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COAL: Mont. takes public comment on proposed mine

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Montana regulators are urging the public to submit comments on the proposed Otter Creek coal mine.

NUCLEAR: DOE rolls out last loan guarantee funds for advanced reactors, fuel

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Advanced nuclear energy projects can now apply for $12.5 billion in loan guarantee support from the federal government, the Energy Department announced today.

ADVOCACY: Peru to file charges against Greenpeace over damage to sacred site

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Peru will seek criminal charges against Greenpeace activists accused of leaving footprints and damaging the world-renowned Nazca lines, a senior government official said yesterday.

EMISSIONS: Lima talks rack up largest carbon footprint

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The ongoing U.N. climate talks in Peru are already breaking records, with this year's negotiations having the largest carbon footprint of any U.N. climate meeting to date.

ADVOCACY: Gore visits talks; activists stage street demonstrations

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LIMA, Peru -- As former Vice President Al Gore dropped in to U.N. climate talks here, thousands of environmental activists took to the streets hoisting papier-mâché ears of corn and burning offerings to "Pachamama," or Mother Earth, in what organizers believe was Latin America's largest-ever climate protest.

SUPREME COURT: Justices mull cases that could set time limits for agency lawsuits

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The Supreme Court today wrestled with two cases that could set firm time limits for filing lawsuits seeking monetary damages from federal agencies.

OBITUARY: Top coral reef researcher dies at 77

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Renowned coral reef scientist and conservationist David Stoddart died last month at the age of 77.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: With only 3 left, northern white rhinos on brink of extinction

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Northern white rhinos are likely to go extinct without science intervention, according to the Kenyan Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which is home to the last three members of the species.

COAL: Tribes fight against mining permit on burial grounds

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The Navajo and Hopi nations are fighting to protect their ancestors' bones as a coal company seeks to extend its mining permit on burial grounds.

MINING: Company battles to drill for nickel near pristine river

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A mining company is hoping for a second chance to drill for nickel near one of Oregon's most pristine rivers.

OIL AND GAS: Sage grouse stunts BLM lease auction to 1 bid

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The bidding never even started on all but one of 97 oil and gas leases the Bureau of Land Management offered at auction yesterday as the impending endangered species listing of the sage grouse warded off oil and gas interest.

FISHERIES: Begich releases bill to 'memorialize' work on renewing top law

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Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) introduced a bill yesterday to reauthorize the top U.S. fisheries law, after spending the better part of the past year tweaking drafts and soliciting public comment.

COLORADO RIVER: Massive water release appears to be helping parched delta -- report

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A preliminary report indicates the massive one-time release of water last spring into the Colorado River Delta is working to restore the delta that has been mostly dry for years due to dams up and down the already-strained river that supplies water to tens of millions of people in the United States and Mexico.

CLIMATE: Senate Dems call on EPA to strengthen power plant rule

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A group of Senate Democrats today called on U.S. EPA to strengthen its proposed power plant rule to achieve a greater reduction in carbon emissions.

EPA: Vitter alleges new NRDC emails point to 'collusion'

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Sen. David Vitter released a trove of new documents today that he says show "collusion" between U.S. EPA and environmentalists on setting climate policies.

HOUSE: New blood coming to T&I Committee

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A sizable class of freshman Republicans is poised to join the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the 114th Congress.

NOMINATIONS: Senate committee forced to delay vote on Obama's FERC pick

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee was forced to postpone a vote on President Obama's nominee for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission this morning after failing to attain a quorum.

YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Spending bill provides no new money for repository

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Noticeably absent from the $1 trillion spending measure released by congressional appropriators last night is new funding for the beleaguered Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Spending bill includes raise for agency employees

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Government employees would get another 1 percent pay bump in fiscal 2015 if the sweeping spending bill unveiled late last night is enacted.

APPROPRIATIONS: Parks advocates praise funding boost ahead of NPS centennial

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The $1 trillion fiscal 2015 omnibus spending bill unveiled last night contains a few funding boosts for the National Park Service as it prepares for its centennial in 2016, according to parks advocates.
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