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AIR POLLUTION: EPA sends ozone review to White House

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U.S. EPA has sent its draft review of the ozone standard to the White House, signaling that the Obama administration is on track to meet a court deadline to decide whether to tighten the limit.

NATIONAL PARKS: Warring parties in the 'Amazon of North America' enjoy rare pause between lawsuits

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OCHOPEE, Fla. -- A peach-colored motel sits an hour inside the borders of Big Cypress National Preserve, looking like a relic of the 1970s dropped into the middle of Everglades wilderness. From the parking lot, the preserve sprawls in all directions under a big sky, a landscape of seemingly uninterrupted green punctuated by a single paved road. But the motel is a reminder that people have become as much part of the environment as the endangered Florida panther.

GRID: EnergyWire's Sobczak discusses utility, government challenges to intercepting cyberattacks

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What are the biggest challenges facing the U.S. government and utility industry in preventing and intercepting cyberattacks on the country's energy infrastructure? On today's The Cutting Edge, EnergyWire reporter Peter Behr discusses the future of detection mechanisms and the large costs facing energy companies as they work to prevent the possibility of a cyberattack.

CHINA: Games, concerts go on despite 'hazardous' smog levels in Beijing

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Beijing's first "airpocalypse" struck this week, just in time to choke world-renowned athletes and singers arriving in China's capital.

BURKINA FASO: Nation is conserving resources to feed people, fight climate change

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Subsistence farmers in Burkina Faso are leading the fight against climate change by creating techniques to conserve water and soil, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute.

CHINA: Nation imposes tariff on coal imports

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In an effort to boost the domestic coal industry, China is applying tariffs on imported coal, China's Ministry of Finance said yesterday.

WYOMING: Lawmakers float plan for state to regulate uranium industry

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Wyoming lawmakers debuted a draft bill yesterday that would transfer regulatory authority over the state's slumping uranium industry from federal to local control.

DROUGHT: Dry conditions expose submerged Ore. town

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Although the record drought across a large portion of the western United States has negatively affected millions, it has been beneficial for archaeologists in southeastern Oregon.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA to review decision approving emissions controls at Colo. coal plant

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An environmental group is claiming another victory in its long-standing objections to a federally approved regional haze plan in Colorado, with U.S. EPA agreeing this week to reconsider a portion of the plan involving emissions controls at a southern Colorado coal-fired power plant.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Musk unveils Tesla 'D' -- souped-up version of Model S

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Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk yesterday unveiled a new, dual-motor version of the automaker's Model S sedan at an event in Los Angeles County, ending a week of mystery after hinting about "the D" on Twitter.

TRANSPORTATION: Texas DOT set to take over most environmental reviews

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The Federal Highway Administration is poised to give Texas sweeping environmental review authority for most of its highway program.

ADVOCACY: Green groups win control over .eco Internet domain

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Internet regulators this week awarded the .eco domain name to a coalition of environmental groups, who hailed the move as a victory against corporations "greenwashing" their online image.

COAL: Export foes intervene in Ore. dispute

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Environmental and conservation groups opposed to increased coal exports from the Pacific Northwest yesterday announced their request to intervene in a key Oregon dispute.

DOE: Moniz warns of climate's impact to Houston energy sector

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The energy infrastructure around Houston is threatened by climate change and the federal government is studying how to protect it, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said while visiting the city yesterday.

DOE: Nuke waste, contract management remain problematic despite other improvements -- IG

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Management of nuclear waste, security and contracts continues to haunt the Energy Department -- but there has been improvement in human capital and cost-saving efforts, according to a new report from the agency's inspector general.

AGRICULTURE: Another jury says Fla. owes homeowners for citrus trees, but still no payments

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Another jury this week said state officials owe Florida homeowners for the healthy citrus trees uprooted from their front yards a decade ago to protect Florida's $9 billion citrus industry from a highly contagious disease.

WATER POLLUTION: Lab worker pleads guilty to falsifying coal mine compliance tests

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The employee of a West Virginia laboratory pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to violate the Clean Water Act by falsifying pollution tests.

ETHANOL: In court document, ethanol producers argue EPA sulfur rule hurts renewable fuels industry

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U.S. EPA's final rule for curbing sulfur in gasoline stymies the renewable fuels market, a group of ethanol producers argued this week in an opening court brief.

NEW HAMPSHIRE: LCV hits Brown in new ad on 'oil billionaires'

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The League of Conservation Voters is highlighting Scott Brown's out-of-state ties and support from oil companies in an effort to keep the former Republican Massachusetts senator from unseating Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen in this year's closely fought New Hampshire race.

LOUISIANA: Senate candidates highlight absence of Republican front-runner at debate

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Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) sparred with one Republican challenger last night in the first debate of the competitive Louisiana Senate election -- but it wasn't the challenger she's likely to face in an expected December runoff for the Pelican State seat.
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