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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Developer plans resort at Va. gathering spot for bald eagles

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A Miami-based corporation's plan to turn prime Virginia bald eagle habitat into a resort and golf course has touched off opposition from conservationists.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Alaska to spray lake with herbicides

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Alaskan authorities tomorrow will begin applying a herbicide to an Anchorage lake to remove an invasive plant infestation recently discovered there.

YELLOWSTONE: Bison slams, injures woman taking selfie

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A Yellowstone National Park visitor was injured by a bison while attempting to take a selfie with it, according to the National Park Service.

LAKE TAHOE: Iconic blue hue tied to algae, not clarity, researchers find

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Researchers at the iconic Lake Tahoe claimed today to have untangled a key factor in the lake's environmental degradation over the past several decades.

GULF SPILL: Nature restoration tops poll on how to spend BP money

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Most voters say money from the BP PLC oil spill settlement should be spent on natural resource restoration, according to a poll released today by the Nature Conservancy and the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership.

PEOPLE: Former Bush economic adviser joins pro-nuclear group

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A former director of the National Economic Council and adviser to the George W. Bush administration has joined the leadership council of the pro-nuclear group Nuclear Matters.

YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Nev. senators angle for state veto on Yucca in bipartisan bill

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The Nevada Senate delegation quietly introduced legislation yesterday that would require state or local consent before the government works on a nuclear waste site.

APPROPRIATIONS: Stopgap spending measure is coming -- Boehner

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With only a handful of legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year in September, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said today that Congress will turn to a short-term spending measure to avoid another government shutdown.

CLIMATE: Swing states back pope on warming, dislike morality message

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Swing-state voters agree with Pope Francis by healthy margins that climate change is caused by humans and that action to address it is needed, but they balk at his message that doing so is a moral issue, according to a new poll.

PUBLIC LANDS: Conservation groups hail 'breakthrough' agreement on LWCF

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Conservation groups are cheering a bipartisan deal unveiled yesterday to permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund, one of the nation's premier land protection programs that is set to expire at the end of September.

EPA: Gina McCarthy flustered as security spat grinds on

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Gina McCarthy is upset that U.S. EPA's top watchdog continues to gripe about her agency's homeland security shop. The EPA administrator and other agency leaders have been feuding with the inspector general for years over the homeland security division, and watchdogs have been complaining that staffers have inappropriately blocked their access to information. The ongoing turf war has been the topic of congressional hearings, spurred continued negotiations between EPA and IG officials, and has come under scrutiny in the media.

ENERGY POLICY: E&E Daily's Northey outlines roadblocks, timeline on energy bills

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With comprehensive energy bills introduced in both the House and Senate this week, what timeline is emerging for moving the bills through committee, and how contentious is the amendment process expected to be? On today's The Cutting Edge, E&E Daily reporter Hannah Northey discusses the outlook for committee markups and floor action.

MICHIGAN: Discovered shipwreck among deepest ever found

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Explorers have recently found one of the deepest shipwrecks ever discovered in Lake Michigan.

UTAH: Developer illegally cuts more than 100 trees

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More than 100 trees in Utah's Big Cottonwood Canyon, some of them more than 100 years old, have been illegally cut by a developer, according to officials.

IDAHO: Despite drought and heat, trout fishing will continue

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Idaho will not restrict catch-and-release fishing despite a drought and heat wave that have killed or stressed many trout and other fish.

GREAT LAKES: Lake Michigan levels surge after record lows

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Lake Michigan's water levels are roughly a foot higher than the long-term average just two years after hitting a record low, according to researchers.

COAL: Obama admin to publish stream rule Monday

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The Interior Department's newly proposed rule to protect land and streams from coal mining will appear in Monday's edition of the Federal Register, launching a 60-day comment period.

RECYCLING: Detroit to address thousands of scrap tires littering city

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The Motor City is cracking down on abandoned tires.

OBITUARY: Pioneering black lung doctor triggered coal mine awakening

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The doctor whose work on black lung disease forever changed the coal mining industry died yesterday at the age of 87.

CHEMICAL SECURITY: DHS official claims program 'has now hit its stride'

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Industry outreach has been crucial to saving a once-maligned security program, a top security official said, but engagement with the labor community has been slower to develop.
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