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FEDERAL AGENCIES: Poor grades for efforts to keep jargon, legalese out of public documents

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In one of its many educational fliers, U.S. EPA recommends that families use a three-step process to rid homes of pests: "starve them out, dry them out, and keep them out."

ARCTIC: Revised Shell plan calls for 6 wells in Chukchi Sea

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to drill up to six wells in Alaska's Chukchi Sea, according to a revised exploration plan (EP) filed Nov. 6 to the Interior Department and recently made public.

CLIMATE: Poor countries clamoring for aid slam into 'hard reality' in Warsaw

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WARSAW, Poland -- The top U.S. negotiator on climate change has effectively ruled out any new American pledge this year to a United Nations fund for helping poor countries cope with global warming, but vulnerable nations and human rights groups gathered for the climate summit here refuse to accept that.

YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Judges toss DOE's 'unfair' fees for nuclear waste disposal

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Federal appellate judges today ordered the Department of Energy to stop collecting fees for disposing of nuclear waste, because the agency has abandoned the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada and has no plans for an alternative repository.

CHEMICALS: ACC's Dooley says industry open to negotiating on chemical safety reform bill

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Following last week's House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on reforming chemical safety policy, what are the prospects for moving legislation this year? During today's OnPoint, Cal Dooley, president of the American Chemistry Council, weighs in on key sticking points, including U.S. EPA's authority, and talks about potential areas for negotiation.

RUSSIA: Court frees 5 more jailed Greenpeace activists

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Russia today agreed to free five more Greenpeace activists who were arrested for mounting a protest over oil drilling in the Arctic, bringing the total number of protesters released on bail this week to 12.

BRAZIL: Trash, sewage clog Rio's Olympic waterways

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The neon green waters around the site of the future Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro have an average fecal pollution rate 195 times the level considered safe in the United States and 78 times the Brazilian government's "satisfactory" standard.

CHEMICALS: Children's furniture contains toxins -- report

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Children's furniture sold by retailers in California and nine other states contains toxic flame retardants, a study has shown.

AIR POLLUTION: Chicago mayor hints at refinery waste crackdown

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Chicago may crack down on petroleum coke piles on the city's Southeast Side that residents say cause pollution.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS: Toyota prepares hydrogen-powered car for 2015

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Toyota Motor Corp. today said it plans to sell a mass-produced fuel-cell car by 2015, making it the latest automaker to indicate that the once-improbable hydrogen fuel technology could be ready soon for the public.

NRC: Shutdown cost agency $10M in lost productivity -- chairwoman

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Last month's government shutdown cost the Nuclear Regulatory Commission $10 million in lost productivity, the agency's chairwoman said yesterday.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: LEDs light up sports arenas

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More athletes are playing under the glow of energy-saving lights as stadiums and arenas shift to LEDs.

NATURAL GAS: DOE provides $5M to expand 'fire ice' research

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The Department of Energy today announced $5 million in funding for seven projects to help unlock the potential of natural gas trapped in icelike formations.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: SEC is asked to probe biomass companies' failure to disclose emissions

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Three publicly traded energy companies failed to disclose the environmental risks of biomass power, investors told the Securities and Exchange Commission today.

EPA: Agency touts its efforts to promote carbon-capture technologies

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U.S. EPA is stressing its efforts to promote the development of carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) technologies -- and its belief that the technology is ready for widespread use -- as it issues rules to control greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Former Animal Planet host sold exotic lizards

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A former Animal Plant television show host yesterday pleaded guilty to selling endangered lizards.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: N.J. companies file takings suit against state's 2012 Solar Act

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A handful of solar power companies in New Jersey have sued Garden State officials, demanding a grandfather clause be inserted in legislation passed in 2012 meant to spur the industry.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Beagle sniff test suggests few U.S. polar bear cubs

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Polar bears at U.S. zoos won't deliver a large cub class this year, according to the results of a sniff test performed by a 2-year-old beagle named Elvis who was specially trained to detect polar bear pregnancies.

WILDLIFE: SeaWorld, musician stir controversy for Thanksgiving parade

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Floats in the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade are at the center of political flaps involving animal rights, but the department store has vowed to stay out of it.

OCEANS: EPA plans study of plastic debris in Hawaii

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U.S. EPA plans to study a remote Hawaiian island that is often covered with plastic debris.
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