"The U.S. hog herd shrank more than anticipated in the March-May quarter as a deadly pig virus swept through farms, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday."
"San Francisco has big plans for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, closed in 1974 and being cleansed of contamination by the Navy since 1991, but the city's largest piece of developable land remains a mystery to most."
"Tens of thousands of chemicals have not been reviewed by the EPA, and people are starting to ask questions"
"NASA will launch the first satellite designed to measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere around the world next week."
"Developers citing new scientific evidence are pressing to end federal protections for the California gnatcatcher, whose status as a threatened species has barred development in many areas of prime Southern California coastal real estate for two decades."
"The Obama administration [Friday] released a final policy to guide government scientists in determining whether wildlife species deserve protection under the Endangered Species Act, making a substantive change to a draft policy released 2½ years ago."
"MEXICO CITY -- The new legal framework for Mexico’s oil industry has not placed controls on the use of harmful chemicals in the extraction of unconventional fossil fuels, and environmentalists and experts fear their consumption will increase in an industry that is opening up to private capital."
"NEW ORLEANS — BP wants a federal judge to order restitution — plus interest — of what it says are hundreds of millions of dollars in overpayments to some businesses that claimed losses due to the 2010 Gulf oil spill."
"Environmental Protection Agency science advisers have recommended the agency strengthen ozone pollution standards in order to protect public health."
"Perhaps hoping to distance itself from its horrendous display of homophobia in 2012, the fast-food chicken chain Chick-Fil-A has launched a folksy new food journalism site called Let's Gather."
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[2] http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/27/us-hogs-virus-usda-idUSKBN0F22H320140627
[3] https://www.sej.org/headlines/hunters-point-shipyard-tour-peek-1-billion-cleanup
[4] http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Neighbors-get-look-at-Hunters-Point-shipyard-5586983.php
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[7] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nasa-will-launch-first-satellite-measure-carbon-july-1
[8] http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/210814-nasa-will-launch-first-satellite-to-measure-carbon-july-1
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[10] http://www.latimes.com/science/la-me-gnatcatcher-20140630-story.html
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[14] http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/06/no-limits-to-shale-gas-chemicals-in-mexico/
[15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/bp-seeks-return-oil-spill-claim-overpayments
[16] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/27/bp-oil-claim-overpayments_n_5538611.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green
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[18] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/27/epa-ozone-smog-rules_n_5538607.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/chick-fil-twee-new-food-journalism-site
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