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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviros, retired FWS official sue Obama admin over Mexican wolf plan

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A coalition of environmental groups and a former government official in charge of leading the recovery of the Mexican wolf sued the Obama administration today in an attempt to force the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to update its decades-old recovery plan for the highly endangered species.

TRANSPORTATION: 2014 congressional candidates used Uber far more than cabs -- study

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Uber, the ridesharing service embroiled in running battles with the taxicab industry around the country, is winning on at least one front: the getting-around-town choices of this year's crop of congressional candidates, a new analysis of campaign spending data indicates.

SENATE: Reid sets lame-duck votes on judicial nominees

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today will hold the first of several expected votes on judicial nominations during the lame-duck session, a strategy aimed at pushing through as many Obama administration picks as possible before Republicans take over the Senate next year.

SENATE: Energy Committee assignment promised to Cassidy

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Senate committee rosters won't be finalized for at least a few more weeks, but the Energy and Natural Resources Committee is sure to include a Louisianan regardless of the results of the upcoming runoff to decide who will represent the state.

BIOFUELS: Govs. Brown, Inslee warn administration about scaling back RFS

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The Democratic governors of Washington and California are warning that a rollback of federal biofuel mandates could thwart state efforts to support low-carbon advanced biofuels.

REGULATIONS: SBA advocacy office fails to represent small businesses -- watchdog

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The Small Business Administration's independent advocacy office, which made waves last month by calling for the withdrawal of a controversial Obama administration water proposal, does not truly represent the interests of small businesses, a watchdog group is arguing.

CLIMATE: Surveys show huge gap between farmers, ag scientists on warming

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Farmers in the U.S. heartland have strong doubts about human actions contributing to global warming, a peer-reviewed study has found.

EPA: McCarthy 'confident' Obama has her back

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Senate Republicans are pledging to do whatever they can to trash contentious U.S. EPA air and water rules when they're in charge next year.

DOE: Sandia labs used federal funds for lobbying -- IG

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The Department of Energy's inspector general has found that Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) violated the law by using federal money to lobby Congress and the Obama administration.

GRID: Overseers flag concerns as system shifts to gas, renewables

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A national surge toward natural gas and renewable energy driven by cheap gas and new government rules and policies is creating reliability problems -- especially in the Midwest, New York and Texas -- and weakening buffers for blackouts, grid overseers warned today.

CLIMATE: Obama flexes his muscle with emissions-reduction plan

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President Obama last night reasserted his power to act on climate change without Congress, using a trip to China to announce new U.S. emissions-reduction obligations that he said could be achieved under authorities he already has.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS lists Gunnison sage grouse as threatened, sets 1.4M acres of critical habitat

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The Obama administration has decided to formally list the Gunnison sage grouse as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a decision expected to be derided by environmentalists as insufficient to save the bird and by government and industry leaders as an unnecessary disruption of economic development across its range in Colorado and Utah.

PERU: Solar deal will connect rural residents to grid

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More than 500,000 solar panels will be installed across Peru in coming years after the country was awarded a contract with Ergon Peru SAC.

BRAZIL: Locals practice sustainable fishing to protect species

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In Brazil's Amazon rainforest, fishermen are working to protect one of the ecosystem's largest and most sought-after fish by implementing sustainable fishing practices.

AUSTRALIA: Environment chief vows to ban Great Barrier Reef sediment dumping

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Dumping sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park could soon be outlawed.

AUSTRALIA: Nation lags in land protections -- WWF

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Australia is failing to expand protected areas as part of a United Nations goal of preserving land, the World Wildlife Fund said today.

OREGON: Lone ranger gets partner at pristine watershed

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A lone ranger who patrols the 150-square-mile protected area of the Bull Run Watershed will finally have some assistance after the Portland City Council yesterday approved a request for a second full-time ranger.

OREGON: Search for new Fish and Wildlife chief draws scrutiny

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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for a new director.

AIR POLLUTION: L.A. officials mull whether to sue battery plant

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is considering taking legal action against a Vernon, Calif., battery recycler to force the plant to close and clean up area neighborhoods.

COAL ASH: White House starts meetings on EPA rule proposal

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The White House Office of Management and Budget has launched meetings on U.S. EPA's proposal to regulate coal combustion waste disposal.
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