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Meet DOE’s low-key second-in-command, Daniel Poneman. He's known as a “Renaissance man,” a trivia whiz and a behind-the-scenes operator who's played backup to two Obama administration DOE chiefs.

How could Section 123 agreements, which allow for civil nuclear trade between companies in the United States and the international market, boost the nuclear industry and job growth in the United States? During today's OnPoint, former U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk makes the case for expanding these nuclear trade agreements. Kirk, who previously served as mayor of Dallas, also talks about the challenges facing local governments as the Obama administration moves forward with carbon regulations for existing sources.

The environment minister of Australia's Queensland said the state government has improved the health of the Great Barrier Reef in line with all of UNESCO's requests.

The European Union has agreed to adopt stricter nuclear power plant regulations devised in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan, the European Commission said yesterday.

A Pennsylvania wildlife organization is helping thousands of toads cross a busy Philadelphia road.

An Alaska property owner claims erosion is shrinking land his family has owned for decades since the Coast Guard illegally cut down dozens of trees there.

Part of a scenic Utah canyon will be on the auction block June 25 as state officials honor a commitment to a local county hard up for tax revenue.

U.S. corn farmers are upping their use of pesticides as they increasingly fear some insects are becoming resistant to genetically modified crops.

New York prosecutors say a development built for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is contaminated with banned pesticides, toxic metals and petroleum-based products -- and the chemicals are thought to have been dumped there as the homes were being constructed.

Slimy, smelly seaweed is piling up on the island beaches of Galveston, Texas.

Hookah lounges have worse air quality than restaurants and bars that allow cigarette smoking, a study shows.

Drought plays a big role, but water management is also among the reasons a waterfowl refuge may be too dry this year to harbor migratory birds in the Klamath Basin in Oregon, critics say.

The Mississippi River's future is at risk from decades of pollution and requires a multibillion-dollar rescue plan, a five-state coalition of environmental groups says.

U.S. EPA this week sent the White House a proposed rule addressing air emissions from municipal landfills, a potential step toward updating standards first issued 18 years ago.

The Office of Personnel Management's inspector general blasted the contractor responsible for the federal government's most recent background check failures, according to a new report released today.

Federal agents are investigating a makeshift bomb that damaged a large fuel tank at an Arizona power plant yesterday morning.

A new study shows harvesting methods used by a planned cellulosic ethanol facility are helping keep soils healthy and prevent carbon losses.

With a predicted increase in hurricane activity this summer, oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to face more shutdowns than last hurricane season, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said today in a brief .

The reward for information about who started a 10-square-mile fire near Bend, Ore., increased from $2,000 to $14,500 after a new fire broke out Tuesday.

Lemurs could be one of the most threatened animal groups on the planet with 90 percent facing extinction, according to a global survey.

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