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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Tiny desert fish inspires heroic -- and extremely expensive -- rescue

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In the Mojave Desert lives an inch-long, slightly translucent fish that wouldn't look out of place in a home aquarium.

APPROPRIATIONS: House unveils bill attacking Obama priorities, boosting fossil funding

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House Republicans today rolled out a spending bill for energy and water programs that would undermine key pieces of President Obama's environmental and climate change agenda while continuing a long-shot effort to reopen a controversial nuclear waste site and boost spending on fossil energy programs.

URANIUM: DOE broke law to prop up floundering enrichment company -- GAO

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The Department of Energy violated laws on fair pricing and national security when it conducted uranium transfers worth millions of dollars to support a struggling uranium enrichment company, the Government Accountability Office said in a report released today.

SUPERFUND: Supreme Court rules for industry in fight over contaminated groundwater

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The Supreme Court today ruled against a group of North Carolina landowners in their quest to force a local polluter to clean up groundwater contamination, saying they took too long to file their case.

RENEWABLES: AWEA's Gramlich discusses impact of existing source rule on wind energy growth

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How will U.S. EPA's proposed standards for existing power plants impact the wind energy industry's growth? During today's OnPoint, Rob Gramlich, senior vice president of public policy at the American Wind Energy Association, discusses which states could benefit most from incorporating wind energy as part of their compliance mechanisms and talks about lobbying efforts to derail state renewable portfolio standards. Gramlich also explains why he believes the wind industry still needs the production tax credit, despite an expected boost from the existing source regulations.

JAPAN: Government vows to revive whaling following court defeat

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Japan has vowed to revive commercial whaling, months after an international court halted the country's annual whale hunt.

WYOMING: BLM, residents target illegal dumping

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The Bureau of Land Management and a local group have teamed up to reduce illegal dumping in Wyoming.

ALABAMA: Shark swarm closes Gulf beach

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One of the Gulf of Mexico's most popular beach destinations is closed after sharks this weekend swarmed a section of coast in Alabama, near the Florida state border.

OREGON: Wildfire wedding photos go viral as blaze slows down

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An Oregon couple's wedding photos are spreading like the wildfire that nearly ruined their ceremony Saturday.

ALASKA: Cruise ship pollution plan draws criticism

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A new permitting system in Alaska would allow cruise ships to dump wastewater into state waters or even at port, putting into action a 2013 law loosening pollution standards.

SOLID WASTE: Plastic-rock hybrid could leave new kind of fossil record

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A recently discovered rock material made from plastic and stone could last for millions of years, possibly becoming part of the planet's geologic record, researchers say.

TOXICS: EPA removing bottles from abandoned building at Tenn. college

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U.S. EPA officials are removing thousands of bottles containing hazardous materials found at an abandoned science building at Tennessee's Knoxville College.

WATER POLLUTION: State rejects cleanup plan at N.M. Air Force base

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New Mexico regulators have rejected a plan by Kirtland Air Force Base to clean up a fuel leak, saying it would spread contamination to other areas of Albuquerque's groundwater.

WATER POLLUTION: Duke signs coal ash cleanup deal with N.C., Va. officials

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North Carolina and Virginia officials, along with the Fish and Wildlife Service, signed an agreement yesterday with Duke Energy Corp. requiring the company to clean up coal ash from the Dan River and to pay any "reasonable" costs connected to the spill.

WATER: Calif. has great untapped potential for conservation, report says

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California's contentious disputes over water supplies need not be quite so heated, according to a new report that finds massive untapped opportunities for conservation statewide.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: OPM chief urges employees to complete survey

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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Katherine Archuleta urged federal workers today to complete the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which is due this coming Friday.

DOE: Delays slow Los Alamos' work -- IG

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The Department of Energy's Los Alamos Neutron Science Center has sometimes been beset by delays -- partly because of the government shutdown last year, according to an inspector general audit released today.

EPA: Watchdog to probe Chemical Safety Board management

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U.S. EPA's inspector general is investigating pressing management challenges and internal control weaknesses at the Chemical Safety Board.

OIL: In pioneering operation, BP launches drones at Prudhoe Bay field

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Oil giant BP PLC is using drones to monitor its oil projects in Alaska, in the first large-scale, government-approved use of the technology in the U.S. private sector.

AGRICULTURE: Energy facilities can apply for biomass funds next week -- USDA

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A popular farm bill program to promote the development of biomass and biofuels will begin accepting applications next week from energy facilities, the Agriculture Department announced yesterday.
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