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WATER POLLUTION: Officials deem Calif. pot farm runoff too dangerous to regulate

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Local officials in Northern California are becoming increasingly frustrated by the illegal bulldozing of scenic hillsides for marijuana farms as they try to protect streams and rivers from the harmful sediment and chemicals used in pot production.

COAL: Wash. mandates review for proposed export terminal

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The Washington Department of Ecology, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Whatcom County, Wash., yesterday said a planned coal export terminal north of Bellingham, Wash., must survive a taxing review of environmental, transportation, health and climate impacts before it can be built.

WATER POLLUTION: Brooklyn 'sponge park' nabs funding in Gowanus Canal cleanup

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NEW YORK -- A long-awaited "sponge park" along the banks of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal moved forward yesterday with the official announcement of $1.5 million in grants.

CHEMICALS: Shuttered La. ethylene plant to reopen in 2014 after deadly blast

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A chemical plant in Louisiana that closed in June after a deadly explosion is on track to reopen early next year.

CHEMICALS: Pesticides on decline in the air near Calif. farm towns

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Pesticide levels were down last year in the air of several California farm communities, state test results released yesterday showed.

PEOPLE: Environment director at Heinz Kerry's philanthropy departs

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The director of environmental programs at Heinz Endowments will leave the philanthropy a week from today.

UTILITIES: PG&E posts strong 2Q profits despite pending blast fines

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PG&E Corp.'s 2013 second-quarter profits rose 40 percent even though it still faces major questions over a pipeline blast in San Bruno, Calif., that could cost the energy company several hundred million dollars in fines.

COAL: Suit challenges Ex-Im Bank's financing of energy broker

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Environmentalists in a lawsuit filed this week are questioning the Export-Import Bank of the United States' decision to offer a loan guarantee to support fossil fuel exports.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Calif. wind farm comes back online after turbine failure

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A desert wind farm in Southern California is up and running again after the company discovered that insufficient adhesive bonding had resulted in a blade falling off.

ELECTRIC GRID: Devices that track currents could prevent blackouts

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Instruments that detect potential power outages are being installed around the country.

BIOFUELS: New technology offers corn ethanol producers opportunity to dip into advanced fuels

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Iowa's smallest ethanol plant this week broke ground on what some biofuels supporters are calling the next big thing in advanced fuels.

AIR POLLUTION: Chevron to pay $384K to address alleged permit violations

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Chevron Corp. will pay a $384,000 penalty and install pollution controls to address alleged air emissions violations at it Salt Lake City refinery, U.S. EPA announced yesterday.

WILDLIFE: Navajo Nation backs N.M. horse slaughter plant

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The Navajo Nation, the nation's largest American Indian reservation, drafted a letter in support of a New Mexico company's plans to start processing horse meat.

OCEANS: Google prepares vessel to explore dead zone, undersea volcano in Pacific

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An ocean research ship funded with Google money sets sail today on the first of many expeditions around the Pacific Ocean to study dead zones and ancient microbes.

COAL: W.Va. Dems meet with EPA chief at White House to discuss regs

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West Virginia Democrats today met with U.S. EPA chief Gina McCarthy and administration officials at the White House to discuss agency regulations that coal miners say are threatening their livelihood.

ENERGY POLICY: Moniz vows to lower cost of CCS -- for coal and maybe natural gas

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today said that lowering the cost of carbon capture and sequestration will play a key role in President Obama's effort to fight climate change and that the technology may be needed for natural gas in the future.

REGULATIONS: Sen. Wyden to meet with enviro CEOs to discuss NEPA, ESA

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) tomorrow is scheduled to meet with the CEOs of major environmental groups to discuss his pending legislation to resolve decades-long disputes over timber management in western Oregon.

CLIMATE: Skeptics blast Jewell's comments as 'scientific cleansing'

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Some observers are outraged over comments made yesterday by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell when she said she hoped there are "no climate change deniers" at her agency.

CLIMATE: Democratic governors cheer Obama's action plan

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A group of Democratic governors yesterday lent their support to President Obama's Climate Action Plan, praising him in a letter for moving ahead with carbon dioxide reductions because "Congress has failed to take meaningful legislative action on this issue."

ARMY CORPS: N.Y. lawmaker floats storm, port protection plan

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A New York congresswoman has introduced legislation to require the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a flood protection and resilience plan for New York City.
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