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WATER POLLUTION: Captain charged with dumping stinky mink carcasses

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Rotten mink carcasses are raising a mighty stench in a southern Oregon harbor.

NUCLEAR ENERGY: U.S. sailors sue Fukushima operator again over radiation

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Nearly 80 American sailors have refiled a lawsuit seeking damages from the Japanese electric utility that operates the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, alleging the company didn't tell them about high levels of radiation when they conducted aid missions there in 2011.

WETLANDS: Landrieu distances herself from levee board suit

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Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairwoman Mary Landrieu (D-La.) said yesterday that she doesn't support a south Louisiana levee authority's lawsuit against 97 oil and gas companies.

FISHERIES: Judge rules NMFS violated law on Northeast groundfish limits

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Northeast fisheries managers set catch limits too high in violation of U.S. law, a federal judge ruled last week.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: As sea turtle numbers shrink, so do volunteer patrols

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Conservationists are alarmed at declining Kemp's ridley sea turtle numbers as BP PLC funding has dried up for volunteer patrols that protect their nests in Galveston, Texas.

PUBLIC LANDS: Man to pay $4,400 for monument vandalism

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A man who vandalized a national monument in south-central Montana has agreed to pay $4,400 in fines and restitution, Bureau of Land Management officials said.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Score one for the emerald ash borer in Ky. battle

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Kentucky wildlife officials are ending wood quarantines in 30 counties, retreating from the long-standing tactic meant to fight the spread of the emerald ash borer.

FISHERIES: Entrepreneurs develop clean, green indoor farms

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Aquaculture has a bad name among environmentalists, but several entrepreneurs are building inland, indoor fish farms that release nearly no pollution.

FISHERIES: U.S. imports up to $2B in illegally caught seafood each year -- study

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In 2011, the United States imported up to $2.1 billion in illegally caught seafood, according to a new report from a team led by the University of British Columbia's Fisheries Centre.

GULF OF MEXICO: Wildlife, ecosystems still feeling impacts of Deepwater Horizon spill -- report

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Four years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and spewing more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, dolphins, sea turtles, birds and other species are still feeling the effects, according to a summary report released by the National Wildlife Federation today.

PEOPLE: Carper names new chief of staff, replacing staffer who's becoming wind lobbyist

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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) today appointed a former journalist to run his Washington, D.C., office, filling a vacancy that opened up when his previous chief of staff decided to leave to become a wind industry lobbyist.

WILDERNESS: Senate panel advances bill protecting Tenn. forest

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The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee this morning approved a Republican bill that would designate nearly 20,000 acres of wilderness in eastern Tennessee's Cherokee National Forest, a proposal backed by sportsmen and conservationists.

ENERGY MARKETS: Senate panel approves CFTC nominees as House prepares to reauthorize agency

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A Senate panel today approved President Obama's three nominees to fill open slots on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

RADIOACTIVE WASTE: N.M. plant leak, closure trigger DOE budget worries

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A Department of Energy official told House appropriators today it's unclear what triggered a recent radioactive leak at the radioactive waste disposal site in New Mexico and how much it will cost to fix the problem.

CAMPAIGN 2014: Dems seek White House's help while keeping public distance

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Vulnerable congressional Democrats are lobbying the Obama administration for agency actions likely to help them with voters back home, even as they try to keep a public distance from the president.

COAL: Former DOE official becomes states chief for lobby group

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The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity announced the hiring of a new senior vice president for state affairs.

COAL: Industry critics laud 'historic' meeting with Jewell

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A group of coal field advocates met with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell yesterday to express concerns about coal mining regulation nationwide, according to sources familiar with the meeting.

WHITE HOUSE: Obama signs equal pay orders as Dems look for political traction

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The Obama administration and Senate Democrats have launched a coordinated campaign this week to woo female voters while shaming the GOP over the gender wage gap.

DOE: Database system prone to 'troubling irregularities,' cost overruns should be suspended -- IG

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Instead of saving money and headaches, a new project management database system meant to streamline bureaucracy for the Energy Department will cost more than $7 million -- far above the original estimate -- and could possibly open DOE systems to cyberattacks, according to a report released today from the agency's inspector general.

PUBLIC LANDS: Alaska invokes Civil War-era law in lawsuit for Izembek road

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Alaska announced plans yesterday to sue the Interior Department under a Civil War-era mining law to build a road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a new twist in a decadeslong controversy.
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