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ENDANGERED SPECIES: U.S. threatens Mexican seafood imports over sea turtles

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Mexico could face possible U.S. restrictions on importing its seafood after the National Marine Fisheries Service alerted Congress last week that the country is not doing enough to limit the deaths of loggerhead sea turtles.

PUBLIC LANDS: Agencies finalize strategy to source seed for rehab projects

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An alliance of federal agencies, seed companies and organizations are rolling out a five-year plan to better source seeds to rehabilitate lands ravages by wildfire, floods and other natural disasters.

CLIMATE: Judge rebuffs latest challenge to Calif. fuel standards

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A federal judge last week largely upheld one of California's primary efforts to address climate change in a challenge from crude oil producers.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Efficiency advocates frustrated by no credit for early action

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The new early-action incentives program U.S. EPA inserted into its final Clean Power Plan could actually reduce interest in energy efficiency improvements before 2022, advocates say.

OIL AND GAS: BLM forges plan to protect Utah's scenic canyons

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The Bureau of Land Management has unveiled its plan to curb impacts from oil and gas drilling and mining in southeast Utah, in one of the Obama administration's boldest steps to reform mineral leasing in the West.

WILDLIFE REFUGES: Unused oil and gas gear threatens habitat, drinking water

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ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas – A well that blew out 75 years ago has been intermittently leaking oily saltwater ever since, imperiling whooping-crane habitat and drinking water for millions of Texans. Hundreds of similarly inactive oil wells remain a major challenge for the Fish and Wildlife Service, which lacks legal muscle and funding to address the problem.

CHINA: Cave holds 5 centuries of drought records

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A cave in China was found to have drought records for the area stretching back over five centuries, researchers said.

CUBA: Nation braces for more water restrictions

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A yearlong drought in Cuba is set to worsen in the coming months, putting the country's civil defense system on high alert.

AUSTRALIA: Government aims to nix enviro lawsuits against mining

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Australia's conservative government is seeking to amend the country's environmental laws to prevent groups from challenging mining projects in which they have no direct involvement.

MARYLAND: Critics blast lack of balance on new reg review board

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) appointment of business leaders to lead a regulatory overhaul panel has some concerned he's interested in hearing only one side of the issue.

CALIFORNIA: Water tunnels would force seizure of hundreds of farms -- docs

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California state contractors have plans prepared to acquire as many as 300 farms in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta through the use of eminent domain to build a pair of water tunnels proposed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D).

CHEMICALS: 16 companies to pay $14.3M in Md. Superfund settlement

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Sixteen companies will pay $14.3 million to clean up a Hagerstown, Md., Superfund site under a settlement reached yesterday with U.S. EPA.

CHEMICALS: Starbucks, Panera ax artificial ingredients in pumpkin lattes

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As pumpkin spice latte season nears, customers will be able to snag reformulated versions of the popular drinks at Starbucks and Panera that the stores say are more authentic.

AIR POLLUTION: Grime releases smog when sunlight hits -- study

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Dirty city streets may be bad for more than just aesthetics.

AIR POLLUTION: Researchers create low-impact, low-cost model for utilities

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Georgia researchers have created a new computer model that they say could help utility companies lower their air pollution impacts on people while continuing to provide power cost-effectively.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Government embraces feedback via Yelp

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Not wild about U.S. EPA's rules? Love the salad bar at the Energy Department's cafeteria? Federal agencies want to hear about it on Yelp.

COAL: Nonprofit poised to take over mines under Patriot deal

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Patriot Coal Corp. will unload more than $400 million in debt in a newly announced deal to sell its remaining West Virginia mines to an environmental nonprofit.

SOLAR: Federal program readies vets for green energy jobs

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A federal job-training program to prepare soon-to-be veterans for work in the solar industry has had a remarkable success rate in its first year.

UTILITIES: Regulator calls for probe of PG&E's safety culture

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California's utility regulator is mulling an investigation into the state's largest utility's approach to safety in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion five years ago.

SCIENCE: Controversial topics get more edits on Wikipedia

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Wikipedia articles on controversial science topics were found to be edited much more frequently than other articles, a new study finds.
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