Environment

Arctic sea ice reaches minimum extent for 2014

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Victory for Wolves in Wyoming

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There were once up to 2 million gray wolves living in North America, but the animals were driven to near-extinction in the lower...

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EPA Proposes Standards to Reduce Mercury Discharges from Dental Offices

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards under the Clean Water Act to help cut discharges of dental amalgam to the environment. Amalgam is a mixture of mercury and other metals that dentists use to fill cavities. Mercury is...

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EPA, DOJ reach agreement with CNMI and CUC Saipan to move forward with work on oil spill cleanup and prevention at CUC power plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice announced an agreement as part of a Federal District court order with the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)...

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