tonya Gonnella Frichner died Feb. 12 at the age of 67.

NATIONAL PARKS: Officials rescue snowed-in students at Grand Canyon

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Twenty Northern Arizona University hikers were back on campus yesterday after a snowy rescue in the Grand Canyon.

PUBLIC LANDS: Protected areas receive 8B visits each year -- study

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National parks, protected lands, wildlife preserves and other wild places receive more than 8 billion visitors a year, according to a new study.

PUBLIC LANDS: Lack of BLM fees creates 'overuse, human waste' concerns -- IG

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The Bureau of Land Management could raise needed revenue and better protect natural resources and public health by adding amenities and charging fees at a number of recreation sites in Arizona, Colorado and Nevada, according to a new report from the Interior Office of Inspector General.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Former governor takes on Portman for Ohio Senate seat

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Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) announced today that he will challenge Sen. Rob Portman (R) in the 2016 election, providing Democrats with a marquee candidate in their uphill efforts to force the first-term senator out of office.

EPA: House Republicans blast agency's budget priorities

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Republican members of two House Energy and Commerce Committee subpanels today blasted U.S. EPA's fiscal 2016 budget request as a catalog of misplaced priorities and misspent funds.
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