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WILDLIFE: Sea otters in Prince William Sound have rebounded since 1989 Valdez spill -- USGS

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The sea otter population that was devastated by the Exxon Valdez spill has recovered, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

BIOFUELS: Livestock producers back Goodlatte's RFS reform bill

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Livestock producers are urging Congress to move legislation introduced last year by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) that would set in motion an overhaul of the renewable fuel standard.

ENERGY POLICY: Obama admin has power to increase crude exports -- Murkowski

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's top Republican today continued her campaign to convince the Obama administration of its power to ease the nation's decades-old crude export limits without new congressional action.

APPROPRIATIONS: Green groups lay out budget wish list for Congress, White House

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A coalition of environmental groups today sent a report to the Obama administration and members of Congress urging strong federal investments in clean air and water, renewable energy, wildlife and public lands.

WATER POLICY: Supreme Court wants Obama admin input in 3-state dispute

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The Supreme Court today asked for the Obama administration's views on a decades-old water dispute between Florida and Georgia.

EPA: Climate regs won't crimp energy boom, McCarthy tells worried North Dakotans

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BEULAH, N.D. -- Surrounded by strip mines in North Dakota coal country, and inside a plant that not only burns coal but converts it to natural gas and commercial carbon dioxide, the U.S. EPA chief was asked directly: "Is there a war on coal?"

ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS finalizes 'landmark' lesser prairie chicken protections from drilling

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a voluntary agreement designed to protect the lesser prairie chicken and its dwindling habitat from oil and gas drilling activity as the deadline approaches for the service to decide whether to list the colorful bird as threatened.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA unveils final rule for curbing sulfur in gasoline

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U.S. EPA released its final rule today for slashing sulfur in gasoline by more than 60 percent, saying the standards would immediately lower tailpipe emissions and reduce respiratory ailments and premature deaths.

DOE: ARPA-E chief Martin discusses ambitious process for jump-starting energy technologies

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ARPA-E chief Martin discusses ambitious process for jump-starting energy technologies

CHINA: Vacation island benefits from wealthy Chinese fleeing polluted cities

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Looking for a place to "clear out their lungs," China's growing middle and upper classes are venturing to the vacation island of Hainan for a respite from the crippling smog covering much of the country's east coast.

WYOMING: State weighs minerals industry tax cut

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Wyoming state lawmakers are eyeing a tax break for the state's minerals industry.

NEW MEXICO: State extends storage deadlines for DOE's nuclear waste plant

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New Mexico regulators say they have set deadlines for the Department of Energy and a contractor to clean up radioactive waste being stored above a nuclear waste dump where at least 13 workers were exposed to low levels of radiation last month.

WEST VIRGINIA: Chemical spill bill moves to state House floor

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West Virginia's House of Delegates is set to begin debating new legislation today to protect chemical storage facilities and public water systems in the wake of a leak that fouled 300,000 West Virginians' water in January.

OIL AND GAS: Investors, enviros question company's drilling plan in Africa's oldest national park

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U.K.-based oil company Soco International is facing tough questions from investors and environmental groups over its plans to explore for oil in Africa's oldest national park.

PEOPLE: Google founder's wife champions environment as 'techno-philanthropist'

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Wendy Schmidt, wife of Google co-founder and executive chairman Eric Schmidt, has quickly and quietly become one of the world's biggest environmental philanthropists, giving almost $600 million since 2006 to address the planet's air, food and water quality.

BIOTECH: Campaign aims to stop Starbucks from using GM milk

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Environmentalists today launched a campaign to persuade Starbucks Corp. to stop using milk that has been sourced from cows raised on a diet of genetically modified organisms.

NATURAL GAS: White House promises $1B in aid for Ukraine as nation grapples with energy cuts

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Secretary of State John Kerry today announced an economic aid package -- including energy subsidies -- for Ukraine as the Eastern European nation sets up a new government and navigates escalating tensions with Russia.

OIL AND GAS: Scrutiny grows over decades-old pipeline beneath Great Lakes

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Environmental groups and lawmakers are seeking more oversight of a decades-old oil pipeline in Michigan's Upper Peninsula that runs under a popular waterway near the Great Lakes.

GULF SPILL: Appeals court orders BP to resume settlement payments

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A federal appeals court yesterday ruled that BP PLC must resume its payment of business-loss claims from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.

OIL AND GAS: Judge lambastes attorney in Ecuador case, says judgment against Chevron 'procured by fraud'

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A federal judge ruled today that environmental lawyer Steven Donziger fraudulently obtained a multibillion-dollar settlement against Chevron Corp. for pollution in Ecuador by manipulating that country's legal system with bribes and forged evidence.
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