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FEDERAL AGENCIES: Union pans bill to cap workforce

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The largest government employee union is attacking House Republicans' latest effort to slash the size of the federal workforce.

FUEL EFFICIENCY: Inhofe calls for revamp of CAFE standards

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The existing framework of vehicle fuel efficiency standards is "broken" and needs congressional review, Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said yesterday after meeting with General Motors lobbyists.

KEYSTONE XL: Coal lobby blasts into pipeline debate, bashing climate votes

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The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, one of the fuel's top lobby groups in Washington, D.C., has been blustering in its criticism of recent votes meant to get lawmakers on the record about climate change.

NATURAL GAS: Contentious Northeast pipeline expansion advances

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Federal regulators today issued a positive environmental review of a controversial natural gas project in the energy-starved Northeast that's pitting supportive lawmakers against environmental groups and some landowners.

AIR POLLUTION: Sloppy lab work forces EPA to trash data, put state in Clean Air Act limbo

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Problems at a suburban Chicago laboratory forced U.S. EPA to toss out three years of data on airborne soot and to sideline decisions on whether Illinois and parts of Indiana and Missouri comply with the Clean Air Act standard for fine particulate matter.

WHITE HOUSE: National Park Service official expected to take reins at CEQ

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The White House is planning to hire a National Park Service official and public lands expert to take the helm at the Council on Environmental Quality, sources tell Greenwire.

MISSOURI: Former regulator blasts agency for weak enforcement

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A former Missouri Department of Natural Resources employee has written a searing letter to local media saying the department lacks the "political appetite" to enforce state laws.

UTAH: State lawmakers propose bills to improve air quality

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In an effort to clean up Utah's air, state lawmakers are pushing new bills that would cut emissions.

MINNESOTA: Governor proposes gas tax hike to fund roads

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Minnesota drivers would pay 16 cents a gallon more in gas taxes under Gov. Mark Dayton's (D) $11 billion transportation proposal.

WYOMING: State House repeals ban on science standards

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The Wyoming House of Representatives voted yesterday to repeal a ban that blocks the State Board of Education from adopting a set of national science standards.

TOXICS: 1 of 3 Calif. schools shut over asbestos fears reopens

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Students are returning to a Southern California campus today more than three months after three schools were shut down after authorities found asbestos there.

DRINKING WATER: Salt water creeps toward 'very, very pure' La. aquifer

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The Baton Rouge aquifer in Louisiana is known for its purity and taste, making it "totally unnecessary" to filter water for drinking in the area, according to Hays Owen, senior vice president and chief administration officer for the Baton Rouge Water Co.

WATER: Nonprofit honors 3 programs for innovation

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The U.S. Water Alliance today recognized three innovative water programs with its annual U.S. Water Prize.

AIR POLLUTION: Study finds no link between diesel technologies, cancer

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Lifetime exposure to exhaust from modern diesel technologies is not likely to cause cancer, according to a study released today by a nonprofit research organization.

ENERGY MARKETS: CFTC picks 1 public interest rep for energy panel

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Public Citizen's Tyson Slocum is the lone public interest voice on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recently announced list of nine members on its Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Satisfaction with services hits new low -- survey

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A survey released today has found public satisfaction with the federal government has fallen for the second consecutive year.

NUCLEAR POWER: Plant shutdown sparks NRC inspection

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission deployed a team of experts yesterday for a special inspection following an emergency shutdown of Entergy's River Bend nuclear power plant near Baton Rouge, La., on Christmas morning.

BIOMASS: U.S.-funded energy project fails in Liberia

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A Liberian biomass project funded by the U.S. government failed due to insider connections, questionable planning and sexual abuse allegations.

OIL AND GAS: EPA lowers Yellowstone River spill estimate

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U.S. EPA yesterday reduced the estimate for the amount of oil spilled into the Yellowstone River by a ruptured pipeline from 40,000 gallons to 30,000 gallons.

OIL AND GAS: Breached saltwater pipeline lacked state inspection

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Records show North Dakota performs little oversight of its more than 20,000 miles of saltwater pipelines, like the one that ruptured earlier this month resulting in the state's largest brine spill amid the current energy boom.
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