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WISCONSIN: Agency cancels third straight sharp-tailed grouse season

The state Department of Natural Resources has canceled Wisconsin's sharp-tailed grouse season for the third year in a row to protect the population.

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NEVADA: Record heat persists across state

Record heat is persisting across Nevada — from Las Vegas to Lake Tahoe and Elko — along with record rainfall in southern Nevada, where more thunderstorms were in the forecast.

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ARIZONA: Flags to be lowered to honor fallen firefighters

Gov. Doug Ducey (R) ordered flags on all state buildings lowered to half-staff today to honor two wildland firefighting crew members killed in a plane crash in northwestern Arizona.

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EXTREME WEATHER: More migrant deaths recorded in heat along Ariz. border

The bodies of an unusually large number of migrants who died in Arizona's borderlands are being recovered this summer amid record temperatures in the sun-scorched desert and rugged mountains.

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WILDFIRES: Blazes threaten homes, land across 10 Western states

Wildfires that torched homes and forced thousands to evacuate burned across 10 parched Western states today, and the largest, in Oregon, threatened California's power supply.

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EXTREME WEATHER: Dangerous flash flooding swamps parts of Pa., N.J.

Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey today were facing another round of rain one day after they were swamped by a series of storms that the National Weather Service said caused a rare flash flood...

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WATER POLLUTION: 17M-gallon sewage spill closes beaches in LA area

Several Los Angeles-area beaches were closed yesterday to swimmers and surfers after 17 million gallons of sewage spilled into Santa Monica Bay from a treatment plant.

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CHEMICALS: Calif. lawsuits say pesticide caused children's brain damage

Lawsuits filed yesterday in California seek potential class-action damages from Dow Chemical and its successor company over a widely used bug killer linked to brain damage in children.

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CLEAN WATER ACT: Greens press court to dump Trump WOTUS rule

Environmental groups pressed a court yesterday to deny the Biden administration's request to remand the Trump EPA's rule defining what waterways qualify for federal protection, arguing it should be...

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SUPREME COURT: Justices to kick off term with groundwater feud

The Supreme Court will spring back to action this fall with a novel battle over groundwater withdrawals from an aquifer that straddles the Mississippi-Tennessee border.

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WILDLIFE: Diners' discarded shells help establish new oyster colonies

Call it the seafood circle of life: Shells discarded by diners are being collected, cleaned and dumped into waterways around the country and the world, where they form the basis of new oyster colonies.

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PEOPLE: EPA brings aboard new political appointees

EPA continues to build out its political staff, bringing on several new appointees in recent months.

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ENDANGERED SPECIES: New staff, bold proposals may reshape ESA under Biden

The Biden administration's take on the Endangered Species Act could be shaped by a new leadership roster and a new package of outside-the-box policy recommendations.

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AIR POLLUTION: Troubled refinery bankrupt after EPA shutdown

The troubled Limetree Bay refinery has filed for bankruptcy, two months after EPA regulators invoked rarely used emergency powers to halt operations at the plant in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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WHITE HOUSE: EPA scientist to lead national climate review

The White House science office announced today that Allison Crimmins will lead the next mammoth report on climate change.

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CHEMICALS: Firefighters face hurdles in quest for PFAS-free gear

Firefighters want the option to wear protective gear that doesn't contain toxic chemicals. The only problem? The very garment manufacturers whose gear contains PFAS sit on the standard-setting...

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