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OIL AND GAS: Mideast, Asia growth fuels Schlumberger profit surge

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An oil field services company pointed to growth in the Middle East and Asia as a major factor in its high fourth-quarter profits.

OIL AND GAS: Shell issues profit warning ahead of low Q4 numbers

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC today warned that its profits for the fourth quarter of 2013 may be "significantly lower" than previous showings.

CLIMATE: Failure to act on global warming will cost us dearly -- leaked U.N. report

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The world community's lack of climate change action may become very costly down the line, according to a draft U.N. report.

COAL: 6 sentenced in fraud case at Massey Energy

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Six people were sentenced yesterday for participating in a false billing scheme at a former West Virginia coal company.

CHEMICALS: BNSF to pay $140K over unreported Calif. spill

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BNSF Railway Co. has pleaded no contest to criminal charges in connection with a 2012 hazardous chemical spill near the Port of Los Angeles and agreed to pay a $140,000 fine.

GULF SPILL: La.'s bid for new claims judge rejected

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A federal appeals court has rejected Louisiana's request for a new judge to oversee claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA pushes back in court as manufacturers claim directives violate law

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U.S. EPA today urged federal judges to dismiss a challenge to an agency decision that a district court ruling would only apply in that region, saying the petitioners were challenging an explanatory memo that was meant to keep the status quo in place.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: $7K reward offered for info leading to whooping crane shooter

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Seven whooping cranes are known to visit Kentucky each winter. This season, two didn't make it out of the state, and officials are offering thousands of dollars contributed by wildlife groups to find out who is to blame.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 'They're wanting to kill my children,' says buyer of rhino hunting permit

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A Texas man who paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a permit to hunt an endangered African black rhino says he has received death threats after his identity was posted on the Internet.

DROUGHT: Disaster declarations issued in 11 states

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The Department of Agriculture has issued a disaster declaration for parts of 11 drought-stricken states.

MINING: Watchdogs sound alarm about N.M. gold project

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A proposed gold mine in northern New Mexico would squander precious water and generate too much pollution, project foes argue in a new report.

OIL AND GAS: BLM considers 2-year extension of contested leases in Colo.'s Thompson Divide

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The Bureau of Land Management is considering granting a second extension to a group of contested oil and natural gas leases in west-central Colorado's pristine Thompson Divide that are set to expire this spring, a possibility that concerns environmentalists and ranchers who say the area isn't suitable for drilling.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Steyer aide among those named to Calif. group overseeing how $2.75B will be spent

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A citizens committee will oversee how California spends an expected $2.75 billion on energy efficiency upgrades, and new members include a key adviser to billionaire and climate activist Tom Steyer, who funded the ballot measure that led to the revenue.

CAMPAIGN 2014: Enviro groups slam Mich. governor for lack of renewable energy proposals in address

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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) mentioned his state's renewable energy policy briefly in his State of the State address last night in Lansing but did not propose any new energy policies, as some environmental groups had hoped.

KEYSTONE XL: Kerry defends time frame for pipeline's review

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Secretary of State John Kerry today defended the long-running delay of a final environmental review for Keystone XL even as he reminded his Canadian counterpart that several hurdles remain before a final verdict on the controversial $5.4 billion pipeline.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Omnibus boosts funding to crack down on illegal wildlife trade

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Federal officials will have more money to combat a growing illicit trade in wildlife parts, after Congress passed a spending bill this week that sets up a $45 million fund for the effort.

ENERGY POLICY: House conservatives offer wide-ranging bill to boost production, limit regs

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A group of conservative House Republicans yesterday introduced an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink energy bill that would achieve more than a dozen of the party's long-standing goals, from expanding oil drilling in the Arctic and offshore to eliminating renewable energy tax credits to blocking a slate of environmental regulations.

CONGRESS: Key staffers stay busy despite slim hopes for legislation

NATURAL GAS: Study finds a dozen explosive-level leaks on D.C. streets

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Researchers found about 5,900 natural gas leaks on the streets of Washington, D.C., of which a dozen were at 10 times the level at which explosions occur, according to a paper unveiled yesterday from Duke University and Boston University.

CLIMATE: Neb. lawsuit seen as first of many challenges to EPA power plant rule

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Opponents of U.S. EPA's carbon regulations are praising Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning for the lawsuit he filed this week to stop the agency's new power plants proposal.
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