Glencore Xstrata PLC, the newly merged commodities and mining group, reported a near $9 billion first-half loss after writing down its mining assets by $7.66 billion.
MINING: Glencore Xstrata suffers $9B loss on write-down
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ENERGY MARKETS: DOJ opens probe into JPMorgan Chase manipulation
U.S. prosecutors are looking into whether JPMorgan Chase & Co. manipulated energy markets, weeks after the bank settled with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Tesla receives record-high safety score from NHTSA
Tesla Motors' Model S sedan received a five-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and won an overall score that set a record, the electric vehicle maker said yesterday.
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COAL: Shipping plans taint Pacific Northwest's green self-image
The energy industry's proposal to send coal shipments to China through the Pacific Northwest has triggered a complicated debate among the region's residents.
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NUCLEAR POWER: Troubled Neb. plant inches toward restart
A troubled nuclear power plant in Nebraska is taking steps toward restarting but still has to meet key safety standards before it can reopen, federal regulators said.
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CYBERSECURITY: Outage drill will simulate blow to grid as stability concerns mount
Thousands of utility workers, business executives, National Guard officers, FBI anti-terrorism experts and government officials from three countries are prepping for an emergency drill this fall to test the vulnerability of the electric grid to outages larger than those caused by Superstorm Sandy and the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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OIL AND GAS: Pa. tank blast kills worker, spills 7,500 gallons of fuel
An oil tank exploded yesterday in western Pennsylvania, killing one worker and spilling 7,500 gallons of fuel.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Despite successes, Minn. adds 180 species to threatened list
Despite the removal of the bald eagle, gray wolf, peregrine falcon, snapping turtle and 25 other plants and animals from Minnesota's endangered species list, roughly 180 new plants and animals have been added.
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WILDLIFE: Bird crowdsourcing goes viral with app
Around the country, birders are working together to create what may be the first crowdsourced real-time view of bird populations.
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OCEANS: Deaths at Portland Aquarium prompt probe
About 200 marine animals died at the Portland Aquarium in Oregon this spring, according to logs obtained by the Portland Oregonian.
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Appeals court shoots down hunters on changing status of imperiled goat
Federal judges today shot down two challenges from hunters surrounding a highly sought after Pakistani goat.
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TRANSMISSION: Senator urges Interior to move forward with SunZia project despite DOD concerns
New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) is strongly defending a proposed multistate transmission line project against recent criticism that the power line would interfere with the mission of a nearby weapons testing range in his home state.
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CAMPAIGN 2014: State lawmaker challenges Alexander in Tenn. Senate primary
Tennessee state Rep. Joe Carr today said he will challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander for the Republican nomination next year, arguing that the two-term senator is too liberal for the Volunteer State.
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EPA: Agency releases some air regs data demanded by Senate Republicans
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member David Vitter (R-La.) late yesterday said U.S. EPA has delivered on a promise to improve transparency, sending his office some of the data behind several Clean Air Act rules.
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CAMPAIGN 2013: Spate of negative ads highlight Va. voters' dilemma in governor's race
In the Virginia gubernatorial contest, August is the month for unleashing attack ads -- but it's not clear whether the voters are listening yet.
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EPA: Former agency chief joins board of her alma mater
Former U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has joined the main governing body of Tulane University, 20 years after she graduated from the college with a degree in chemical engineering.
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HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Obama's N.Y. visit not likely to stir Cuomo on fracking just yet
NEW YORK -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo does not plan on using President Obama's visit to upstate New York this week as an excuse to reveal his final say on hydraulic fracturing.
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COAL: Ousted Ohio regulator cites industry pressure in note to employees
A longtime Ohio water regulator linked his departure to pressure from the coal industry in an email obtained by several news outlets.
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CLIMATE: Scientist dubs White House estimate of CO2 social cost 'useless'
The scientific models the Obama administration used to estimate the future costs of climate change are significantly flawed and should be replaced with a more reliable risk assessment system, a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology argues in a new report.
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FEDERAL AGENCIES: Interior bicyclists romp in annual Tour de Fed
The Interior Department lapped its sister agencies in this year's Federal Bike-to-Work Challenge, with 826 Interior employees riding a total 73,206 miles in May.
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