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"HOPEDALE, La. — A partnership among a business, the state and a nonprofit conservation organization is helping protect a part of St. Bernard Parish’s shoreline through the construction of an oyster reef."
"Federal officials have approved the North Carolina Department of Transportation's plan to rebuild an eroded beach along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and a nearby wildlife refuge, to protect the Outer Banks highway."
"Newly released data from federal researchers suggests that coal ash in the Dan River has migrated fairly dramatically in recent weeks but stayed well upstream from Kerr Reservoir."
"State lawmakers who have been cutting environmental regulations in their quest for to streamline government have a new target: cutting the number of air quality monitors around the state."
"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A plant disease blazing through South Florida is killing off swamp bay trees, an important part of the architecture of the Everglades that provides food for a vast range of wildlife and traditional medicine for the Seminole Tribe."
"Federal environmental officials said Thursday that they have reached a deal with Duke Energy to clean up its mess from a massive coal ash spill into the Dan River that coated 70 miles of the waterway in North Carolina and Virginia with toxic gray sludge."
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"When 39,000 tons of coal ash spilled into North Carolina's Dan River in February, it grabbed national headlines and raised the ire of environmentalists. But by sheer numbers, the 14 coal ash ponds spread across North Carolina pale in comparison to the nearly 3,000 various waste sites across the state. That includes decommissioned industrial facilities, abandoned dry cleaners and old landfills."
"Louisiana Republicans work to quash lawsuits seeking oil and gas industry funds to restore the coastline."
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