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NUCLEAR POWER: Westinghouse nears $20B deal with China

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Westinghouse Electric Co. is nearing a $20 billion deal with China to build dozens of nuclear reactors, said the company's president and chief executive, Danny Roderick.

RARE EARTHS: Chinese companies pounce as patent expires

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The expiration of a key patent held by Hitachi Metals Ltd. could open the door for Chinese rare earth producers to expand exports of tiny magnets used in an array of consumer products.

ELECTRICITY: Exelon to buy fuel-cell plants from Bloom Energy

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Exelon Corp. has agreed to buy a series of planned fuel-cell power plants that Bloom Energy Corp. plans to deploy at 75 corporate sites.

DOE: Lawmakers secure funding for S.C. nuclear fuel project -- officials

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South Carolina lawmakers and Gov. Nikki Haley (R) say they have the cash to move forward on a nuclear fuel project at the Savannah River Site.

AIR POLLUTION: Sierra Club asks court to force EPA to respond to ozone petition

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The Sierra Club wants U.S. EPA to respond to its petition to designate areas of the country that are not meeting the federal ozone standard.

OBITUARY: Environmental Law Institute founder dies at 73

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Frederick Anderson, an attorney and the founder of the Environmental Law Institute, died earlier this month at his home in Chevy Chase, Md.

OCEANS: Whale watchers stranded overnight after embarking on 3-hour tour

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A whale-watching cruise off the coast of Massachusetts was stranded overnight about 8 miles north of Boston after the boat's propeller snagged on a cable.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Groups protest boa constrictor ban in Fla.

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A proposed ban on boa constrictor imports and sales has sparked a backlash from Florida wildlife groups.

NATIONAL PARKS: Officials to relocate threatened Wash. chalet

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Olympic National Park in Washington is moving a historic chalet that is in danger of falling into the Quinault River.

OCEANS: Sea star plague spreads to Pacific marine centers

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The wasting disease that has been devastating wild sea star populations along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts has now infiltrated artificial marine centers in Washington state.

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Officials kick drilling company out of Everglades

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A Texas-based oil company that used hydraulic fracturing-like methods at a well in the western Everglades has been banned from drilling in Florida, state officials said.

SCIENCE: Deforestation unlikely to have been culprit in disappearance of Chaco Canyon inhabitants -- study

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Theories that the Pueblo civilization that inhabited Chaco Canyon in New Mexico collapsed in the 13th century due to unsustainable deforestation are unlikely to be proved true, according to a recent study.

COAL: Enviros press Jewell to cancel Colo. lease sale

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Several environmental groups are asking Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to halt a planned Bureau of Land Management coal lease sale in western Colorado.

RIO GRANDE: Conservation group backs N.M. forest thinning to curb wildfires

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The Nature Conservancy is spearheading a new project to raise money from various sources to fund efforts to thin and restore overgrown forests along the Rio Grande in New Mexico.

NATIONAL PARKS: Calif. oyster farm to close Thursday, though harvesting will continue

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Drakes Bay Oyster Co. will close to the public Thursday, marking the beginning of the potential end to a popular oyster farm in Point Reyes National Seashore.

ADVOCACY: Enviro groups, agencies lack workforce diversity -- study

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Minorities are underrepresented on the staffs of green groups and environmental agencies and rarely achieve leadership positions, a new study shows.

CLIMATE: Senators grill skeptic on costs of warming

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Senators on the Budget Committee questioned a controversial figure in the climate change debate this morning in a hearing on the economic costs of delaying climate change action.

APPROPRIATIONS: House supplemental nixes wildfire cash, eases land protection along border

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House appropriators today released a supplemental funding bill that rebuffs President Obama's request for emergency money to battle Western wildfires and would also loosen public land protections along the Mexican border to enhance access for border agents.

COAL: Rail 'meltdown' adds to industry woes

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A perfect storm has hit coal mining companies in recent years -- competition from natural gas, retiring power plants, trouble building new export terminals and a rash of new regulations.

ADVOCACY: National Wildlife Federation layoffs will help focus resources -- CEO

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The National Wildlife Federation's decision yesterday to lay off several employees, including some senior staff, will help NWF focus on its core mission of protecting wildlife, the group's leader said in a brief statement last night.
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