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ENERGY MARKETS: Canada utility to pay record $750M settlement in Calif. gaming case

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A British Columbia power company will pay $750 million to resolve claims that it gamed electricity markets during California's energy crisis in 2000-2001, when power prices soared and utilities implemented rolling blackouts.

WILDLIFE: Polar bear attacks lawyer on hiking trip

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A man on a Sierra Club-organized hiking trip was attacked last month by a polar bear in a Canadian national park.

OCEANS: Gray seals thrive in Cape Cod waters, to dismay of fishermen

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The once-welcomed gray seals in the seas off Cape Cod are now seen as a nuisance to fishermen.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Salmon stranding befuddles Calif., federal officials

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The strandings of hundreds of endangered salmon in Colusa Basin irrigation ditches have California and federal wildlife officials searching for answers.

WILDLIFE: State, tribal officials agree to bison transfer

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Montana state and tribal officials agreed to plans to transfer 35 bison from Fort Peck reservation to Fort Belknap in the wake of a state Supreme Court ruling allowing the project to move forward.

NATIONAL PARKS: Last flecks of green paint finally removed from iconic memorial

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Workers removed the last traces of green paint from the Lincoln Memorial last week, three weeks after an act of vandalism kick-started citywide outrage over the defacement of the iconic statue.

DOE: N.M. senator unveils bill to prioritize lab-to-market tech transfer

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The Energy Department would have a new high-level office dedicated to bringing research to the market faster and an entrepreneurs mentoring program under a bill Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) plans to introduce this fall.

BIOFUELS: Purdue economists say EPA must lower requirements to 'rescue' RFS

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U.S. EPA can "rescue" the federal biofuel mandate by lowering requirements by 2.3 billion gallons next year, two Purdue University economists said in a paper last week.

INTERIOR: Greens press Jewell to reject Izembek road ahead of secretary's Alaska trip

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Environmental groups are stepping up pressure on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to reject a proposed gravel road through an Alaskan wilderness, drawing swift rebuke from Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), the road's most outspoken supporter.

HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Calif. funding plan violates state law -- court ruling

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California's funding plan for its high-speed rail line violates mandates of the ballot measure that approved it, a state Superior Court judge ruled Friday in a major decision against the project.

WETLANDS: Big idea for rebuilding La. marshes sparks big bayou brawl

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HOPEDALE, La. -- The Mississippi River isn't called "Big Muddy" for nothing.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA agrees to review risk, technology standards for refineries

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U.S. EPA has reached a legal agreement with environmental groups to reconsider its air standards for refineries.

POLITICS: Are 'climate deniers' the new birthers in Obama's playbook?

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President Obama's strongest supporters are executing a play that feels familiar after four years: Use humor and social media to marginalize Republicans as extreme and out of touch on all fronts, from substantive legislation on topics such as immigration to ephemera on the level of unfounded conservative suspicions that the commander in chief was not born in America.

JAPAN: Crippled Fukushima nuclear plant springs another leak

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Contaminated water is once again leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, officials said.

GERMANY: E.U. should avoid 'meddling in energy policy' -- minister

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Germany's Economy Minister Philipp Rösler yesterday said the European Commission should not overstep its bounds when it comes to German energy policy.

COLORADO: Counties agree to place secession questions on fall ballots

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A growing number of counties in northeastern Colorado are getting serious about secession.

CALIFORNIA: New business group addresses rising energy costs

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Businesses are pushing back against California's climate change policies, saying they would send gas and electricity prices soaring.

GULF SPILL: Study finds contamination levels higher than federal data

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Researchers found higher contamination levels in water, sediment and seafood samples following the 2010 oil spill than earlier federal studies demonstrated.

PEOPLE: Oklahoma City mayor joins infrastructure group

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Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett has joined Building America's Future to help it promote infrastructure modernization nationwide, the group announced today.

BICYCLING: Big Apple’s now big on bike shares -- and other cities are following suit

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As they've watched the stunning success of New York City's new bike-share program, bicycling advocates have come to a happy conclusion: If they can make it there, they can make it anywhere.
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