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COAL: Governors at odds over Northwest export terminal proposals

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Washington state's new Gov. Jay Inslee (D) has yet to take a strong position on five proposed coal export terminals in his state and neighboring Oregon, despite his environmental bona fides and efforts at controlling climate change.

GUYANA: Nation promises to protect jaguars

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The South American nation of Guyana has joined a regional pact to protect the jaguar, a predator that has become vulnerable due to growing agriculture and mining interests that eat…

BRAZIL: New data show Amazon deforestation accelerating

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Recent satellite data suggest deforestation is on the rise again in Brazil after a few years of slowing down on steep fines. After commodity prices soared in 2007, prompting a…

SOUTH AFRICA: 10,000 crocodiles escape during floods

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Police joined the hunt for up to 10,000 crocodiles that are roaming free in South Africa after escaping from a farm during floods, officials said today. The Rakwena Crocodile Farm,…

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Villagers slaughter dolphins in pay spat

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Villagers in the Solomon Islands killed up to 900 bottlenose dolphins to get back at a U.S. institute they claim didn't pay them promised money. Villagers on the island to…

WISCONSIN: State panel mulls which species to list as endangered

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Wisconsin's Natural Resources Board this week considered which species to list as endangered. The board voted unanimously to bring its endangered species list to a hearing. It proposed delisting the…

NEW JERSEY: State sets building-height requirements for post-hurricane construction

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New Jersey adopted flood evacuation guidelines yesterday to assist Hurricane Sandy victims with determining how high they will need to raise their homes and businesses in order to escape high…

AIR POLLUTION: Icy fog traps soot over Salt Lake City

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The air over Salt Lake City is the nation's dirtiest this month, U.S. EPA said, blaming an icy fog that traps soot and smothers mountain valleys for weeks at a…

COAL ASH: Company scraps plan for dump expansion

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FirstEnergy Corp. announced this week that it was scrapping plans for a new coal ash disposal facility adjacent to the controversial Little Blue Run impoundment, which straddles the Pennsylvania border…

AUTOS: Manufacturers team up to curtail emissions

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Stricter emissions standards worldwide are putting pressure on automakers to work together. General Motors Co. and PSA Peugeot Citroën said yesterday that they may open their European development and manufacturing…

COAL: Crow Tribe signs 1.4B-ton deal with energy company

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The Crow Tribe and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. representatives signed an agreement yesterday for the possible development of 1.4 billion tons of coal on Crow lands near the Powder River…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: VW flips switch on solar power at Tenn. plant

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A new solar installation at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tenn., auto manufacturing facility is generating up to 12.5 percent of the plant's electricity. The 9.5-megawatt solar installation, which came online this week,…

CFTC: Republican Commissioner Jill Sommers resigns

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A federal regulator who has opposed a rule that would limit speculation in energy futures markets abruptly announced yesterday that she would resign. Jill Sommers, one of two Republican members…

OIL AND GAS: Texas revamping Railroad Commission

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A 122-year-old oil and gas drilling agency in Texas is getting an overhaul. The Railroad Commission of Texas will get an updated computer system, and it will have some of…

GULF SPILL: Judge denies extension for seafood settlement

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A federal judge denied a request to allow commercial fishing vessel owners and others more time to join a $2.3 billion settlement to cover seafood-related fallout from BP PLC's Gulf…

GULF SPILL: Woman pleads guilty to impersonating OSHA officer, faking cleanup classes

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A woman yesterday pleaded guilty to impersonating a high-ranking federal official and creating fake federal identification documents following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, Justice Department officials said. In the wake…

FISHERIES: Milestone nears for farm-raised seafood

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Within the year, the majority of fish eaten around the world will be farm-raised rather than wild-caught. The production of fish through aquaculture has grown extensively in the last 20…

INVASIVE SPECIES: Pike feast on salmon -- study

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Invasive pike populations thrive on young salmon, or smolt, but will eat other species when the population declines, according to a new study of Alaskan streams that was published in…

FISHERIES: McDonald's switches to sustainable seafood

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McDonald's has agreed to buy all its fish from America's largest sustainable-caught fishery, and scientists are mulling whether the move will have a long-term impact on declining global fish stocks.…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Obama admin, Calif. water managers want more time to fix Delta smelt plan

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The Obama administration and California water managers are asking a judge for more time to revise a plan to save the imperiled Delta smelt, citing the need to focus on a new massive water…
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