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KEYSTONE XL: Nebraska DEQ report determines reroute would cross another aquifer

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A reroute of the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska still crosses a key aquifer in the state, regulators said today in a final report delivered to the governor. Gov. Dave…

SENATE: Crapo pleads guilty to DWI

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Sen. Michael Crapo (R-Idaho) was sentenced this morning after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge in Alexandria District Court. Crapo, a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee,…

COAL: Wyden, Murkowski press Interior on royalty payments

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Incoming Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and the committee's top Republican, Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), are questioning whether the Interior Department is doing enough to collect royalties…

SENATE: Ex-congressman to seek interim Senate appointment if Kerry joins Cabinet

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Newly retired Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) revealed in a televised interview today that he has asked Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (D) to appoint him to the Senate seat now held…

SUPERSTORM SANDY: House approves expanded borrowing power for flood insurance program

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The House of Representatives today made a down payment on aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy after Republican leadership scrapped a planned vote on Senate-passed legislation earlier this week. The…

AGRICULTURE: Farm bill's largest conservation program has uncertain future

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Rural America's largest conservation program has been left between a rock and a hard place with the nine-month farm bill extension signed into law this week as part of the…

WATER POLLUTION: Court rules EPA lacks authority to regulate 'surrogates'

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A federal judge yesterday accepted arguments from Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, ruling that U.S. EPA overstepped its authority in trying to regulate stormwater runoff in a northern Virginia creek…

AIR POLLUTION: Court orders EPA to try again on soot standards implementation

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A federal appeals court ruled today that U.S. EPA must re-examine how it implements standards for fine particulates emitted by power plants, boilers and motor vehicles. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected EPA's argument that it is required under the Clean Air Act to use a less stringent implementation regime for fine particulates than it is for more coarse -- and less dangerous -- particles.

EPA: Administrator confirmation on collision course with carbon, gasoline rules

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U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's announcement last week of her resignation in late January could force the agency into a tough confirmation fight as it's proposing or finalizing controversial air regulations that would limit sulfur in gasoline and greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants. The timing could add heat to Senate Republicans' scrutiny of the White House's choice for the next EPA chief -- especially if the nominee is an agency insider who played some role in crafting the rules.

EMISSIONS: Quebec's Olivier discusses expectations for first joint auction with Calif.

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Where do efforts behind linking California's and Quebec's carbon markets stand? During today's OnPoint, Alain Olivier, director of the Quebec Government Office in Washington, D.C., discusses the latest progress on…

MERCURY: Ala. school board OKs $500,000 payment for cleanup

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Members of the Birmingham Board of Education in Alabama approved a $517,247 payment to an environmental-remediation company for a mercury spill at a middle school last year, but that money…

OCEANS: Unilever phases out plastic microbeads

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Unilever, the company that owns personal-care brands Dove and Ponds, will no longer use plastic microbeads as exfoliators in its products. The announcement comes on the heels of a campaign…

SOLID WASTE: 'Tis the season for Mulchfest in NYC

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NEW YORK -- In the city that never sleeps, piles of discarded Christmas trees, many of them dozens deep, are a familiar sight on every other street corner during this…

CHEMICALS: BPA may be linked to early indicator for kidney and heart disease -- NYU study

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Exposure to the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which can still be found in aluminum cans and several other consumer products, may be associated with an indicator for increased risk of…

PUBLIC HEALTH: EPA honors physician for work on toxic chemicals

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U.S. EPA yesterday honored a California doctor who specializes in reducing pregnant women's exposure to toxic chemicals as a "Children's Health Champion" for 2012. Jeanne Conry of Roseville, Calif., was…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Chinese dam builder buys Calif. solar producer

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Hanergy Holding Group, a Chinese hydroelectric dam-building company, announced that it has acquired MiaSolé, a struggling California-based manufacturer of thin-film solar modules. In September 2012, Hanergy bought a similar German-based…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: First Solar buys Chilean solar-development company

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First Solar Inc. has purchased Solar Chile, a Chilean solar development company. The announcement comes from the Arizona-based manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic modules as energy demand in Chile is on…

UTILITIES: Cuomo panel says LIPA should be privatized

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) administration has recommended that a state-run utility damaged by Superstorm Sandy be sold to a private company. The Long Island Power Authority was created…

AUTOS: A123 sale faces scrutiny from Treasury panel

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The Chinese buyout of a bankrupt electric-car battery maker must first be approved by an obscure federal panel. The Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States examines…

PEOPLE: KPMG hires energy economist

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Tax and audit firm KPMG has hired Glenn George, an energy economist and consultant, as part of an expansion of its economic and regulatory capabilities in forensic services, the company…
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