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COAL: Industry petition drive urges Obama to end 'assault' on miners

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The West Virginia Coal Association launched a petition drive late last week on the White House website, urging President Obama to end what it calls his "assault" on mining families.

CLIMATE: Court's biomass ruling could require more from newly permitted plants

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Industry groups and environmentalists are debating how a federal appeals court ruling that struck down a U.S. EPA greenhouse gas rule exemption for the biomass industry will affect biomass-burning power plants with significant carbon emissions.

PUBLIC LANDS: Drought forces grazing cuts, emergency steps for wild horses

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Persistent drought across much of the West has significantly reduced food and water supplies for livestock and wild horses, the Bureau of Land Management said.

SENATE: Reid slams GOP for forcing Lautenberg to cast 'deathbed' vote for McCarthy

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With a fight over whether to curtail filibuster rules approaching its climax, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today castigated his GOP counterparts for a raft of alleged abuses, including forcing a senator from his "deathbed" to attend a committee vote that Republicans had boycotted.

CLIMATE: Environmental policy attorney Learner discusses shifts in Midwest power market

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How will Midwest states respond to power plant emissions proposals coming out of U.S. EPA? During today's OnPoint, Howard Learner, president and executive director of the Environmental Law and Policy Center, explains how Midwestern states may handle emissions standards differently than other regions. He also talks about changes in power market investments in the Midwest.

OBITUARY: Director of White House loan guarantee probe dies at 69

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Herbert Allison Jr., a former president of Merrill Lynch and CEO of Fannie Mae who later ran an independent review of government loans to energy companies in the wake of the Solyndra LLC scandal, died Sunday in his Westport, Conn., home. He was 69.

CHILE: Court rules against mining company over environmental standards

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An appeals court in Chile ordered the world's largest gold mining company to comply with environmental regulations before moving forward with its massive Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile.

MEXICO: Nation rolls out $100B transportation system overhaul

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Mexico's transportation system is getting a $100 billion face-lift with investments in rail, telecom, road and port projects over the next five years, the government announced yesterday.

AIR POLLUTION: Dust from petroleum coke pile blows into Detroit homes

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Dust from a large pile of petroleum coke along the Detroit River is blowing into a nearby residential community, according to tests conducted by an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based environmental nonprofit.

CHEMICALS: Lack of aid forces West, Texas, school to set up classrooms in 'Portable City'

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A Texas school district that was damaged in a fertilizer plant explosion earlier this year won't receive enough federal disaster aid or insurance to build permanent new classrooms before the new school year starts this fall.

CHEMICAL SECURITY: Safety panel to assess OSHA oversight of refineries

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The Chemical Safety Board is set to vote this month on whether the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has done an "unacceptable" job in carrying out recommendations aimed at keeping refineries and other facilities safe from explosions.

DOE: Agency snubs women-owned businesses in awarding contracts

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The Energy Department rarely issues contracts to small businesses owned by women, according to data from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

USDA: Department overhauls agency logos in branding bid

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The Department of Agriculture has quietly removed or downplayed logos for its agencies in recent months on websites, letterheads, business cards, equipment and buildings.

TRANSPORTATION: New York City to sell $125M bond to cover future disasters

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New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will sell a $125 million bond to cover future disaster costs, investors announced yesterday.

TRANSPORTATION: Tesla founder promises details about top-secret 'Hyperloop' transit system

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Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla Motors Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, will unveil plans for a high-speed train system next month that could whisk passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in only 30 minutes.

GREEN BUILDING: 'Silver bullet' keeps buildings cool without chemicals

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A nearly century-old building in downtown Washington, D.C., may have found a way to cool off without using the harsh chemicals that are typically found in modern commercial air conditioning systems.

NUCLEAR POWER: Utility brings Ohio plant back online after leak

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A FirstEnergy Corp. nuclear power plant in northwestern Ohio is back in service after a two-week shutdown due to a coolant leak.

CYBERSECURITY: Homeland Security urges utilities to bulk up protections after attacks

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The Department of Homeland Security is urging energy companies to bulk up their cybersecurity protections after recent attacks breached power company networks and threatened automated systems using basic tools.

DOE: Moniz urges study of link between grid reliability, fuel availability

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The National Petroleum Council should study how power outages caused by major weather events such as last year's Superstorm Sandy affect the availability of transportation fuel, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said today.

GULF SPILL: Anadarko faces investor suit as BP looks to reduce liability

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Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will face a lawsuit alleging that it defrauded shareholders in the wake of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a judge has ruled.
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