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    environmental laws and regulations

    Indian capital starts limiting cars for 2 weeks to clear air
    News, World
    Indian capital starts limiting cars for 2 weeks to clear air
    TIM SULLIVAN 
    Jan 02, 2016
    NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital on Friday kicked off a sweeping plan to reduce its record-high air pollution by limiting the numbers of cars on th...
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    VW staff began working on cheat in 2005 to crack US market
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    VW staff began working on cheat in 2005 to crack US market
    DAVID RISING and KERSTIN SOPKE 
    Dec 10, 2015
    WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — A small group of Volkswagen engineers began working as early as 2005 on emissions cheating software after they were unable t...
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    UN officials warn of climate disaster if Paris pact fails
    News, World
    UN officials warn of climate disaster if Paris pact fails
    KARL RITTER and ANGELA CHARLTON 
    Dec 07, 2015
    LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear Monday, with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging government...
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    Obama says parts of climate deal must be legally binding
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    Obama says parts of climate deal must be legally binding
    KARL RITTER 
    Dec 01, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the part...
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    The Latest: Eiffel Tower lit in green for climate conference
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    The Latest: Eiffel Tower lit in green for climate conference
    Nov 29, 2015
    PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local: 8:30 p.m. The Eiffel...
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    Hamstrung by Congress, Obama tries to clinch climate pact
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    Hamstrung by Congress, Obama tries to clinch climate pact
    JOSH LEDERMAN and SETH BORENSTEIN 
    Nov 28, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behin...
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    Tribes want protections to remain for sacred grizzly bears
    Nation, News
    Tribes want protections to remain for sacred grizzly bears
    MATTHEW BROWN 
    Nov 14, 2015
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — American Indians across the Western U.S. are challenging moves by federal wildlife officials to lift protections for grizzly be...
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    New produce safety rules aim to prevent illness outbreaks
    Nation, News
    New produce safety rules aim to prevent illness outbreaks
    MARY CLARE JALONICK 
    Nov 14, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants you to eat your fruits and vegetables. They also want the produce to be safe. Long-awaited rules anno...
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    CLIMATE COUNTDOWN: When’s a warming treaty not a treaty?
    Nation, News
    CLIMATE COUNTDOWN: When’s a warming treaty not a treaty?
    SETH BORENSTEIN 
    Nov 12, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the elephant in the negotiating room that few officials want to acknowledge: Whatever international deal comes out of Paris cli...
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    In Keystone snub, Obama tries to lockdown his climate legacy
    Nation, News
    In Keystone snub, Obama tries to lockdown his climate legacy
    JOSH LEDERMAN 
    Nov 07, 2015
    WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whethe...
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    More bad emissions news heightens pressure on Volkswagen
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    More bad emissions news heightens pressure on Volkswagen
    DAVID McHUGH and GEIR MOULSON 
    Nov 04, 2015
    FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Investors and regulators put more pressure on Volkswagen on Wednesday after the company said it had understated the carbon d...
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    Talks on climate deal heat up over bill for global warming
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    Talks on climate deal heat up over bill for global warming
    KARL RITTER 
    Oct 24, 2015
    BONN, Germany (AP) — The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, ...
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    VW pollution test site under scrutiny amid cheating scandal
    Nation, News
    VW pollution test site under scrutiny amid cheating scandal
    GILLIAN FLACCUS and JUSTIN PRITCHARD 
    Oct 05, 2015
    OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automake...
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    California regulators restore emissions-cutting fuel rule
    Nation, News
    California regulators restore emissions-cutting fuel rule
    JUDY LIN 
    Sep 26, 2015
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years, a d...
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    The Latest: VW names head of Porsche unit, Mueller, new CEO
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    The Latest: VW names head of Porsche unit, Mueller, new CEO
    The Associated Press 
    Sep 25, 2015
    BERLIN (AP) — The latest developments on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. All times local. ___ 6:40 p.m. Volkswagen AG has chosen the head of its Por...
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    Volkswagen CEO steps down, takes responsibility for scandal
    News, World
    Volkswagen CEO steps down, takes responsibility for scandal
    GEIR MOULSON and PAN PYLAS 
    Sep 23, 2015
    BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissi...
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    Republicans jockey for conservative credibility
    Nation, News
    Republicans jockey for conservative credibility
    STEVE PEOPLES and BILL BARROW 
    Sep 19, 2015
    GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Setting aside personality clashes for a night, the Republican Party's 2016 contest shifted to substance Friday as a slate of W...
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    Feds say New England cottontail doesn’t need protection
    Nation, News
    Feds say New England cottontail doesn’t need protection
    Sep 11, 2015
    DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The federal government said Friday that public and private conservation efforts have helped the New England cottontail rebound to t...
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    Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
    Nation, News
    Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
    MATTHEW BROWN 
    Sep 07, 2015
    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a...
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    New marijuana industry wrestles with pesticides and safety
    Nation, News
    New marijuana industry wrestles with pesticides and safety
    KRISTEN WYATT 
    Jul 20, 2015
    DENVER (AP) — Microscopic bugs and mildew can destroy a marijuana operation faster than any police raid. And because the crop has been illegal for so ...
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    St. Marys police report fatal crash
    Local News
    St. Marys police report fatal crash
    June 16, 2025
    ST. MARYS — Police report a Dagus Mines woman died Saturday as the result of a two-vehicle crash on South St. Marys Street. At approximately 4:45 p.m....
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    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    Business, Local News
    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    June 16, 2025
    Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Friday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil Purc...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    PA State News
    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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