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BIOFUELS: Beleaguered EPA vows to get RFS 'back on track'

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GRAPEVINE, Texas -- A top U.S. EPA official told a gathering of ethanol producers here yesterday that his agency would put the renewable fuel standard "back on track" after failing last year to set biofuel mandates.

SOLAR: Industry has strong showing on Wall St., job creation

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The solar industry continues to churn out good news despite dire warnings about a slowdown in the sector because of expiring incentives and leveling of technology costs.

WATER POLICY: After major congressional action, little change at Army Corps

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In passing the Water Resources Reform and Development Act last year, lawmakers sent a message to the Army Corps of Engineers and the White House: Pay attention to us. It remains to be seen if they were listening.

GRID: The Brattle Group challenges NERC's Clean Power Plan reliability analysis

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Last week, the Brattle Group released a report challenging the assertions made by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. last fall on the impacts of U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan on reliability. During today's OnPoint, from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners winter meeting, Jurgen Weiss, senior researcher at the Brattle Group, discusses the report, which was presented to regulators at the conference. He explains how states can use available tools to help ensure reliability as they structure their power plan compliance mechanisms.

SOUTH AFRICA: All miners accounted for after gold mine fire

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All 486 miners who were trapped in a South African gold mine over the weekend have been found safe, a company spokeswoman said yesterday.

INDIA: Corporate espionage scandal ensnares energy tycoons' companies

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Five employees from India's most prominent energy and oil companies were arrested in a corporate espionage case over the weekend.

SOUTH CAROLINA: Endangered sea turtles at risk from coyotes

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Coyotes are threatening endangered sea turtle populations in South Carolina, according to state wildlife officials.

COLORADO: Green activists press university to divest from fossil fuels

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Activists are asking the University of Colorado to stop investing in fossil fuels like coal and petroleum and to invest in cleaner energy.

HAWAII: Entangled humpback cut loose at sea

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A humpback whale was finally freed from a tangle of heavy fishing line Saturday after laboring off the coast of Hawaii.

FLORIDA: Solar campaign brings in unlikely conservative groups

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A campaign to make it easier for the solar power industry to take root in Florida is gaining the support of some unlikely partners.

AIR POLLUTION: Dirty air cuts life expectancy for 660M Indians -- study

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Polluted air costs more than half of India's population an average of 3.2 years in life expectancy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Chicago, Yale University and Harvard University.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA denies enviro objections to Texas power plant permits

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U.S. EPA has denied several challenges by environmentalists to the operating permits for three 1970s-era Texas coal-fired power plants.

ALTERNATIVE FUELS: Calif. to become friendlier for hydrogen-fueled vehicles

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California is investing $20 million to build nearly 50 refueling stations for hydrogen cars.

BUSINESS: Honda CEO makes surprise exit

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A surprise announcement from Honda Motors today revealed that CEO Takanobu Ito will step down in late June after six years leading Japan's third-largest automaker.

RAIL: Amtrak paying more than needed for supplies -- audit


FISHERIES: Fish go vegetarian in bid to save global stocks

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A California trout farm has turned to vegetarian fish food as a way to prevent the world from running out of fish by 2050.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Apple set to build 2 data centers in Europe

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Apple Inc. plans to spend $1.9 billion on two data centers in Europe that will be powered entirely by renewable energy.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Chinese push to cut smog boosts solar, wind globally

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Global wind turbine and solar panel production increased in 2014, thanks to greater demand from China.

UTILITIES: To avoid 'red tape,' Calif. regulators let PG&E investigate itself

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California's Public Utilities Commission let Pacific Gas and Electric Co. take the lead in an investigation of the company after it disclosed it failed to police its major gas pipelines and could not access some of them.

BIOFUELS: DOE to provide $10M for advanced technology projects

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The Department of Energy said Friday that it would provide $10 million to seven advanced biofuel projects.
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