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USDA: Program puts Calif. students to work on drought

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Two-hundred California college students will work toward solving their state's water crisis through a program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

AGRICULTURE: Hops harvest dips during Czech drought

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The Czech Republic's hops harvest is expected to drop by more than a third this year amid a serious drought.

CLIMATE: Seattle utilities wring hands over declining water supply

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Seattle Public Utilities workers have been wringing their hands as a growing population and the region's drought put more pressure on the city's water supply than ever before.

MINING: Federal judge scraps exploration in Ariz. forest

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An Arizona federal judge this week scrapped U.S. Forest Service approval for a mining company's mineral exploration in Arizona's Coronado National Forest.

NUCLEAR: NRDC presses judges on challenge to Pa. plant relicensing

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The Natural Resources Defense Council pressed federal judges today to allow its challenge to the relicensing of a Philadelphia-area nuclear plant.

MARINE MAMMALS: Whale caught with decades-old bomb in tail

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The remnants of commercial whaling turned up in the tail of the first bowhead whale harvested this year by Alaska Native hunters, hinting at the astoundingly long life span of whales.

NATURAL DISASTERS: Wary town embraces outside help in search for flood victims

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In a community generally hostile to outsiders, church members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have been searching alongside local and state emergency workers and National Guard troops for a missing 6-year-old boy after devastating flash floods earlier this week.

NATIONAL PARKS: Climber dies after fall in Mount Rainier

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A Washington man died over the weekend after falling during a mountaineering expedition in Mount Rainier National Park.

WILDFIRES: Firefighters' homes go up in flames, too

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Firefighters are feeling the burn more than ever this wildfire season, with their own homes becoming tinder to the flames.

CONSERVATION: Map shows parks preserved, at risk as LWCF nears expiration

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A new map highlights national parks that have been preserved using the Land and Water Conservation Fund and those that might be at risk of private development if the fund expires this month.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: U.S. grouse plans won't limit oil and gas development -- report

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Priority greater sage grouse habitat in proposed federal grouse conservation plans rarely overlaps with areas deemed viable for oil and natural gas development and should have little to no impact on the industry, according to an analysis of the plans from a government watchdog group.

AIR POLLUTION: Ozone rule foes combat favorable poll with one of their own

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Opponents of the Obama administration's proposal to tighten national ozone standards say they have debunked a poll from the American Lung Association showing support for new regulations by conducting their own survey.

MEDIA: Ombudsman criticizes NPR environmental reporting

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National Public Radio's ombudsman sees room for improvement in the organization's coverage of climate change and the environment.

EPA: House Republicans accuse agency of crimes, lying about spill

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House Republicans accused U.S. EPA of crimes and lying related to last month's wastewater spill from the abandoned Gold King mine in Colorado.

OCEANS: Obama admin mulls marine monument off New England

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The Obama administration appears to be considering a marine monument off the coast of New England, with federal officials holding a "town hall" meeting on the idea earlier this week.

EPA: IG questions water-quality payoff from pricey sewer upgrades

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It's unclear whether the billions of dollars that U.S. EPA has required cities to invest in sewer upgrades are yielding water quality improvements, the agency's inspector general concludes in a new report.

ENERGY POLICY: House panel sends crude exports bill to floor

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to end the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, setting the stage for a floor debate in the coming weeks.

ENERGY POLICY: Climate concerns upend markup of House omnibus bill

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A rift among Republicans and Democrats over climate change, electricity markets, and the fate of coal and nuclear plants appeared to derail a House committee's plans to mark up comprehensive energy legislation in the lower chamber today.

SAFETY: EnergyWire's Soraghan discusses oil field death investigation

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest census of workplace fatalities shows oil field deaths increased significantly in 2014. EnergyWire's Mike Soraghan has been investigating the deaths of two oil field workers and has reported on them in EnergyWire this week. On today's The Cutting Edge, Soraghan discusses the circumstances surrounding the deaths and the industry's reaction.

AUSTRALIA: Seal surfs on humpback whale

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A fur seal was photographed catching a ride atop a humpback whale off the Australian coast.
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