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PUBLIC LANDS: Nonprofit buys land to boost N.Y. state parks

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One nonprofit conservation group has spent years working to increase the size of New York state parks.

WILDLIFE: TransCanada shifts pipeline route away from grizzly sanctuaries

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TransCanada Corp. has rerouted a proposed pipeline around two grizzly habitats in Canada.

FORESTS: Nev. professor sues Forest Service over logging proposal

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A biologist has filed suit against the Forest Service for its plans to log above Lake Tahoe.

FISHERIES: Nations mull tuna quotas

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The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas today began discussions on catch quotas and other conservation measures for the fish.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Agency mulls protections for rare mollusk

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The Obama administration is considering potential endangered species protections for a rare mollusk found in the Pacific Ocean.

ADVOCACY: Utah group merges with WildEarth Guardians

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A Salt Lake City-based conservation group that has worked to protect Utah's national forests from logging and mining is merging with the much-larger WildEarth Guardians in an effort to increase its influence on a host of resource issues in the Beehive State and across the West.

NATIONAL PARKS: Majority blames Congress for closures during shutdown -- poll

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Most American voters blame Congress for the closure of national parks last month, while less than a third of those surveyed believe the Obama administration shuttered parks to make the federal government shutdown as painful as possible, according to a new poll commissioned by a left-leaning think tank.

CLIMATE: U.S. preparing post-2020 emission pledge -- Stern

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WARSAW, Poland -- The Obama administration has already started crunching numbers to determine how much the U.S. can slash greenhouse gas emissions after 2020, State Department Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern said today.

COAL: Groups press appeals court on climate impacts of federal leasing

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Several environmental groups argued before federal appellate judges today that the Obama administration should have considered potential climate change impacts of leasing government-owned coal in the Powder River Basin.

BIOFUELS: RFS backers assess strategies for legal assault on EPA rule proposal

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On Friday, U.S. EPA proposed to reduce the nation's ethanol and advanced biofuel mandates for the first time since the nation had a renewable fuel standard.

BIOFUELS: EPA proposes rollback of 2011 cellulosic target in win for oil companies

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U.S. EPA has proposed taking back its 2011 cellulosic biofuel target and refunding oil companies nearly $5 million for their costs in trying to meet it.

CLIMATE: EPA permitting seen as high hurdle for carbon capture project

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On one hand, U.S. EPA is promoting carbon capture and storage technologies for all new coal-fired power plants. On the other -- would-be project developers say -- are confusing, budget-busting permit requirements that hamstring the technology's development.

CARBON CAPTURE: Energy analyst Faeth says water-intensive CCS could disqualify technology in some regions

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Could carbon capture and storage technology's high water usage make CCS irrelevant in water-stressed regions of the United States? During today's OnPoint, Paul Faeth, a senior fellow and director of the energy, water and climate division at CNA, explains how the Department of Energy and U.S. EPA are engaging on the water use issue and talks about how some regions of the U.S. are mitigating the impacts of electric power demands on water.

JAPAN: Agency doesn't have timetable for reopening nuclear plants

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Japan's nuclear regulator has no fixed schedule to finish safety checks at its shuttered plants, the agency said.

RUSSIA: Court releases 7 jailed Greenpeace activists

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A Russian court today released seven jailed Greenpeace activists who were involved in an Arctic oil drilling protest.

OHIO: Clean energy amendment clears hurdle toward ballot vote

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A proposed clean energy amendment to Ohio's Constitution just got a step closer to getting on the ballot.

LOUISIANA: New flood board appointee aims to halt oil lawsuit

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The new member of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East has asked the panel to halt its lawsuit that aims to force 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies to restore wetlands that have been wrecked during operations.

ARIZONA: FWS mulls habitat expansion for Mexican wolves

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The Fish and Wildlife Service plans to hold public hearings this week to evaluate expanding the habitat for Arizona's rare Mexican gray wolves.

CHEMICALS: Leak sickens 70 in Calif.

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A sulfuric acid leak at a chemical company in Carson, Calif., near Los Angeles, made about 70 people ill late yesterday, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said.

RAIL: Amtrak train derails near Baltimore

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A derailed Amtrak train last night temporarily suspended service between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
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