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AIR POLLUTION: Judges back EPA chrome standards

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A federal appeals court today rejected two challenges to U.S. EPA's air standards for hazardous emissions from chrome plating facilities -- one from environmental groups and another from industry.

DROUGHT: Calif. cracks down on illegal water diverters

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California officials are reacting quickly against a flurry of lawsuits from water users seeking to preserve their rights to keep withdrawing supplies during the state's historic drought.

TRANSPORTATION: Senators strike bipartisan long-term funding deal -- McConnell

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell today announced a bipartisan agreement on a transportation bill with three years of funding for highway and transit programs.

CHEMICAL SAFETY : Ousted agency chief avoided, irked Obama admin officials

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In early 2011, Obama administration drilling "czar" Michael Bromwich wanted to talk to the head of the Chemical Safety Board. He accused the chemical agency of dragging its heels on a plan to test equipment whose failure had caused the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill. "I understand that you were unwilling to have a one-on-one conversation with me about this issue," Bromwich wrote CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso in a sharply worded email. "I find this very disappointing, and it simply ensures further delay." The conflict is just one example of how the CSB's ex-chairman -- who resigned this year under pressure from the White House -- ruffled feathers, according to interviews and emails from Moure-Eraso's nongovernmental account.

OHIO: Couple fights to keep unmowed lawn a 'sanctuary'

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Officials in an Ohio township ruled against a local couple who deliberately fail to mow their lawn to create a habitat for flora and fauna.

FLORIDA: Avoid armadillos to avoid leprosy -- officials

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A spike in cases of leprosy is causing Florida health and wildlife experts to warn people to stay away from armadillos.

FLORIDA: Advocate wants environmentalist statue to replace Confederate

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A Florida woman is leading the charge to get her state to replace a Confederate general's statue in the U.S. Capitol with a female environmentalist.

AIR POLLUTION: China breathed cleaner air in early 2015

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Levels of two common air pollutants in China decreased modestly in the first half of 2015, Greenpeace East Asia said today.

DROUGHT: Calif. city to revive desalination plant as 'last resort'

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The Santa Barbara, Calif., City Council is taking steps to reactivate a desalination plant that has been offline for two decades.

COAL: Industry group requests 6 months for comments on stream rule

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The National Mining Association yesterday asked the Interior Department for a significant extension of the planned comment period for its proposed stream protection rule.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Drug-making possible cause of laboratory explosion

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A security guard's attempts to make methamphetamine appear to have caused an explosion at a government science laboratory in Maryland, a federal law enforcement official said.

UTILITIES: Pepco sluggish to connect solar in D.C., Md.

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The power supplier for parts of Maryland and the District of Columbia is one of the slowest at connecting solar panels to the grid, according to a study published this week.

AGRICULTURE: Don't 'snuggle or kiss' chickens, regulators warn

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The Centers for Disease Control has a message for farmers raising chickens: "Do not snuggle or kiss the birds."

WILDLIFE: Rising sea levels suffocate green turtle eggs

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The world's largest nesting site for green turtles is threatened by rising sea levels that damage their eggs.

FISHERIES: Group calls for more exact labeling of seafood

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Oceana has long pushed for tracking seafood from boat to plate, but the environmental nonprofit is now getting more specific with a campaign to require "one name for one fish."

CAMPAIGN 2016: EPA 'out of control' with regs -- Bobby Jindal

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GOP presidential hopeful Bobby Jindal rebuked a controversial U.S. EPA water rule at a campaign event in Iowa this week.

CLIMATE: Global warming 'not science fiction' -- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger was part of a group of Nobel prizewinners, U.N. secretary generals, spiritual leaders, theologians and philosophers chosen by the French government to persuade the world to act quickly on climate change ahead of December's U.N. meeting in Paris.

AIR POLLUTION: New ozone limit could halt D.C. road, rail fixes -- Chamber

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A more stringent ozone standard could threaten transportation projects in and around the nation's capital, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a report released today.

OIL AND GAS: Industry heavyweights call for lifting export ban

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Top refining officials from the world's largest oil companies are urging lawmakers to repeal the crude export ban, arguing that doing so will boost U.S. production and supply for refiners.

ARCTIC: Judge rejects Alaska's bid to explore ANWR

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A federal judge in Alaska yesterday rejected the state's bid to conduct an updated assessment of oil and gas resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, dealing a blow to Alaska's hopes to develop the area's oil-rich coastal plain.
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