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BIOMASS: USDA push to fund crop, forest residue collections disappoints greens

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Farm and environmental groups are raising concerns that the latest funding opportunity in a farm bill program to promote energy crop productions may provide a boost to industries that don't need it, leaving others without an important source of federal aid.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Conservationists challenge latest plan for Columbia River Basin salmon

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Conservation groups have challenged the latest plan to protect endangered salmon in the Columbia River Basin.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Interior asks appeals court to let ruling stand on protection for Calif. fish

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The Interior Department urged a federal appeals court to reject a California request to reconsider a ruling upholding the agency's determination that the state's water infrastructure threatens an endangered fish at the heart of a regional water war.

FISHERIES: Trout flee Calif. hatcheries on trucks as drought, heat escalate

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The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced yesterday that the state's most productive fish hatchery complex is being evacuated because of the record drought and heat wave.

DROUGHT: Ariz. cities could face crippling water cutbacks

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Arizona might be forced to cut water deliveries to its two biggest cities to deal with the state's ongoing drought.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Thieving chimps spur grassroots conservation strategies

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Shane McGuinness was on the far side of a hill near Rwanda's Gishwati Forest when he noticed a pair of chimpanzees brazenly stealing maize from a farmer's field.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Advisory group lists steps to help U.S. combat wildlife trafficking

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The White House's plan to combat wildlife trafficking is closer to implementation, after an advisory panel recently released a list of recommendations on how best to crack down on the growing illicit trade.

PEOPLE: Algae trade group hires new executive director

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The algae industry's trade group today named a new executive director with experience representing biotechnology companies.

PEOPLE: Environmental Law Institute hails Calif. and head of its air agency

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California and the leader of its air agency have been awarded this year's Environmental Achievement Award by the nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute.

PEOPLE: BlueGreen Alliance chief joins DOE as senior adviser to Moniz

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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has hired BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster as a senior adviser, the consortium of labor and environmental groups announced yesterday.

ADVOCACY: Enviros among top donors to Organizing for Action

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The grass-roots group spawned by President Obama's re-election campaign counts environmentalists and the trustee of a company with ties to the oil industry among its top donors this election cycle, a study shows.

CAMPAIGN 2014: GOP video mocks Landrieu's 'clout' in advance of pipeline vote

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The National Republican Senatorial Committee unveiled its latest attack against Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) today, mocking the Louisiana senator's influence in the chamber as the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is set to vote this afternoon to fast-track the Keystone XL pipeline.

PEOPLE: 2 Hill staffers take key jobs at CFTC

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Two aides from the House and Senate agriculture committees have joined the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

WATER POLICY: Senate passes algae legislation, panel approves 7 bills

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Legislation to study and combat algae blooms is headed to President Obama's desk after unanimous approval in the Senate yesterday evening.

APPROPRIATIONS: House panel OKs $34B spending bill for DOE, Reclamation, other agencies

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The House Appropriations Committee today cleared its $34 billion spending plan for the Department of Energy, Army Corps of Engineers and other agencies, after a markup dominated by discussion of two water policy riders Republicans have been trying for years to attach to spending laws.

TRANSPORTATION: Republican senator backs bipartisan gas tax increase proposal

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The federal gas tax would rise by 12 cents per gallon over the next two years and then increase automatically with the inflation rate under a bipartisan proposal unveiled this morning by Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).

NOMINATIONS: Senate panel approves picks for top DOE, Reclamation, USGS posts

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved several Obama administration nominees for key energy and environment posts.

CLIMATE: 4 former Republican EPA chiefs laud power plant rule in Senate hearing

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Four former Republican U.S. EPA administrators praised the agency's climate change rule for existing power plants today in a Senate hearing room packed with coal miners expressing fear that the proposal would strangle their industry.

ENERGY POLICY: Split Senate panel approves FERC nominees, bill to fast-track KXL

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today confirmed Norman Bay to take the helm of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission after receiving assurances from the White House that he will remain a commissioner for at least nine months.

CAMPAIGN 2014: LCV's Karpinski discusses impact of EPA proposal on midterm prospects

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How does U.S. EPA's proposed rule for existing power plants play with voters ahead of this year's midterm elections? During today's OnPoint, Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, explains which states' races he believes will see the greatest impact from the proposal. He also discusses how tea party candidates are affecting the environmental agenda.
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