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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has become the latest public official from New York to call for additional dredging of the Hudson River.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A park in a former industrial area along the Buffalo River is closing to the public for the next year for shoreline and habitat restorations.

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont is holding public information meetings in South Burlington, St. Albans and Rutland on its draft plan to clean up Lake Champlain.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An oil shipper recently accused by the Environmental Protection Agency of violating air pollution standards says it hasn't reduced rail shipments to its terminal at the Port of Albany on the Hudson River.

Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand have secured over $1.5 million in federal funding for clean-up at Brownfield sites around upstate New York.

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama has vetoed two bills that would have blocked steps that his administration is taking to address climate change.

BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — The federal Environmental Protection Agency is awarding a total of $2 million to municipal and regional efforts to clean up and redevelop old industrial sites.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up a challenge by industry groups and Republican-led states that want to roll back Obama administration environmental rules aimed at reducing power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California is proposing sweeping changes in the way it protects underground drinking-water supplies from oil-and-gas operations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The stricter smog standard proposed by the Obama administration joins a string of historic — and controversial — moves by the administration to improve air quality.