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HOUSE: Texas lawmaker joins Democratic leadership team

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Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro was promoted today to the Democratic Caucus' chief deputy whip team, joining a growing number of younger members in leadership posts.

DOE: Senators roll out bipartisan bill to create public-friendly 'microlabs'

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A bipartisan duo of senators yesterday advanced the plan to better leverage federal research to increase U.S. innovation-driven economic growth with their rollout of a new bill to create public-friendly "microlab" outlets of the nation's energy and science laboratories.

AGRICULTURE: Bill on spraying pesticides over water sails through committee

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The House Agriculture Committee today voted unanimously to pass H.R. 897, a bill that would strip U.S. EPA of its authority to regulate pesticide applicators who spray over waterways under the Clean Water Act.

CHEMICALS: Industry donations pour in to reform bill sponsors -- report

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Chemical industry campaign contributions have flowed to lawmakers co-sponsoring a new chemical safety bill that is favored by the companies.

EPA: McCarthy urges state officials to cooperate on climate, water rules

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U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy today urged state lieutenant governors to cooperate with her agency on issues ranging from its Clean Power Plan to the Waters of the U.S. rule, promising that EPA will fix any flaws it has made in recent rulemakings.

PUBLIC LANDS: Lawmaker calls Bundy supporters 'thugs,' urges BLM to seek justice

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Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and his armed supporters who protested the Bureau of Land Management's roundup of Bundy's cattle last April broke the law and should be brought to justice, a Minnesota congresswoman said this morning.

OVERSIGHT: Defiant agency boss holds out amid bipartisan demands for ouster

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The embattled Chemical Safety Board chief is holding on tightly to his job, despite repeated calls for his removal.

CLIMATE: Minerals from federal tracts generate 21% of U.S. emissions -- report

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The burning of oil, gas and coal from public lands and waters accounts for more than one-fifth of domestic greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report that calls the Obama administration's federal lands policy a "blind spot" in its efforts to combat global climate change.

CLIMATE: Obama orders 40% cut in federal greenhouse gases by 2025

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President Obama committed the federal government today to steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and set the stage for the rollout of a U.S. pledge for climate treaty talks in Paris late this year.

COAL: When legally liable, companies don't dispute global warming

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U.S. coal companies that are publicly skeptical of man-made climate change acknowledge in mandatory financial disclosures the widely accepted scientific link between fossil fuel emissions and a warming planet, a Greenwire analysis has found.

FERC: Greenwire's Northey profiles FERC Chairwoman Cheryl LaFleur

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After presiding over her final public meeting as chairwoman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this week, what is next for Cheryl LaFleur? On today's The Cutting Edge, Greenwire reporter Hannah Northey discusses her new feature on LaFleur and her uphill climb to becoming chairwoman.

LAOS: Bear paw, tiger wine on menus in Golden Triangle

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The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Southeast Asia is home not only to luxury casinos but also a bustling trade in endangered species, according to a new report by the Environment Investigation Agency.

JAPAN: Court upholds reactor's use of controversial fuel

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A local court in southwestern Japan declined to block Kyushu Electric Power Co. from using mixed-oxide fuel at the Genkai No. 3 reactor, the company said.

CHINA: Beijing closes another coal plant in war on smog

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Chinese state-run media reported the third of four coal-fired power plants in Beijing was closed today as the capital city tries to phase out coal completely by 2020 to address choking smog.

MARYLAND: 'Rain tax' repeal bill advances

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A bill that would repeal a stormwater fee that has met push back from the environmental community in the past moved forward in the state Senate yesterday without opposition from environmental groups.

WATER POLLUTION: Report calls for expansion of Camp Lejeune medical services program

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The Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies, is recommending that Veterans Affairs expand patient eligibility for a program that provides medical services to veterans and family members affected by water contamination at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina more than two decades ago.

TOXICS: 'Erin Brockovich' town to lose post office, sole store

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The California desert town featured in the 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich" is set to lose its post office, gas station and convenience store as its population continues to dwindle.

DRINKING WATER: U.N. predicts 40% global shortfall by 2030

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Mankind's "business as usual" water consumption practices will cause a 40 percent shortfall in global water supplies in 15 years, the United Nations said today.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA to require electronic reporting of emissions data

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U.S. EPA today said it plans to require industrial facilities to submit certain air emissions data electronically, part of a larger agency shift to bring environmental regulation into the 21st century.

OIL AND GAS: Newspaper urges Gates Foundation to divest $1.4B stake in fossil fuels

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The latest tax filing by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Asset Trust, the world's largest charitable foundation, outlined at least $1.4 billion spent on fossil fuel companies, despite the Gates' stated belief that climate change is a serious threat requiring immediate action.
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