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BRISTOL BAY: EPA starts veto process for Pebble mine

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U.S. EPA announced the start today of determining whether to veto the massive Pebble copper and gold mining project in southeastern Alaska. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Pebble would be "one of the largest mines on Earth" and "have a significant and irreversible negative impact on the Bristol Bay watershed and its salmon-bearing water." The start of EPA work on a possible veto is notable because it comes before mine developers submit a Clean Water Act dredge-and-fill permit application to the Army Corps of Engineers.

GRID: Harvard's Aziz says emerging battery technology could be a game changer for grid storage

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Could rhubarb molecules hold the key to cost-effective battery storage for renewable energy in the electricity sector? During today's OnPoint, Michael Aziz, a professor of materials and energy technologies at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, discusses his emerging battery technology and research, funded by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), and talks about the next steps to commercializing the technology.

NEPAL: New rule enlists mountaineers to clean up Everest litter

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The Nepalese government is enlisting mountaineers to help clean up the littered slopes of Mount Everest, introducing a rule that would require climbers to bring back 8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) of trash in addition to their own after they scale the famous peak.

CHINA: Government may launch smog research facility

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The Chinese government is mulling a proposal to spend millions of dollars on a national smog research laboratory in Beijing, according to the Beijing News.

AUSTRALIA: Officials ignored research in Great Barrier Reef dumping decision

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Australia's government overruled scientific advice when it approved a plan to dump millions of tons of dredging waste from a mining project into the Great Barrier Reef, documents show.

VERMONT: Residents reject renewable energy projects

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Strong opposition to wind and solar projects in Vermont has some questioning the state's commitment to renewable energy.

MAINE: Governor proposes rollback of wind targets

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Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) has introduced legislation that would eliminate the state's wind power target, despite criticism from environmental groups that say the move represents an attack on renewable energy.

SUPERFUND: Data show declining lead levels in Mont. city at heart of cleanup operation

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Lead exposure is declining in Butte, Mont., where U.S. EPA is cleaning up areas of lead, mercury and arsenic contamination, in some of the first signs of progress in ongoing cleanup efforts under the Superfund program.

AIR POLLUTION: Residents blast revamped petcoke storage plan in Mich.

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A storage company has come under fire for its plan to store petroleum coke near a residential neighborhood and park along the Detroit River.

COAL ASH: N.C. regulators cite Duke Energy over spill

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State regulators in North Carolina said Friday they have cited Duke Energy Corp. for environmental violations, almost a month after a spill from one of the company's coal ash ponds contaminated the Dan River, setting the stage for possible administrative fines against the utility.

DOE: Flawed Hanford storage tanks could lead to new leaks -- documents

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Six nuclear waste storage tanks at a Hanford, Wash., storage complex have "significant construction flaws" that could lead to leaks, documents show.

DEFENSE: Contracting giants see potential in energy ventures

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Government contracting giants like Lockheed Martin Corp. see potential in entering the energy market.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Nanotechnology could help solar, wind compete with fossil fuels

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Renewable energy could have a small future -- even smaller than the thickness of a sheet of paper.

CARBON CAPTURE: Budget priorities will adjust to technology -- DOE official

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Expect the Department of Energy's budget priorities for coal and fossil energy research to change based on new technologies, said DOE clean coal chief Julio Friedmann last week in advance of tomorrow's fiscal White House 2015 budget release.

PEOPLE: DOE's congressional affairs chief joins law firm

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A Washington, D.C., law firm has hired the leader of the Department of Energy's congressional affairs division.

LNG: Courts again reject Sierra Club bid to halt Md. exports

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An appeals court in Maryland has struck yet another blow to the Sierra Club and other environmental groups' efforts to halt Dominion Resources Inc.'s $3.8 billion plan to export domestic gas from a facility on the Chesapeake Bay.

WILDLIFE: Python devours crocodile in Australia

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A five-hour duel between a water python and a freshwater crocodile in rural Queensland, Australia, today ended with the crocodile strangled and swallowed by the snake.

FISHERIES: Enviros deem whale meat shipment through Canada illegal

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Activists are pressing the Canadian government to stop shipping meat from endangered whales through Canada.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Australians mull rhino migration as 'insurance'

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Two Australian businessmen are in discussions to adopt dozens of endangered rhinos, moving them out of South Africa and forming an "insurance" population against rampant poaching that has pushed the species to the brink of extinction.

DROUGHT: Parched Calif. farmers turn to 'water witches'

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California farmers suffering through the worst drought in state history are hiring mysterious experts known as water dowsers to help them find underground wells.
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