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OIL AND GAS: Calif. issues emergency rules for wastewater injection

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California regulators yesterday issued emergency rules designed to determine how many oil and gas drilling operations will have to stop depositing their wastewater into drinkable groundwater aquifers.

RAIL: 6 CSX cars derail in Cincinnati

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Removing derailed train cars from an elevated Cincinnati track will take at least a day, officials say.

INFRASTRUCTURE: More than 61,000 U.S. bridges are substandard -- report

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The national backlog of structurally deficient bridges was trimmed by 2,000 last year, but the American Road & Transportation Builders Association blames Congress for more than 61,000 substandard bridges across the United States.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Hiring officials bring back civil service exam

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Flooded with resumes submitted online, federal hiring officials have decided to bring back the civil service exam, and some agencies have already begun using online tests to screen applicants.

GREEN BUILDING: Energy concerns revive ancient 'rammed earth' house construction

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Though rammed earth home-building technology has been around for millenia, more luxury home buyers are turning to the construction technique to give their properties a rugged and timeless look.

OFFSHORE DRILLING: 3 workers remain missing after deadly platform fire

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A massive fire atop an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico left four workers dead and three still missing, according to Mexican state oil company officials.

BIOFUELS: Municipal wastewater tapped to grow oil-rich algae, prevent 'dead zones'

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Wastewater could be key to growing cheaper oil-rich algae for biofuels instead of feeding "dead zones" of algae blooms that choke aquatic life in lakes and bays, according to a new report from Rice University.

EMISSIONS: Canada opted out of U.S.-Mexico venture -- sources

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Canada doesn't have a finalized climate change strategy and turned down a U.S. invitation last week to announce a cooperative climate effort alongside Mexico, according to sources from both countries familiar with the discussions.

OIL AND GAS: Jail time likely after guilty pleas in N.D. human trafficking case

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A federal judge has ordered investigations to determine how much jail time to issue to two California women who admitted to human trafficking at brothels disguised as massage parlors in western North Dakota.

FORESTS: Judge upholds logging on Mont. federal land

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A U.S. district judge has rejected arguments by an environmental group to stop a 1,100-acre logging project.

FISHERIES: Hundreds of slave laborers rescued in probe

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CHESAPEAKE BAY: Md. launches comment period on phosphorus regs

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Maryland's contentious phosphorus management tool was published today in the Maryland Register, kicking off a 30-day comment period for the regulations.

OIL AND GAS: Green group challenges planned BLM lease sale in Idaho

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An environmental group is protesting the Bureau of Land Management's decision to hold an oil and gas lease sale in southwest Idaho, claiming that the agency's stated justification for the auction violates federal regulations.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviros sue over rule that allows killing of threatened long-eared bat

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An environmental group is suing over the Fish and Wildlife Service's decision earlier this week to implement an interim rule that will allow some activities to harm or kill northern long-eared bats at the same time as the agency finalizes federal protections for the imperiled species.

CHEMICALS: Minn. regulator opposes TSCA bill over 'extraordinary' state exclusions

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A bipartisan bill under consideration in Congress to reform the nation's chemical management system could harm Minnesota's interests, the state's environmental agency said recently.

COAL: Panel presses Obama admin on stream rule

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House Natural Resources Committee Republicans are probing the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement's cooperation with states and other agencies on the forthcoming stream protection rule.

WHITE HOUSE: Utah trip leaves Obama 1 state short of 50

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South Dakota is now the only state President Obama has yet to visit while in office after landing in Utah yesterday to announce a plan to grow America's solar energy sector.

ADVOCACY: Steyer reshuffles climate and energy work among nonprofits

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The nonprofit Next Generation created by billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer will "spin off" its climate and energy projects into another arm focused on climate change, it announced today.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Obama vows to train 75K solar workers by 2020

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The White House today launched an initiative to provide military veterans with skills to join the solar industry as part of an overall goal of training 75,000 solar workers by 2020 -- a 50 percent increase from a target set by the Energy Department a year ago.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DOE drops water heater rule meant to aid rural demand response

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The Department of Energy today announced it is withdrawing a proposed rule that would have allowed the continued manufacture of some soon-to-be-banned large water heaters that rural utilities use to reduce energy demand and integrate renewable electricity supplies.
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