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MINING: Ore. armed activists in BLM dispute to stand down, for now

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Armed activists working to protect an Oregon small-scale gold mining operation from Bureau of Land Management oversight are standing down, at least for now.

CLIMATE: Regulators outline options for states saying yes to Clean Power Plan

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The National Association of Clean Air Agencies unveiled a detailed "menu of options" today for state regulators aiming to cut carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants under U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

APPROPRIATIONS: Senate panel approves reduced spending for Interior, EPA

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The Senate Appropriations Committee today voted 16-14 along party lines to allocate $30.01 billion to the subcommittee that funds the Interior Department, U.S. EPA and Forest Service, a cut of approximately $400 million below current spending levels.

EPA: Pebble stokes OIG probe of alleged collusion with greens

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Developers of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwestern Alaska have flooded U.S. EPA's Office of Inspector General with letters accusing the agency of working with environmentalists to stop the project.

REGULATION: ClimateWire's Holden talks power plan compliance, EIA cost analysis

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As states weigh their options on how to comply with U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan, a new tool released this week seeks to simplify the wide range of choices facing stakeholders. On today's The Cutting Edge, ClimateWire reporter Emily Holden discusses the "menu of options" released by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies. She also talks about the Energy Information Administration's new analysis of cost, reliability and infrastructure challenges that could result from power plan implementation.

FRANCE: Bill would ban supermarket food waste

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A bill expected to pass the French Parliament would ban large supermarkets from destroying food they don't sell.

CHINA: Beijing to quit coal use by 2017

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Chinese officials have set lofty goals to get pollution-plagued Beijing off coal power by 2017.

ALASKA: Walrus webcam streams again

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The cameras are rolling once again on the hulking male Pacific walruses and hordes of seabirds gathered on the beach of a remote Alaskan island.

NORTH CAROLINA: State protects opossum drop again

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The North Carolina Legislature moved to safeguard one town's version of the New Year's Eve ball drop yesterday, passing legislation shielding Brasstown's traditional opossum drop from lawsuits filed by animal rights activists.

FLORIDA: State renews effort to remove tires dropped to form reef

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Florida officials this week are rectifying a botched 1972 effort to create an artificial reef.

TEXAS: Lawmakers send ammonium nitrate bill to governor

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Texas lawmakers yesterday approved a bill that would add new regulations for ammonium nitrate, the chemical that exploded at a fertilizer plant in the state in 2013, killing 15 people.

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: Army Corps considers La. channel deepening

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The Army Corps of Engineers is considering deepening the Mississippi River's shipping channel between the Gulf of Mexico and Baton Rouge, La.

CLIMATE: Divesting from fossil fuels 'red herring' -- Shell CEO

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A movement for investors to divest assets from fossil fuel companies is a "red herring," the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell PLC said yesterday.

OIL AND GAS: Economic changes could see millions of barrels disappear from inventories

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A regulatory change is set to force U.S. shale drillers to recalculate how many barrels of oil are in their inventories.

AGRICULTURE: Wal-Mart asks suppliers to curb use of antibiotics

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Wal-Mart is asking its food suppliers to stop using antibiotics in farm animals for anything other than disease prevention or treatment.

COAL: Murray Energy to lay off 1,800 workers

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Murray Energy Corp. plans to lay off about 1,800 workers at nine locations today, a source familiar with the company said.

OIL AND GAS: Encana regains control of Texas well

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Encana Corp. says it has regained control of an oil well in the Eagle Ford Shale that caused the evacuation of some Karnes County residents.

CLIMATE: Subsidies for fossil fuels should end -- former BP chief

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Tony Hayward, the chief executive of BP PLC during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and now the chairman of the world's largest commodity trader, called for subsidies for fossil fuels to be phased out yesterday, calling them incompatible with combating climate change.

ARCTIC: Shell plans 2 new wells amid kayak protests

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Royal Dutch Shell PLC wants to drill new wells in the Chukchi Sea this summer, according to Ann Pickard, the oil giant's executive vice president of the Arctic.

OIL AND GAS: Shell loses appeal of environmental review for Wash. crude-by-rail plan

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A Washington state judge has denied an appeal by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for a ruling that its proposed oil-by-rail project in the area is subject to a full environmental review.
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