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COAL: BLM mulls lease of 14K acres in Colo. for mining

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The Bureau of Land Management is moving forward with environmental reviews for the potential leasing of more than 14,000 acres of federal land in western Colorado for coal mining.

HELIUM: BLM sale is latest effort to draw down federally managed reserve

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The Bureau of Land Management announced this week it netted $38 million in a sale from the federal helium reserve, the latest in an ongoing effort to eventually draw down the reserve and compel the private sector to secure its own helium supply.

GULF SPILL: Judge gives ex-Halliburton engineer probation as BP tries to reduce liability

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A federal judge sentenced former Halliburton Energy Services Inc. engineer Anthony Badalamenti to one year of probation yesterday for deleting data in the aftermath of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, as BP PLC opened a new legal front in its efforts to limit a massive settlement with residents and businesses in contaminated parts of the Gulf.

AIR POLLUTION: Judge is asked to impose deadline for EPA ozone rule

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Environmental groups are asking a federal judge to set a deadline for U.S. EPA to issue its long-delayed rule limiting ozone emissions, saying the agency is in violation of the Clean Air Act for stalling on the proposal.

NATIONAL PARKS: Calif. oyster farm intends to ask Supreme Court to take its case

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The embattled Drakes Bay Oyster Co. indicated this week that it will ask the Supreme Court to take up its ongoing fight with the Interior Department to keep its doors open.

OCEANS: Killed trainer didn't think SeaWorld mistreated orcas -- family

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The family of a SeaWorld trainer slain by a killer whale said she didn't think the whales were mistreated, an issue highlighted in the controversial documentary "Blackfish."

FORESTS: Shoshone management plan OKs drilling, doesn't expand wilderness

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A new forest management plan released yesterday for the Shoshone National Forest will allow oil and gas development in certain areas while not making changes on winter motorized vehicle use and wilderness boundaries.

OCEANS: Sharks, rays threatened by extinction -- study

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Almost a quarter of the sharks and rays roaming the seas are threatened by extinction, according to research from the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

FISHERIES: Popular seafood too high in mercury, low in fatty acids -- enviro report

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Under current federal guidelines, people may be consuming dangerous levels of mercury and low levels of omega-3 fatty acids when they eat seafood, according to a new report from an advocacy group.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Feds to consider protections for 19 animals

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The Obama administration will consider endangered or threatened listings for 19 species, it announced today.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Jewell to tour N.M. mountains proposed for sweeping designation

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on Friday will visit the Organ Mountains region of southern New Mexico, a signal the Obama administration is considering designating the area as a national monument.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Colo. governor, ranchers court Interior brass on sage grouse protections

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CRAIG, Colo. -- When Tom Mathers was 5 years old, he and his uncle would celebrate the Fourth of July on his northwest Colorado ranch by shooting scores of sage grouse with a .22-caliber rifle.

PEOPLE: Former Transportation secretary to join law firm -- but won't lobby

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Former Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is joining the law firm DLA Piper as a senior policy adviser.

CAMPAIGN 2014: McConnell ad touts support for Ky. uranium workers

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) debuted a new six-figure television campaign today touting his work to safeguard workers who got cancer after working at a shuttered uranium enrichment plant in the Bluegrass State.

EPA: McCarthy to discuss agency's climate work at Davos

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U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy plans to tout her agency's efforts to address climate change this week when she speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

OIL AND GAS: Moniz downplays earlier remarks on crude exports

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz seems to be distancing himself slightly from remarks last month indicating a willingness by the Obama administration to reconsider the ban on U.S. crude exports.

KEYSTONE XL: Pipeline's southern leg starts up with extra leak-spotting sensors

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TransCanada Corp. today began shipping crude along the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, drawing jeers from environmentalists, even as it continues to install new external leak-detection sensors at nine points on the 475-mile route.

CLIMATE: EPA science advisory group won't review new power plant rule

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A work group of U.S. EPA's advisory panel of scientists handed the agency a victory yesterday when it declined to recommend a review of the scientific underpinnings of EPA's new proposal for power plant carbon dioxide.

CLIMATE: With appeal rejected, industry may ask Supreme Court to review Calif. fuel standard

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Federal judges today declined a request by industry groups to rehear a challenge to California's low-carbon fuel standard, setting the stage for industry to ask the Supreme Court to review the case.

EPA: Clean Air Act guru returns to shape power plant rule

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Joe Goffman is U.S. EPA's law whisperer. His specialty is teaching an old law to do new tricks. As senior counsel in the Office of Air and Radiation, Goffman is gearing up the 1970 Clean Air Act to be the vehicle for curbing power plants' greenhouse gas emissions.
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