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OIL AND GAS: Axing tax break would cost jobs, slow drilling -- API report

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The oil industry's primary lobbying arm argues in a report today that eliminating a lucrative tax break that allows companies to deduct up to 90 percent of the costs of drilling an oil well would slow the ongoing U.S. oil and natural gas boom and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs.

CLIMATE: In floor speech, Inhofe takes aim at Obama emissions plans

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If the Obama administration follows through on its plan to regulate power plant carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act, it will be compelled by law to regulate other sectors, too, the Senate's most vocal climate change skeptic charged yesterday.

HYDRO: Senate sends 2 bills for Utah dam projects to Obama's desk

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The Senate last night unanimously approved two bills that would bolster energy production by hydroelectric dams in Utah, sending the measure to President Obama's desk for final approval.

AGRICULTURE: Split farm bill to cost $196B over next decade -- CBO

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The split farm bill being debated today on the House floor will cost $196 billion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said today.

WILDFIRE: Firefighter risks grow as development sprawls into woodlands

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"Be firewise. Create defensible space."

utilities: Old power plants get second wind as Calif. scrambles to replace San Onofre

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The closure of California's San Onofre nuclear power plant could keep other power plants that kill marine life operating longer than state rules allow, the state's grid operator said yesterday.

NOMINATIONS: More sparring over 'nuclear option' as Reid promises to file cloture

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Decrying a "disturbing trend" of Republicans blocking President Obama's executive nominees, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hinted this morning that the "nuclear option" is on the table for moving the long-stalled nominations.

CLIMATE: Warming already taking toll on U.S. energy sector -- DOE

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Rising temperatures, decreasing water availability, more severe storms and rising seas stemming from climate change are already affecting every part of the country's energy sector, and those threats will only grow more severe in years to come, the Energy Department said today.

GERMANY: Tariffs complicate economics of energy storage -- researcher

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A leading scientist said Germany's feed-in tariffs on energy storage are hampering the development of alternative energy.

CALIFORNIA: Solar installations rise as rebate program nears end

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Before California's rebate program, offered to residents who install solar panels, wraps up, Californians are making sure it breaks records.

DRINKING WATER: Longtime Calif. dispute ends in compromise

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A long-running dispute between the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and the Mammoth Lakes Community Water District ended yesterday when both sides announced they had reached a compromise.

AIR POLLUTION: Scientists link soot with 2M deaths a year

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Fine, sooty particles emitted by things like diesel engines and power plants could be linked to the deaths of 2.1 million people a year globally, according to a new study.

AUTOS: Carmakers team up to tackle emissions standards

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In a shift for the fiercely competitive auto industry, carmakers are teaming up to develop technology to help meet new regulations and standards.

OLYMPICS: Winter Games construction harming environment -- Russian locals

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi will be remarkable, but local environmentalists warn that the games and the construction surrounding them are bound to take a toll.

OIL AND GAS: Valero plans new $700M petrochemical plant in La.

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Valero Energy Corp. is planning to build a $700 million methanol plant at its St. Charles refinery in Louisiana.

COAL: AEP to shutter Ohio plant rather than switch to natural gas

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A coal-fired power plant in Ohio is going out of business, and its operators are blaming new environmental regulations.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Geothermal plants set off quakes -- report

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Geothermal plants in Southern California are triggering tremors just south of the San Andreas Fault, a new study says.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Conservative groups lose battle against states over clean-energy mandates

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Conservative groups, backed by oil companies and utilities, have been met with fierce opposition by state legislatures from North Carolina to Kansas when they attempted to repeal or weaken state renewable-energy mandates this year.

WATER POLLUTION: Appeals court allows N.C. plant cleanup case to move forward

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An appeals court has sided with a group of residents trying to force the cleanup of an old North Carolina industrial plant.

SOLYNDRA: Embattled company founder unlikely to face criminal charges

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The founder of the embattled solar panel maker Solyndra LLC probably won't face criminal charges, according to sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
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