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PUBLIC LANDS: Utah officials pay up to finance BLM protest defense

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Utah officials sympathetic to a county commissioner who went on a protest all-terrain-vehicle ride on federal lands are digging into their own pockets to aid his defense.

WILDLIFE: U.S., China cooperate to end trafficking 'massacre'

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U.S. and Chinese officials agreed yesterday to partner to restrict the flow of illegal wildlife trafficking, according to a senior U.S. official.

NATIONAL PARKS: Agency asks vendors to halt sales of Confederate flags

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The National Park Service is joining vendors across the nation this week by moving to stop sales of the Confederate flag in federal parks.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: As Jewell leans against grouse listing, governors weigh BLM plans

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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- The governors of Utah and Wyoming signaled yesterday that they are concerned the Bureau of Land Management's final plans to increase sage grouse protections could unduly limit development in their states, but stopped short of directly opposing them.

COMMERCE: Panel approves Amtrak funding, fisheries bills

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Amtrak would get a boost in authorized funding and the National Marine Fisheries Service would have to conduct more stock assessments under bills that passed the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee today.

PUBLIC LANDS: Lawmakers push leadership to move on conservation fund reauthorization

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Lawmakers from both parties and each side of the Capitol today sought to give new momentum to stalled legislation that would reauthorize a popular and soon-to-expire conservation law.

CHEMICALS: Shimkus, Udall predict TSCA bill will land on Obama's desk

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Two key lawmakers working to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act expressed optimism today that the House and Senate would iron out differences in their respective bills and send a final version to President Obama this year.

BIOFUELS: Republican aims to strip RFS funding in Interior-EPA approps bill

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A freshman Georgia congressman wants to eliminate funding for U.S. EPA to put in place the renewable fuel standard that EPA uses to set annual biofuels requirements for refiners.

APPROPRIATIONS: Senate panel clears transportation spending bill despite Dems' objections

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The Senate Appropriations Committee this morning approved a fiscal 2016 transportation spending bill that skirts some of the deep cuts in its House-passed counterpart, but only after rejecting a Democratic attempt to boost funding for Amtrak and the TIGER grant program.

PUBLIC HEALTH: N.Y. hospital names new environmental lab for Lautenberg

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A leading environmental health center will conduct some of the most cutting-edge research into the safety of chemicals at a facility named for one of the field's giants.

EPA: Enforcement office defends right to keep its guns

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A senior official in U.S. EPA's enforcement office has authored a defense of the agency's right to hold and use firearms for its criminal investigations.

DROUGHT: Calif.'s quirky water rights system is showing its age

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California's method for distributing surface water is under siege as a historic drought strains supplies and nerves.

PUBLIC LANDS: 'The wheels of justice move at their own pace,' Jewell says of Bundy

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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. -- Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Nevada cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, whose ranch was the site of an armed confrontation with federal officials last year over unpaid grazing fees, will be brought to justice.

APPROPRIATIONS: Amendment to Interior-EPA bill would upend BLM's grouse plans

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A Nevada congressman has offered an amendment to the House's fiscal 2016 spending bill for the Interior Department that would upend federal efforts to conserve public lands for the greater sage grouse and throw a potential twist into the September decision whether to list the bird under the Endangered Species Act.

SUPREME COURT: Lawyers mine health care ruling for Clean Power Plan clues

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Environmental attorneys are grappling with whether today's Supreme Court ruling upholding the Obama administration's health care reform could set a precedent in expected legal challenges to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

CLIMATE: E&E Daily's Chemnick discusses House, Senate action on power plan

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The Clean Power Plan hit a roadblock in the House this week, with passage of a bill that would allow states to delay or opt out of compliance. How does this play into the dynamic of the discussion in Congress on the power plan? On today's The Cutting Edge, E&E Daily reporter Jean Chemnick discusses the House's and Senate's plans this summer to use various policy tools to push back against U.S. EPA's emissions regulations.

CHINA: Pollution could soon overwhelm country -- Paulson

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Former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has said explosive population growth and migration could cause pollution to overwhelm China, despite the country's recent efforts to contain the problem.

NORWAY: 'Bee highway' will allow safe passage through city

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Bees will be able to travel through Oslo, Norway, after the city finished building a "bee highway."

FRANCE: 1 beheaded, 2 injured in attack on U.S.-owned chemical plant

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One person was decapitated and two others were injured in what French authorities described as a terrorist attack at an Air Products & Chemicals Inc. gas plant near Lyon.

WISCONSIN: Natural Resources official resigns after controversy

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The head of Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources has said he will resign after Gov. Scott Walker (R) and Republican legislators targeted his office for severe budget cuts.
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