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CLEAN TECH: White House seeks $2B from investors for navigating 'valley of death'

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The White House is seeking $2 billion in "mission-driven" investment to spur early-stage clean energy technology through the so-called valley of death.

TRANSPORTATION: Majority of House members urge passage of long-term funding bill

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More than 280 House members are urging passage of a long-term highway and transit reauthorization bill, accompanied by a way to pay for it.

CLIMATE: Snowe urges former colleagues to hold 'fact-based' talks on warming

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Former Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe became the latest Republican ex-lawmaker to call for action on climate change in recent weeks, authoring a column in this week's Newsweek that blames her state's fishery woes on man-made warming.

OIL: Groups file request for crude export records

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Three environmental groups today asked the Obama administration to more fully explain its rationale for allowing the export of a particular type of lightly processed crude oil.

CALIFORNIA: Lawmakers move quickly on Brown's bold environmental agenda

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California's legislative leaders are moving quickly to execute ambitious climate change goals that Gov. Jerry Brown (D) proposed last month.

OREGON: Scandal over fiancee's energy consulting threatens governor

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In the wake of revelations that Oregon's first lady Cylvia Hayes may have used her role as an energy policy adviser to Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) for personal gain, Kitzhaber called yesterday for the state's attorney general to launch a "factual review" of Hayes' contacts. But it appears unlikely the scandal will derail legislation Hayes pushed, including a measure to extend low-carbon fuel standards.

EPA: Employees squeezed by shrinking office space

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Employees in U.S. EPA's offices might soon find themselves with a little less elbow room.

SCIENCE: 'Climate intervention' a worthy investment but no sure thing -- NRC report

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Mankind has yet to develop viable technologies to manually correct climate change, but the fact that more scientists are considering "geoengineering" is an ominous sign, a National Research Council panel said in a report released today.

NATURAL GAS: Pipelines should have little trouble complying with carbon policy -- analysis

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A new report that finds only "modest" natural gas pipeline additions would be needed to comply with a national carbon policy could throw cold water on objections to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: FWS urges protection of 16.5M acres for sage grouse

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The Fish and Wildlife Service advised its fellow land management agencies to impose the most stringent protections on roughly 16.5 million acres of high-value sage grouse habitat in order to save the bird from the threat of extinction.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Texas company announces plans for first high-level storage site

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Last week, Waste Control Specialists filed a letter of intent with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit a license application for the country's first interim storage site for high-level nuclear waste by April 2016. During today's OnPoint, Rod Baltzer, president of Waste Control Specialists, discusses his company's plans and the potential hurdles facing the approval and construction of the facility. Baltzer also talks about his expectations for this proposal to become a part of congressional action on nuclear waste.

CHINA: Forest lawsuit tests enhanced environmental law

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China's revamped environmental law is being put to the test over the destruction of a forest by a mining company.

OREGON: Legislation aims to tighten pesticide spraying rules

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Two Oregon lawmakers have introduced legislation to tighten restrictions on aerial pesticide spraying by the timber industry, bringing the state closer to stricter rules used in Washington state and California.

MICHIGAN: Lawmakers howl over dangers of wolves

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Michigan lawmakers are battling over the dangers wolves pose to humans and livestock in the state.

VIRGINIA: State Senate advances bill to loosen reins on utilities

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Virginia's Senate has approved a bill that would scale back oversight of privately owned electric utilities.

MARYLAND: Governor moves to repeal 'rain tax'

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Gov. Larry Hogan (R) debuted legislation yesterday that would repeal Maryland's so-called rain tax.

CHEMICALS: Substance mixed with sewage sparked blast at Calif. water plant -- officials

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Officials believe sodium chlorite mixed with residential sewage triggered an explosion at a California water treatment plant last year.

WATER POLLUTION: Contamination remains high after N.D. wastewater spill

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State documents released yesterday found contamination remains high in a creek running through North Dakota's oil patch after a massive wastewater spill last month.

AIR POLLUTION: Most Ore. wood stoves don't comply with old EPA standards -- survey

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As U.S. EPA rolls out new regulations to reduce air pollution from wood-burning heaters and stoves, a new survey has found that more than half the residents who burn wood in a key market are using devices that aren't certified to the old standards.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: Big spending on IT no guarantee of results -- report

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The federal government spends far more on information technology than most private companies and receives less in return, according to a new report.
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