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In Virginia, offshore drilling a bipartisan goal
The Republican governor is 'eager to get started,' and the state's Democratic senators are urging the Obama administration to begin selling leases next year. The plan has raised concern from NASA.
Judge eases curbs on delta pumping
Court says that a two-week reprieve for irrigation districts doesn't pose a serious hazard to salmon migrating to the sea.
Brown pelicans struggling to survive
Shelters in Oregon and California are filling up as the formerly endangered seabirds starve and die at a high rate. The cause is unclear.
Plan to replace bridge at Port of Long Beach progresses
The port releases a draft of its revised environmental impact report. The Gerald Desmond Bridge is deteriorating. It also sits too low and can't carry enough traffic, port officials say.
Backing down on climate change
Washington appears to have lost its appetite for attacking the problem of global warming.
U.S. declines to list the American pika as endangered
The Obama administration denies environmentalists' contention that the tiny mountain-dwelling creature will be unable to survive climate change.
Reveal household cleansers' ingredients, environmental advocates urge
The cleanser industry says that the legal case is unwarranted and that fears about health risks are misinformed.
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