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COLORADO: State may flush toilet water from graywater regs

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DENVER -- The colorful rhyme for remembering water conservation in the bathroom might need to be rewritten in Colorado: If it's brown, flush it down; if it's graywater, then it might take state regulators some time to figure out whether it can be flushed at all.

EPA: Political appointees cleared of FOIA interference

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Political staffers at U.S. EPA haven't been found to be improperly meddling in the release of agency documents to the public, according to a new watchdog report.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Court rejects bid by EPA foes to retain judges -- for now

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A federal appeals court yesterday denied -- at least for now -- an effort by 15 states challenging U.S. EPA's landmark greenhouse gas standards for power plants to retain a conservative panel of judges for their latest lawsuit.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: EPA regs morphed from inferior option to 'wicked cool'

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The Obama administration released big new climate rules this month with much fanfare, hailing them as "historic," an "incredible economic opportunity" and "wicked cool." But not long ago, the administration expressed hope it would never have to write those regulations.

NEW ZEALAND: Deer hunters mistakenly kill endangered birds during cull

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The accidental shooting of four critically endangered birds in New Zealand by deer hunters carrying out a cull of another species has prompted an apology from the national deer hunters' association.

CHINA: New fires burn in Tianjin disaster zone

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Four new fires were burning today in the area of China's Tianjin port where massive chemical warehouse explosions killed at least 116 people and spread toxic substances more than a week ago.

COLORADO: Pig survives 65 mph fall from moving trailer

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A 250-pound pig was mostly unharmed after flying out of a trailer at about 65 mph on a Colorado interstate.

NEVADA: Scandal grows over water manager's old poisoning conviction

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A Nevada water department manager has been reassigned following revelations that he was convicted for poisoning children 15 years ago.

PESTICIDES: Study links neonicotinoid use to bee deaths in England, Wales

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The increased use of a neonicotinoid pesticide as a seed treatment on oilseed rape in England and Wales correlated with higher bee mortality during that time, a study found.

PUBLIC HEALTH: Controversial chemicals pass to infants through breast milk -- study

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A controversial class of chemicals may be passed from mothers to their infants through breast-feeding, a previously unknown exposure path, according to a new study.

WATER POLLUTION: Abandoned mine cleanup plan never gained steam

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A program meant to clean up waterways affected by abandoned mines near the Gold King mine in Silverton, Colo., has failed to win support from Congress for years.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Hundreds used government networks to access Ashley Madison

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Among the hundreds of federal workers found to be using government networks to access and pay for the cheating website Ashley Madison were employees with sensitive jobs in national security and enforcement.

BIOFUELS: Company gets $9M DOE boost for biorefinery feedstock systems

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The Department of Energy today awarded a Maryland-based company $9 million to build up systems to grow and collect plant inputs for biofuel production.

DOE: Nuclear lab hires director with Yucca Mountain past

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One of the nation's leading nuclear energy and national security laboratories yesterday announced that an expert in nuclear fuel and waste will be its next leader.

AGRICULTURE: Central America, Caribbean sound alarm over drought

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Central American and Caribbean countries issued official alerts yesterday as a severe drought threatens to damage crops.

CALIFORNIA: Drought study a 'wake up' call for climate skeptics -- Gov. Brown

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Pointing to new research that points to climate change as a key contributor to the California drought, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said yesterday that it's time for climate skeptics "to wake up and take sensible action before it's too late."

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Man to plead guilty in NIST meth explosion

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A former federal police officer will plead guilty to charges of attempting to make methamphetamine at a federal science lab outside Washington, D.C.

GULF SPILL: BP settlement cash far from coast

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Municipalities more than 100 miles from the Gulf Coast have gotten millions of dollars in BP PLC money through settlements intended to compensate local governments for lost tourism dollars and other economic damage from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to records obtained by the Associated Press.

TRANSPORTATION: Trucker gets probation in Bakken-related hazmat case

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Montana truck driver Kelly Steen will spend three years on probation and pay a $2,000 fine in connection with a fiery mishap that leveled an oil processing plant and hurt several workers, according to court papers filed yesterday.

OIL AND GAS: Fracking foes ask Ohio Supreme Court to reinstate ballot drives

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Anti-fracking activists in Ohio asked the state Supreme Court this week to put charter proposals aimed at blocking energy development back on the Nov. 3 ballots in three counties.
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