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ARMY CORPS: Enviros question downsized budget request to defend against carp

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Environmentalists are concerned that there will not be enough funding to combat the proliferation of Asian carp in the Great Lakes under President Obama's budget request released earlier this month.

INTERIOR: Jewell's Alaska visit centers on coastal erosion, climate change

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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell assured residents in northwestern Alaska that her agency will work with them on relocation efforts as their villages are threatened by retreating Arctic ice.

WIND: Group retools petition requesting FWS permits for bird kills

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A conservation group has renewed its push for the Fish and Wildlife Service to tighten regulation of bird deaths at wind farms.

COAL: Ore. political turmoil bleeds into export debate

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When the Department of Justice subpoenaed numerous documents for its corruption investigation of outgoing Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) and his fiancée, one of its requests involved the proposed Morrow Pacific coal export project along the Columbia River.

CLIMATE: McCarthy hints at interim target changes in power plant rule

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U.S. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy today hinted to state regulators that EPA would change the way early reductions are mandated in its final version of the Clean Power Plan.

DOE: Argonne scientists slam study linking bioenergy, food scarcity

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Biofuels scientists from Argonne National Laboratory have offered a scathing critique of a recent study that found the world cannot meet its future food needs and produce bioenergy at the same time.

NUCLEAR POLICY: NRC will complete environmental review of Yucca project -- chairman

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission intends to complete an environmental review of the contentious waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada because the Energy Department has refused to do so, the NRC's chairman said today.

POLITICS: Old Obama foe now a staunch defender of his green agenda

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More than a decade has passed since Rep. Bobby Rush beat a young, ambitious state senator named Barack Obama in a lopsided Democratic primary for Illinois' 1st District. Obama went on to win the presidency just eight years after Rush trounced him by 30 points in that 2000 congressional race, handing him the only loss of his political career. Rush has remained in the House, where he was re-elected last fall to a 13th term representing the South Side of Chicago. Now their paths will reconnect this Congress -- in spirit, at least -- because Rush is in a prime position to help defend President Obama's environmental legacy.

CLIMATE: NARUC President Edgar talks regulator concerns on EPA Clean Power Plan

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How are the country's utility regulators responding to the pending finalization of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan? During today's OnPoint, from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' winter meetings, Lisa Edgar, president of NARUC and a commissioner on the Florida Public Service Commission, discusses her strategy for leading NARUC during one of the most dynamic times for utility regulators. She talks about how her power plan concerns as a Florida commissioner are shaping her role as NARUC president and explains why she believes a regional approach would have limited success in her state.

MYANMAR: Illegal 'electro-fishing' threatens endangered river dolphins

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Empty fishing nets are becoming increasingly common along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar as a new illegal fishing technique poses a threat not only to fish stocks, but also to the critically endangered dolphins that have helped local fishermen bring in their catches for generations.

SOUTH AFRICA: Euthanasia considered for aggressive monkeys in national park

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Increasingly aggressive monkeys in South Africa's famed Kruger National Park have officials considering ways to avoid human-monkey interactions, including capturing and euthanizing "problem animals."

MOUNT EVEREST: Climbing path altered as falling ice threatens hikers

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The Nepali organization in charge of setting the route for Mount Everest expeditions has altered paths around a treacherous icefall that many climbers believe is rapidly altering with climate change.

NEW YORK: Climate change could pummel Staten Island -- report

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Rising sea levels and damaging floods due to climate change could heavily affect Staten Island, N.Y., according to a new report published yesterday by the New York City Panel on Climate Change.

CALIFORNIA: More cities embrace desalination as drought lingers

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Santa Barbara, Calif., may spend up to $40 million to update and restart a desalination plant that's been closed for 24 years, as the state's drought presents steep challenges for municipalities.

CALIFORNIA: Amid drought, drinking water and fresh towels may come only on request

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Restaurant customers in California may have to ask for drinking water if new restrictions are implemented by the State Water Resources Control Board.

AIR POLLUTION: China tackles New Year's fireworks to clear the air

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China's government is urging residents to set off fewer fireworks during the Chinese New Year celebration this week to curb air pollution.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA urged to withdraw ozone proposal based on new asthma study

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An industry group yesterday called on U.S. EPA to withdraw its proposal to tighten the ozone standard, pointing to a recent study that ties the prevalence of asthma to race and poverty.

USDA: Group faults agency for seminar on public information disclosure

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A lobbyist for a nonprofit advocacy group criticized the Agriculture Department's Food Safety and Inspection Service for organizing a seminar that suggests employees hide emails from public requests through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

DOE: Watchdog finds problematic spending on conferences

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The Department of Energy has lingering problems with its spending on conferences, the agency's inspector general said in a report released today.

COAL: Russians sell W.Va. company back to former owner

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The former owner of a West Virginia mining company bought back Bluestone Coal Corp. from a Russian coal company, promising 150 new jobs within three months.
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