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AIR POLLUTION: Despite efforts, ozone hole will take years to heal -- scientists

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The scientists who discovered the hole in the ozone layer 30 years ago say it will still take years to heal.

WATER POLLUTION: Study shows microbeads passing through wastewater plants

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Samples from New York water treatment plants show plastic microbeads are passing through the systems and into waterways, according to a study released by the New York State Attorney General's Office.

COAL ASH: Dominion to close all Va. waste ponds within 3 years

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Dominion Virginia Power is planning to close all of its coal ash ponds in Virginia, including one currently under construction at the Chesterfield Power Station.

NATURAL GAS: Pipeline explosion injuries 13 in Fresno

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A natural gas pipeline that exploded in Fresno, Calif., on Friday and injured 13 people had been given a clean bill of health when it was inspected earlier this month.

TRANSPORTATION: Trucker agrees to plea deal in Bakken hazmat case

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A Montana truck driver charged last fall with illegally transporting natural gas condensate connected to North Dakota's Bakken Shale oil fields has agreed to a plea deal, according to a federal district court filing Friday.

COAL: Court rejects emergency Navajo bid to resume mining

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A federal appeals court last week rejected a Navajo Nation emergency request to resume coal mining in a disputed area of the reservation in northwestern New Mexico.

AGRICULTURE: Supreme Court won't review human rights case against banana company

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The Supreme Court today declined to review two appeals by 4,000 Colombians alleging human rights violations by banana company Chiquita Brands International Inc.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Spawn of crocodiles 'Hillary,' 'Castro' head home to Cuba

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A Swedish zoo is sending 10 baby Cuban crocodiles back to their native home to help recovery efforts underway to save the critically endangered species.

HURRICANES: 'Isis' scratched from storm name list

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The United Nations' World Meteorological Organization removed "Isis" from its list of hurricane names at last week's meeting of the 27-expert panel in Costa Rica.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Internet mobilizes to help researchers find long-lost monkey

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Two primatologists have documented a monkey species long thought extinct with a little help from the Internet.

OCEANS: Adidas to use marine plastic in products

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Future Adidas-branded clothing and shoes could contain plastic pulled from the world's oceans as part of a partnership announced today between the German company and a conservation group aimed at reducing marine pollution.

WILDLIFE: Thai ivory bust called largest in country's history

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The Thai Customs Department announced today it recorded Thailand's largest-ever seizure of illegal ivory Saturday by nabbing 4 metric tons headed for customers across Southeast Asia.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Most humpback whales removed from ESA protection under proposed rule

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The National Marine Fisheries Service plans to remove most humpback whales from protection under the Endangered Species Act.

SOLAR: Coalition urges BLM to protect desert targeted for large project

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A group of former Interior Department officials, conservationists, scientists, and local business and government leaders is asking the Bureau of Land Management to reject a controversial proposed solar power project near the Mojave National Preserve in the Southern California desert.

PEOPLE: Mine opponent among Goldman Prize winners

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A native Canadian woman who for years has opposed one of that country's most controversial mining projects yesterday won the world's top environmental grass-roots activism award.

GULF SPILL: Liberal groups storm API lobby, air anti-industry ads to mark anniversary

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Liberal groups used today's five-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to attack the oil industry's lobbying arm over the airwaves and in person.

CONGRESS: Lawmakers working more days under GOP control -- study

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Lawmakers are working more days and the Senate is considering more amendments since Republicans took full control of Congress this year, a new study shows.

WHITE HOUSE: Obama declares National Park Week to promote climate initiative

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The Obama administration is using Earth Week to drum up support for its climate change actions by pointing to the toll warming is already taking on the popular national park system.

CALIFORNIA: Regulators propose 36% cut for urban water guzzlers

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California regulators released proposed water-saving regulations last weekend aimed at cracking down on outdoor urban water use ahead of the summer dry season.

CLIMATE: U.S. emissions rose in 2014 but lagged pace of economic growth

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Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States rose again last year as the nation's economy grew and are expected to do so again this year and next, the Department of Energy's statistical arm said today.
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