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BUSINESS: Chesapeake says it won't pursue bankruptcy, despite rumors

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Despite earlier reports, Chesapeake Energy Corp. announced today that it "has no plans to pursue bankruptcy."

OIL AND GAS: Fire kills 2, injures 8 on Mexican platform

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A fire that broke out on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico has left two people dead and eight injured, according to Mexico's state oil company, Petróleos Mexicanos.

EMISSIONS: Officials grapple with first aircraft climate rules

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U.S. and European negotiators discussed ways to create the world's first carbon dioxide emissions standards for aircraft yesterday, as part of the industry's efforts to curb climate change.

EMISSIONS: Oregano could reduce methane-laden cow burps -- study

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While a cow burping may seem innocuous enough, those burps are contributing to global warming.

TECHNOLOGY: 1 company's quest to make coal cleaner before it burns

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A New York-based company is trumpeting a new technology that executives say promises to make coal more potent and cleaner for power generation.

LEAD: Contamination hits cities beyond Flint

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The drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich., may have the most widespread impact, but it's not the only time lead has been found in the tap water of a U.S. city.

DRINKING WATER: Beyoncé sets up fund to help Flint kids

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Pop singer Beyoncé Knowles has created a fund to help children in Flint, Mich., cope with and recover from the city's lead-contaminated water crisis.

DRINKING WATER: Gov. Snyder refuses to testify this week

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will not testify at a Democratic congressional hearing this Wednesday regarding the water contamination crisis in Flint, Mich.

WILDLIFE: Hungry sea lion pup found in Calif. restaurant

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An 8-month-old sea lion was discovered after making its way into a restaurant in San Diego this weekend.

FISHERIES: Big drops for mercury, DDT -- scientists

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Levels of mercury, DDT and other harmful chemicals in fish are at their lowest levels in four decades, according to new research.

COAL: Comment period extended for mining ban on 67K acres in Tenn.

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Obama administration officials today reopened a comment period for a proposal to make about 67,000 acres of Tennessee off-limits to coal mining.

REFUGES: Watchdog slams FWS plan to give back tribal lands

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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility today raised concerns about the Fish and Wildlife Service's plan to push for the transfer of national wildlife refuge lands in western Montana to Native Americans -- a move that PEER warned could throw into question the ownership of dozens of other refuges and national parks.

OCEANS: Whales aren't the only animals affected by noise -- study

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Shipping traffic and offshore construction may change the behavior of invertebrates, according to a new study that hints at how man-made sound affects the marine ecosystem.

COAL: Strip mining flattening Central Appalachia -- study

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The mountains of Central Appalachia are 10 percent less steep after 40 years of mountaintop-removal mining, according to Duke University researchers who highlighted potentially dire implications for the region's water quality.

SENATE: Lankford floats tweak to filibuster rules

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A conservative freshman senator is proposing the Senate change its rules to make it easier to open debate on legislation.

PEOPLE: EWG spokeswoman heading to Ceres

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A prominent environmental group's communications chief is moving to Boston to head up a business sustainability nonprofit's public relations strategy.

CONSERVATION: Voluntary programs fall short of protecting waterways -- report

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Iowa's waterways are being polluted faster than voluntary federal farmland conservation programs can protect them, an environmental group said.

METHANE LEAK: Moniz to visit Calif. storage facility

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz will visit the California natural gas storage facility that has been leaking methane into the atmosphere since October.

PUBLIC LANDS: Ore. occupation spurred Wash. refuge to shutter

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The armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon triggered the temporary closure of the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, which is near Cheney, Wash.

PEOPLE: Finicum passenger recalls last minutes of his life

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An interview with a passenger from the convoy of Oregon occupiers stopped and arrested last month largely matches statements from the FBI and other witnesses to the incident that led to the death of Robert "LaVoy" Finicum.
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