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NUCLEAR POWER: N.J. reactor shuts down for 4th time in a month

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A nuclear power plant in New Jersey has been shut down for the fourth time in a month after problems with its main generator.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Shell cuts 25% of deepwater Gulf of Mexico workforce

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC will cut one-quarter of its workers on deepwater Gulf of Mexico operations in a bid to rein in costs.

PIPELINES: FERC issues positive draft review of PennEast project

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Federal regulators last week issued a positive draft environmental review for the contentious $1.2 billion PennEast pipeline, which would stretch from the gas fields of Pennsylvania into New Jersey.

NATURAL GAS: Greens target DOE in latest bid to stop export project

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Environmentalists launched another legal assault yesterday on the planned export of liquefied natural gas.

WEATHER: Heat wave may have brought record temperature to Asia

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The United Nations' weather agency on Thursday recorded a temperature of 129.2 degrees Fahrenheit in Kuwait and said the reading might be the hottest mark ever in the Eastern Hemisphere.

FORESTS: Rural Ore. tech boom fills void left by logging industry

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Crook County was once the pride of the Oregon logging industry, home to five major lumber mills.

NATIONAL PARKS: Missing hiker found dead on Mount Whitney

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The body of 68-year-old John Lee was found Sunday in Sequoia National Park after he was separated from his hiking group during an excursion on Mount Whitney.

PUBLIC LANDS: BLM employee dies in motorcycle crash

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A Bureau of Land Management employee died Saturday after a motorcycle crash near the Flaming Gorge Reservoir in northeastern Utah.

WILDLIFE: Wolf reintroduction divides West

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The gray wolf population is on the rise in Western states, and the animal is being removed from endangered species lists there. But its return has divided the people who live and work in the West.

FISHERIES: Fishermen promise to fight against shark finning ban

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A bill to ban the vestiges of the U.S. shark finning practice is worrying some American fishermen.

WILDFIRES: Calif. blaze burns 35,000 acres near Los Angeles

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A wildfire that began Friday in California's Santa Clarita Valley had burned more than 35,000 acres as of last night.

LOBBYING: Nev. mining company enlists Clinton fundraiser

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A Reno, Nev.-based gold mining company continues to expand its K Street operations, bringing on a top lobbyist fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, the 2016 presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

KEYSTONE XL: Green group sounds alarm on alternate pipeline

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The Natural Resources Defense Council today released a report highlighting the environmental risks of TransCanada Corp.'s proposal to move oil sands from Alberta to Canada's east coast via a new pipeline.

CAMPAIGN 2016: U.S. Chamber backs Murkowski's re-election bid

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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday endorsed Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski's re-election bid, pointing to the Alaska senator's support for harvesting the state's natural resources including oil, natural gas and coal.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Chaffetz probes political travel, 'burrowing'

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The House's top watchdog is reviewing federal agencies' politicking as campaign season begins to heat up this election year.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Field hearing offers megaphone to foes of Bears Ears bid

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Utahans opposing President Obama's possible declaration of a Bears Ears National Monument will testify tomorrow at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee field hearing in southeast Utah that's likely to underscore tensions over federal land management in the Beehive State.

NOTEBOOK: Berniecrats and thunder shake Philly

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PHILADELPHIA -- Berniecrats, as Democrats backing Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders for president are known, seemed to take over not only the convention but the city itself yesterday.

CLIMATE: Group accuses Steyer of 'buying a plank' in platform

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A conservative legal group that rejects mainstream climate science today accused top Democratic donor Tom Steyer of "buying a plank" in the party's 2016 platform.

COAL: Podesta promises fight for votes in Appalachia

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PHILADELPHIA -- Top Democrats gathered at their party's national convention here are vowing to compete for votes in coal country despite years of losses there.

ENERGY POLICY: Loud calls for fracking ban expose Democratic rift

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PHILADELPHIA -- Thousands of environmental activists -- many of them backers of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders -- came to the Democratic National Convention here this week to demand an end to hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas extraction.
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