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NEW YORK: Big Apple aims to slash waste by 90% in 15 years

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New York City today will announce a plan to reduce its waste output by 90 percent by 2030.

CALIFORNIA: Beverly Hills OKs water restrictions amid drought

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Even the rich and famous are not immune to the consequences of California's drought.

CHEMICALS: Mislabeling blamed in death of 400 fish at Texas State Aquarium

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The Texas State Aquarium accidentally killed nearly 400 of its fish this week, with aquarium officials blaming the deaths on a mislabeled chemical container.

AIR POLLUTION: Idling cars bring dangerous asthma rates to U.S.-Mexico border towns

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California's Imperial Valley is an especially dangerous place to be a child.

COAL ASH: Contamination found in wells near Duke ponds

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Tests of private wells located near Duke Energy Corp.'s North Carolina coal ash ponds show contamination above state groundwater standards, state regulators said yesterday.

AIR POLLUTION: Sierra Club launches campaign to promote lower ozone limit

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The Sierra Club today launched a campaign to promote a tighter national standard for ozone, a key component of smoggy air.

AIR POLLUTION: Curbing school bus emissions improves children's health -- study

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Reducing air pollution from school buses makes children healthier, according to a new study by researchers from the universities of Washington and Michigan.

AGRICULTURE: USDA works on bird flu vaccine

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun working on a vaccine for the bird flu, as a deadly strain of the virus continues to spread.

EPA: Labor Dept. slams agency for treatment of whistleblower

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The Department of Labor has found that U.S. EPA retaliated against a high-profile whistleblower at the agency.

AIR POLLUTION: Oil and gas company agrees to $73M settlement over Colo. emissions

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Noble Energy Inc. has agreed to pay about $73 million in system upgrades, environmental projects and a civil penalty in a settlement agreement with the federal government.

OIL SPILL: Exxon agrees to $5M settlement over ruptured Ark. pipeline

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The Obama administration and the state of Arkansas have reached a more than $5 million settlement with Exxon Mobil Co. for the 2013 pipeline rupture that spewed 134,000 gallons of Canadian crude on a Little Rock suburb and added fuel to the long-running battle over safety of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

WILDLIFE: Illegal trafficking remains big on eBay

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Internet stores and auction sites continue to be havens for trade in products and parts from protected wildlife as traffickers find a way around control efforts.

NATIONAL PARKS: Pearl Harbor superintendent departs for new job

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The Pearl Harbor National Park superintendent is leaving Hawaii for the East Coast.

FISHERIES: U.S. continues importing slave-caught fish

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The United States continues to import fish caught by slaves in Thailand, despite a 1930 law that could allow it to ban the seafood.

WHITE HOUSE: Obama to promote national parks, climate fight in Everglades speech

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During a climate change-focused speech in Everglades National Park later today, President Obama plans to tout the environmental and economic importance of supporting the national park system and steps his administration has taken to combat global warming.

TRIBES: Navajo Nation elects new leader

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The Navajo Nation elected a new president yesterday, ending an election season drawn out by a court fight over a candidate's ability to speak fluent Navajo.

CAMPAIGN 2015: Ky. GOP candidates for governor agree: Clean Power Plan is bad

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Republican candidates seeking to differentiate themselves ahead of Kentucky's gubernatorial primary sparred last night over bridge tolls and state health care programs, but the contenders did agree on one thing: Each vowed to defy U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan if elected.

CLIMATE: Utilities, Whitehouse defend Clean Power Plan

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Electric utilities that rely heavily on nuclear and renewable energy defended U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan alongside a Senate Democrat who faulted Republican leadership for trying to stall the proposed climate rule.

DOE: Lawmakers accuse agency of wrongdoing in uranium releases

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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Republicans this morning blasted the Department of Energy's ongoing releases of government uranium stockpiles, saying they are illegally hurting mining efforts nationwide.

CHEMICAL SAFETY: CSB nominee vows major shift from disgraced former leader

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President Obama's pick to lead the Chemical Safety Board told lawmakers today that she intends to run the agency far differently from its previous leader, who was forced to step down by the White House.
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