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CALIFORNIA: Enviros look to broaden trapping ban beyond bobcats

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Wildlife advocates are setting their sights on protecting more species in California from fur trappers after the state became the first to ban bobcat trapping last week (Greenwire, Aug. 6).

MERCURY: Emissions in Asia larger than previously thought -- study

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A new analysis of global mercury sources has found that Asia contributes more of the toxin than previously thought.

ARMY CORPS: Cost of replacing key Tenn. lock has more than doubled

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Replacing the aging Chickamauga Lock in Tennessee would cost more than double the initial estimates, a new cost-benefit analysis by the Army Corps of Engineers shows.

ARCTIC: Coast Guard diverts resources to monitor drilling

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The U.S. Coast Guard has had to divert resources to the Arctic in order to ensure drilling by Royal Dutch Shell PLC abides by environmental and safety regulations.

UTILITIES: Central player in CPUC scandal to lead agency reform

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The new man in charge of leading reform efforts at the California Public Utilities Commission was a central player in a scandal involving backroom dealings with utilities that spurred federal and state criminal investigations.

NUCLEAR: NRC boosts oversight of Ill. power station

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will increase its oversight of the Clinton Power Station for the remainder of 2015 following a low-risk safety lapse.

SOLAR: Plans to build controversial Calif. project on hold again

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A Spain-based renewable energy development company says it cannot begin construction of a major solar power project in Southern California by the end of the year as required by state regulations, casting doubt on the controversial project's future.

ARCTIC: Shell's quest for oil threatens climate fight -- enviros

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC's push for oil in the Arctic Ocean is undermining the Obama administration's push to fight climate change, environmentalists warned today in a new report.

ETHANOL: EPA's scaled-back targets would boost emissions -- study

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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago say U.S. EPA's proposal to scale back ethanol targets compared with the levels that Congress anticipated would increase carbon dioxide emissions.

OIL AND GAS: Pipeline owner pays spill penalty -- 17 years later

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The owner of a South Texas pipeline receiving station that spilled nearly 25,000 gallons of crude into a creek is set to pay a fine 17 years after the incident.

DOE: Hanford reaches $4.1M settlement with whistleblower

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A Hanford Nuclear Reservation whistleblower has reached a $4.1 million settlement with his former employer, his lawyers said yesterday.

COAL: Court rules 2 W.Va. mines degraded waterways

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A federal judge yesterday ruled that a Consol Energy Inc. subsidiary illegally polluted creeks near two of its West Virginia coal mines in a significant win for environmental groups.

PUERTO RICO: Island calls on DOD for drought aid

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Puerto Rico's representative in Congress is calling on the Defense Department to help the island as drought there grows more severe.

WASHINGTON: Puget Sound cities ask for voluntary 10% water cuts

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Two of the largest cities in the Puget Sound region are asking residents to cut water use by 10 percent amid a drought.

CALIFORNIA: Regulators order nation's strictest shower head standard

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With drought ravaging large swaths of California, regulators yesterday targeted another water-using culprit: shower heads.

DEFENSE: Military slashed water use long before 'doomsday' drought

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One of the most efficient water users in California is one that isn't bound by Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) executive order to curb water consumption 25 percent by February 2016.

OBITUARY: Ore. environmentalist dies after hike

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Oregon environmentalist Wendell Wood died earlier this week after collapsing while on a hike in California's redwoods.

WILDLIFE: Liver disease threatens frogs worldwide

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A newly identified parasitic disease found in tadpoles could threaten global frog populations, according to new research.

FISHERIES: Gouged walleye population empties Minn. towns

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Towns surrounding Mille Lacs Lake in northern Minnesota have a simple, devastating problem now that the state's Department of Natural Resources has shut down walleye fishing.

WILDLIFE: Army shoos feral horses off La. base

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A Louisiana Army base is struggling to find a solution to herds of wild horses that are roaming in troop training areas.
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