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AIR POLLUTION: GOP bill to address feasibility of meeting a tighter ozone standard

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A pair of Republican lawmakers plans to introduce legislation today to compel U.S. EPA to take into account economic impacts when it considers whether to tighten the federal ozone standard.

LNG: Barrasso to resume export push as panel weighs Russian sanctions

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When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets tomorrow to mark up a new package of sanctions aimed at Russia's energy sector, among other areas, Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) plans to use the opportunity to further his argument that liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports should be used as a foreign policy tool.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: House OKs bills to ease firings of senior staffers, document destroyers

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The House has advanced legislation to make it easier to fire senior civil servants and government employees who destroy federal records.

ADVOCACY: Conservative legal group goes after Sierra Club

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The Energy & Environment Legal Institute is targeting the Sierra Club, alleging that one of the country's most powerful environmental organizations is not complying with tax law.

COAL: Greens see judge's rejection of Colo. lease as turning point in climate fight

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Environmentalists who have tried with little success to stop the Obama administration from leasing billions of tons of coal for mining are hailing a U.S. district court ruling in Colorado last week as a game changer.

ENERGY MARKETS: FERC deadlocked over fairness of rules in power-starved New England

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Skyrocketing prices in energy-starved New England -- made worse by the closure of the region's largest coal plant -- are now pitting members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission against one another in a debate over market rules and consumer protection.

CHEMICALS: Senators near deal on TSCA bill changes -- source

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A bipartisan group of senators is expected to announce legislative changes to a bill that would overhaul the nation's regulation of toxic chemicals, according to a source familiar with the negotiations.

NEWSMAKER: Bush scion with bright political future poised to control Texas oil and gas contracts

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AUSTIN, Texas -- George P. Bush is trying to add to his family's political legacy with a run for Texas land commissioner, a powerful post that controls the state's oil and gas contracts. It's his first race. Assuming he wins -- Republicans have not lost a statewide election here since 1994 -- it probably won't be his last. Every land commissioner in the past three decades has gone on to run for lieutenant governor or governor.

NEGOTIATIONS: ClimateWire's Friedman previews N.Y. climate summit meeting

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As the world's leaders head to New York City next week for the United Nations' climate summit, how will the meeting advance the discussion toward the next binding treaty, which is slated to be signed in Paris next year? On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire deputy editor Lisa Friedman gives details on who is expected to attend the meeting and the role the United States could play in the discussions.

RUSSIA: Moscow starts grass-roots recycling amid official apathy, growing dumps

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With a lack of government interest in recycling despite quickly growing landfills, environment-conscious Russians are building their own networks of recycling collection points around Moscow.

CHINA: Sources say new coal regs won't include power plants

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Industry sources in China said new limits on burning low-quality coal in major cities won't apply to power plants, which use roughly 50 percent of the coal coming into China.

UNITED KINGDOM: Scotland's vote against independence ensures oil security for England

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Scotland has voted "no" to independence by a 10-point margin that ensures the continuation of its 307-year union with England.

WYOMING: State wildlife officials to star in new Animal Planet show

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Instead of game, hunters in Wyoming this fall might stumble across camera crews filming "Back Country Wyoming," a new Animal Planet TV show featuring wildlife officials from the rugged Western state.

NORTH CAROLINA: Poaching takes bite out of Venus flytrap populations

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The Venus flytrap is facing a threat from poaching in the carnivorous plant's only natural home along a 70-mile stretch of the North Carolina coast.

CHEMICALS: Wal-Mart shuts Ind. returns facility after tests find PCBs

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Hundreds of workers are being tested for a hazardous chemical at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. returns processing center in Indiana that has been shut down.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Second barrel may have leaked radiation at N.M. dump -- DOE

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A U.S. Department of Energy official said yesterday that a second container of radioactive waste may have leaked at a New Mexico nuclear waste dump that was shut down earlier this year.

WATER POLLUTION: Crest to remove microbeads from toothpaste

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Toothpaste brand Crest will no longer put tiny bits of plastic in its products.

CHESAPEAKE BAY: Enviros say CAFOs are polluting Va.'s waters

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Six environmental groups filed a petition with U.S. EPA yesterday to strip Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality of the ability to issue national water quality permits, saying the commonwealth has failed to properly permit concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs).

CLIMATE: U.S., Canada pledge energy cooperation on Moniz visit

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Emissions reductions in the United States could help Canadian energy producers if their systems are more closely integrated.

WILDFIRE: Man faces arson charge in out-of-control Calif. blaze

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Police have arrested a California man suspected of starting a wildfire raging dangerously close to homes east of Sacramento, forcing the evacuation of about 2,800 residents.
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