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TRADE: Enviros raise alarm over proposed U.S.-E.U. pact

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Environmental advocates are warning that an effort to make U.S. and European regulations more cohesive will have a chilling effect on rules in both regions.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: NAACP plan urges clean energy, local involvement in states' policies

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A new report from the NAACP provides a road map for states on how to enact an energy policy that the group believes will even the playing field for disenfranchised African-American communities.

NATIONAL PARKS: Senate strips Manhattan Project park language from defense bill

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Legislative language that would have made a new Manhattan Project National Historical Park on land where the nation's nuclear program was first developed was left out of the Senate version of the "National Defense Authorization Act" released last week, making it highly unlikely that the park will be authorized this year.

BUDGET: Senate advances bipartisan deal, clearing way for passage

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The Senate today voted to cut off debate on a bipartisan budget agreement, clearing the way for it to be sent to President Obama for signature no later than tomorrow.

CLIMATE: Dems aim to elevate work on global warming next year -- Boxer

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Senate Democrats will do what they can to push climate change to the top of the political agenda in the new year, starting with "big announcements" that could come even before the New Year's Eve ball drops, Sen. Barbara Boxer said today.

NOMINATIONS: Panel clears 3, but Stabenow opposes DOE pick over natural gas exports

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has voted to send three Obama administration nominees to the full Senate, including the president's pick to head the Department of Energy's fossil fuel research efforts.

FOREST SERVICE: Project aims to turn beetle-ravaged trees into electricity

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BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. -- On a bitter cold December afternoon, white semis rumbled by million-dollar homes in this famous ski town, carrying wood chips from pine trees culled from the national forest.

EPA: Agency relents, exempts fire hydrants from lead rule

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U.S. EPA said today it plans to walk back a controversial rule that would have required fire hydrants to meet standards for lead in drinking water after hearing public complaints that the rule would be too expensive and potentially dangerous.

TAX POLICY: Baucus acknowledges need for work on tax extenders -- GOP senator

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Providing the most prominent acknowledgement to date that comprehensive tax reform may not happen before the 113th Congress adjourns, Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus last week told a private meeting of committee members that they likely would have to address a raft of temporary tax breaks in isolation next year, a senior Republican on the panel told Greenwire today.

OIL AND GAS: BLM plans to move forward with royalty reforms

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The Bureau of Land Management plans to move ahead with a regulation that would make it easier for the Interior secretary to raise and lower royalty rates for oil and gas on public lands, according to a top official.

CLIMATE: Georgetown Climate's Arroyo and Pacyniak discuss state recommendations on emissions standards

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How can U.S. EPA craft its existing source rule for power plants to maximize flexibility for stakeholders? During today's OnPoint, Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center at Georgetown Law, and Gabe Pacyniak, an institute associate at the Georgetown Climate Center, discuss a letter sent to EPA this week by 15 states offering recommendations for the upcoming power plant rule. Arroyo and Pacyniak also comment on the agency's interaction with industry, states and environmental groups as it crafts its standards.

EUROPEAN UNION: Bloc approves new fishing quotas

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The European Union today set new fishing quotas that will go into effect in 2014.

RUSSIA: Parliament likely to approve Greenpeace activists amnesty plan this week

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Thirty people held in Russia after being arrested during a protest against an Arctic oil drilling well will be released under an amnesty plan that was approved today by the State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, attorneys said.

EUROPEAN UNION: Officials propose stricter air pollution regs

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E.U. officials today announced a draft law that would crack down on air pollution via new limits on industry and stricter enforcement of existing pollution rules.

PESTICIDES: Chemicals may affect brain health -- E.U. study

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Two neonicotinoid chemicals may affect brain development in humans, according to new research out of the European Union that shows the chemicals' impact on newborn rat brain development.

CHEMICALS: EPA releases data in step toward transparency

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U.S. EPA has begun releasing chemical screening data, a move that analysts and industry say could be a positive step toward increasing transparency in the agency's review and regulatory process.

AGRICULTURE: Animal rights groups petition feds to set rules for poultry plants

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Two animal rights groups are petitioning the Department of Agriculture to establish rules that ban animal abuse and set clear penalties for poultry processing facilities.

DOE: Moniz dreams of Red Sox play-by-play gig, wants to hike with Jewell

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If Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz could have one non-science dream job, it would be calling baseball games on the air for the Boston Red Sox.

EPA: Semiannual IG report updates Congress on recent investigations, audits

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A political appointee at U.S. EPA accepted a flight on a private jet from a registered lobbyist, earning a slap on the wrist from the Office of General Counsel, according to the agency's inspector general.

NUCLEAR POWER: Neb. plant poised for restart -- NRC

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A problem-riddled nuclear power plant in Nebraska is slated to go back online after receiving a nod from federal regulators.
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