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COAL: Consol confirms layoffs; NRG announces 2 power plant closures

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Pennsylvania-based Consol Energy Inc. today confirmed layoffs of dozens of workers following the sale of five coal mines and other operations to Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp.

OFFSHORE WIND: Interior advances research project off Va.

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The Interior Department late last week announced it is moving forward on Virginia's plan to build a 12-megawatt wind project in the Atlantic Ocean after confirming there is no competitive interest in developing the area.

KEYSTONE XL: First oil flows through southern leg as official start to remain under wraps

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TransCanada Corp. on Saturday began pumping its first oil through the Oklahoma-to-Texas pipeline that is the southern leg of Keystone XL, testing the project before service officially begins -- a date the company does not plan to relay in advance.

PESTICIDES: Australian flight attendant argues spraying in cabin gave him Parkinson's

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A former Qantas flight attendant who worked for the airline for 27 years plans to sue Australia's government, alleging that years of exposure to toxic pesticides he was required to spray inside the cabin gave him Parkinson's disease.

GULF SPILL: BP says escort service filed false claim in Deepwater spill

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A BP PLC ad launched this week claims an escort service filed a false claim to collect damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

WILDLIFE: Reindeer escapes from Colo. mall

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A reindeer escaped from a Colorado mall last week while children waited to submit their holiday wish lists to Santa Claus.

WILDLIFE: Snowy owls venture out of Arctic to northern U.S.

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Bird-watchers are reporting rare sights this year of the snow-white owl in the United States, in areas far south of its native Arctic.

AGRICULTURE: Experts push for traditional farming to slow species' extinction

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In order to slow the extinction of animal and plant species, ancient farming practices may come back into vogue, experts said today.

INVASIVE SPECIES: New cockroach thrives in NYC

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Scientists in New York City have discovered a new cockroach species that can withstand freezing cold winter temperatures.

MARINE MAMMALS: 11 more whales die in Everglades

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Eleven more whales have died in the Everglades, wildlife officials said.

FISHERIES: Oyster farming makes comeback in Md.

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Maryland's oyster industry is making a comeback after near ruin only a decade ago.

OIL SANDS: Development drives down biodiversity -- report

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Oil sands development is threatening native plant and animal species in Alberta, a new report shows.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Bat listing could stymie mining, electricity projects

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Coal, mining and electricity interests are fighting an effort by the Fish and Wildlife Service to list the long-eared bat as an endangered species, which could require coal companies to take new steps to protect the bats at abandoned mines.

NOAA: Agency extends rule to protect right whales

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A rule to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales from ship strikes will remain in effect indefinitely, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today.

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Colo. industry official challenges Rep. Polis to public debates

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The head of Colorado's primary oil and gas trade group has challenged Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) to a series of public debates over the Centennial State's energy future.

BAY DELTA: Calif. offers 30,000-page blueprint for overhauling water hub

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California officials today are releasing a long-awaited, controversial plan to build twin tunnels under the state's central water delivery hub, the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

AIR POLLUTION: Northeast governors seek EPA help fighting upwind emissions

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Saying they're fed up with drifting air pollutants from upwind states, eight Northeast and mid-Atlantic states have petitioned U.S. EPA to force nine others to reduce air pollution emissions.

EPA: Agency plans to drastically scale back enforcement

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U.S. EPA plans to conduct fewer in-person inspections and bring fewer cases against industrial rule-breakers over the next five years, the agency said in a recent document outlining its goals.

AIR POLLUTION: Obama rules face showdowns tomorrow in Supreme Court, D.C. Circuit

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The Obama administration's efforts to clean up air pollution go on trial tomorrow, as the Supreme Court and a federal appeals court review two landmark rules from President Obama's first term.

SUPREME COURT: Policy Integrity's Revesz discusses arguments on cross-state rule

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After yesterday's Supreme Court arguments on U.S. EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, what precedent could the court set with its decision? During today's OnPoint, Richard Revesz, director of the Institute for Policy Integrity at the New York University School of Law, gives his impressions of the arguments and justices' reactions. He also talks about the impact the court's decision could have on the Obama administration's climate and energy agenda.
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