Vice President Joe Biden debuted an initiative during a visit to the Dominican Republican yesterday to help Caribbean nations struggling with some of the highest energy prices in the hemisphere.
ENERGY SECURITY: Biden unveils initiative to boost Caribbean renewables
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CLIMATE: 'Daily Show' skewers Senate Republicans, former administrators
It's a safe bet that when four former Republican U.S. EPA administrators visited Capitol Hill this week to talk about carbon regulation, they didn't expect to be compared to sewer-dwelling turtle-human hybrids of 1980s and '90s fame, but that's exactly what happened last night on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart."
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NEW YORK: Greens protest Cuomo plan to tap wastewater fund for bridge project
NEW YORK -- Environmentalists threw a fit yesterday over Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan for financing the replacement of a major commuter bridge over the Hudson River by tapping federal wastewater loans.
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AGRICULTURE: Obama announces sweeping new effort to save honeybee colonies
President Obama issued a presidential memorandum today directing federal resources toward research and a host of other actions aimed at staving off declines in honeybee populations.
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AIR POLLUTION: EPA advisers likely to back tighter smog standard for environmental impacts
U.S. EPA science advisers this week indicated they would endorse a tighter standard to address smog's impact on the environment.
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CHEMICAL SAFETY BOARD: 'The agency is broken. It needs to be rebuilt' -- former CSB member
The Chemical Safety Board is a small agency with big problems.
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NATIONAL PARKS: NPS bans drones over safety, nuisance concerns
National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today will direct all parks to prohibit drones, citing safety and nuisance concerns in the wake of several recent incidents at large parks.
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ELECTRICITY: Markets Research group's Edelston says major changes necessary to ensure grid reliability
With many members of Congress questioning the impact of U.S. EPA's proposed rule for existing power plants on grid reliability, how closely should utilities and regulators be looking at the issue? During today's OnPoint, Bruce Edelston, president of the Electricity Markets Research Foundation, discusses a new report that predicts historically low market reserves for Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) because of power plant retirements.
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NORTH KOREA: Army mobilizing to combat drought
The worst drought in over a decade has government officials in North Korea mobilizing parts of the nation's massive army to protect crops, according to state media today.
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AUSTRALIA: Coal terminal construction halted near reef
Falling coal prices led investors to halt construction of a major port near the Great Barrier Reef in the Australian state of Queensland.
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IOWA: Police pledge to bring noisy neighbors to tiny justice
Tens of thousands of periodical invaders greatly exceeded the allowed decibel level recently in Des Moines, Iowa.
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OREGON: State will use drone to help scout forest fires
Oregon is turning to drones to help fight forest fires.
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CALIFORNIA: Bay Area agencies agree to consider GHG impacts of transportation plan
Bay Area agencies have agreed to update the region's long-term transportation plan with a new analysis of its impact on greenhouse gas emissions, settling a lawsuit with local environmental groups.
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NEW YORK: Industry staves off bid to regulate children's products -- for now
New York lawmakers failed to vote on a proposal to provide new protections for chemicals in children's products as the legislative session in Albany came to an end late Friday.
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WATER POLLUTION: More leaks found at Hawaii fuel storage site
The Navy found more holes in a leaking fuel storage tank Saturday at an underground naval facility in Hawaii that also leaked fuel early this year.
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WATER POLLUTION: Test recommended long ago might have prevented Duke spill -- reports
Engineers who inspected Duke Energy's coal ash basin in 1986 and 1992 told the utility to measure how much water was leaving two key drainage pipes at the site, but there's no evidence that the utility ever performed the test, according to reports subpoenaed by a federal grand jury.
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AIR POLLUTION: Long-term study links declining emissions to lower death rates
Cleaner air correlates with lower mortality rates from respiratory diseases over the past two decades in North Carolina, according to a study released today by Duke University researchers.
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HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Amtrak, Calif. agency end joint agreement seeking trains
Saying their needs are too different, California's High-Speed Rail Authority and Amtrak have ended a joint agreement seeking bids for companies to build high-speed trains.
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AGRICULTURE: Farmers, companies battle over Big Data
U.S. farmers are battling equipment makers for control of Big Data that could help transform the agriculture industry.
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OIL SPILL: Storage tank releases 7,500 gallons into Colo. river
Floodwaters damaged a storage tank and caused it to spill 7,500 gallons of crude oil into a northern Colorado river, state authorities said Friday.
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