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INDIA: Supreme Court bans large diesels in New Delhi to curb smog

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The Supreme Court of India has temporarily banned the sale of large diesel vehicles in New Delhi in an attempt to reduce the city's toxic smog.

CHINA: 2 fires leave 36 dead in mines

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A pair of mining accidents in northeast China -- both the result of fires raging through the mines -- have left as many as 36 dead.

CHINA: Beijing issues 2nd 'red alert' for pollution in a month

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Beijing officials have issued another "red alert" for air pollution, enacting the highest-level emergency measure for the second time this month in preparation of an extended period of smog that is predicted to smother the city beginning tomorrow.

WISCONSIN: State shutters its forest fire towers

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Wisconsin will remove its 72 fire towers from service next year after eight decades of using them to spot blazes.

CALIFORNIA: Los Angeles schools sue utility over gas leak

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Los Angeles public school officials are moving to sue Southern California Gas Co. for costs related to a natural gas storage well leak in the city's San Fernando Valley, including a decision to relocate students and staff from two schools affected by fumes.

NEW YORK: 'Anything but Trump Act' would rename state park

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Two New York state lawmakers want to change the name of Donald J. Trump State Park to anything else in light of his proposal to ban all Muslim immigrants.

DRINKING WATER: Humans may use 20% more than previously thought

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Humans may be using significantly more of the Earth's available water than previously thought, according to new research.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA region should better oversee monitoring sites -- IG

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U.S. EPA's Region 6 could do a better job of keeping tabs on sites that monitor for fine particulates, according to a report released yesterday by the agency's inspector general.

NUCLEAR POWER: Minn. reactor shuts down after turbine issue

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A reactor at the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant shut down yesterday after a still-unknown problem occurred in its turbine.

COAL: Paris climate agreement to dent demand -- IEA

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The recent global climate agreement could further hurt an ailing coal industry, the International Energy Agency said in its forecast released today.

COAL: Ex-Massey CEO could face millions in fees on top of jail time

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Former Massey Energy Co. CEO Don Blankenship may have to pay millions of dollars in restitution fees after a conviction that carries up to a year in prison.

NIGERIA: Shell could be liable for subsidiary's spills -- Dutch court

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC can be held liable for its Nigerian subsidiary's oil spills in the oil-rich Niger Delta, according to a Dutch appeals court today.

SUPREME COURT: Chief Justice Roberts' conflict overlooked in Superfund case

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Chief Justice John Roberts participated when the Supreme Court turned away a Superfund-cleanup case despite family stock in one of the companies fighting the suit.

CALIFORNIA: State high court rules on scope of principal enviro law

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California's Supreme Court yesterday ruled that the state's principal environmental law is generally limited to only requiring an assessment of a development project's impact on the environment -- and not the other way around.

FORESTS: New hope for American chestnuts 'roasting on an open fire'

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A lone American chestnut tree in the backwoods of Maine is giving scientists hope for the resurgence of the species.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Bad news for West Coast as ravenous giant snail found in Calif.

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One of the world's most invasive pests, the African snail -- and a bunch of its eggs -- was discovered in wooden pallets at the Port of Oakland in California this month by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents, a spokesman for the federal agency said.

NATIONAL PARKS: Planned Great Basin observatory soars past fundraising goal

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A planned observatory in Nevada's Great Basin National Park has raised nearly double its year-end goal, securing the future of the research telescope in one of America's darkest areas.

PUBLIC LANDS: Coalition presses BLM to boost protection for Chaco Canyon

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A coalition of Native American and conservation groups pressed the Obama administration in Washington, D.C., this week to shield ruins of the Ancient Pueblo peoples in the New Mexico desert from oil and gas drilling.

WESTERN WATER: Calif. draws fire for offering $2.7B to storage projects

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Environmentalists are criticizing California regulators for approving draft regulations this week for funding water storage projects.

CLIMATE: Obama 'runs wild' on TV adventure show

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President Obama appeared last night on a special episode of adventure reality show "Running Wild With Bear Grylls," washing down raw salmon discarded by a bear with glacier water tea in a bid to promote action on climate change.
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