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COAL: Petition urges Ex-Im Bank to shun Australian export project

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Environmental groups this morning handed the Export-Import Bank of the United States more than 600,000 signatures urging the federally backed financial institution to stay away from an extremely controversial coal mining and export project in Australia.

BIOFUELS: Boat manufacturers group endorses ethanol alternative

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The nation's largest recreational boating trade group today formally endorsed biobutanol, an alternative to ethanol, as its preferred biofuel.

AIR POLLUTION: 22 GOP lawmakers criticize health rationale for lower ozone limit

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More than 20 GOP members of Congress who are health care professionals today called on U.S. EPA to retain the existing ozone standard.

FORESTS: House Ag Committee passes Republican logging bill

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The House Agriculture Committee approved by voice vote today a sweeping measure that would expedite logging sales on federal forests and limit environmental lawsuits.

COAL ASH: Inhofe weighs support for legislation to change EPA rule

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Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman James Inhofe said today he might support legislation aimed at changing U.S. EPA's new coal combustion waste disposal rule.

DROUGHT: Calif. Dem's bill urges increased infrastructure spending

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With House Republicans preparing to try again on legislation to free up water for the drought-stricken West by easing protections for endangered fish, a California Democrat unveiled a draft bill today offering an alternative approach to the crisis.

APPROPRIATIONS: House agriculture bill maintains cuts to conservation funding

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A House Appropriations subpanel released its agriculture spending bill for fiscal 2016 this morning, keeping levels about equal to appropriations for fiscal 2015.

PEOPLE: Former EPA counsel to take helm of Environmental Law Institute

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The nonpartisan Environmental Law Institute today announced that former U.S. EPA general counsel Scott Fulton will be its next president.

DROUGHT: Mistaken temperature reading jeopardizes Calif. water transfers

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A miscalculation in water temperatures below a major California dam has thrown water transfer deals worth millions of dollars into jeopardy during the worst drought in state history.

DOE: 'Really big deal' on rooftop AC promises record energy savings

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Industry and energy efficiency advocates today agreed to new standards for commercial rooftop air conditioners and furnaces that could provide the largest energy savings from appliance regulations to date.

CLIMATE: Unprecedented 'buzz' for Pope Francis' encyclical on warming

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Encyclicals, or papal letters, typically pass from the pope to his bishops around the world to little fanfare. Not so for "Praise Be," the encyclical that will come out tomorrow amid an avalanche of press conferences, floor speeches and action days around the country aimed at driving home its message that human-caused emissions are driving climate change that is threatening the natural world and the poor.

MARKETS: Sidley Austin's Irvin talks opportunities for transmission, demand response under power plan

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As the electric power and regulatory sectors are taking steps to prepare for U.S. EPA's release of its final Clean Power Plan, what challenges are posed by the U.S.'s current transmission infrastructure? During today's OnPoint, Kenneth Irvin, co-leader of Sidley Austin's global energy practice, discusses the outlook for transmission, demand response and natural gas facilities under the power plan. He also weighs in on ongoing discussions between EPA and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the role the commission should play on power plan compliance.

SOUTH AFRICA: Owl protectors aim to educate superstitious towns

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Like many in South Africa, Hussein Mduduzi once cowered in fear at the sight of an owl, but now he helps catch and relocate the birds.

INDIA: Greenpeace admits fault in handling of rape, harassment complaints

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Greenpeace India issued a "public and unconditional apology" Tuesday for its handling of a sexual harassment complaint and alleged rape, both allegedly perpetrated on female staff members by male employees.

BULGARIA: Pipeline rupture threatens lake

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A pipeline rupture at a Bulgarian refinery yesterday spilled up to 1,300 gallons of gasoline into a lake, the country's environment minister said.

CALIFORNIA: Warmer water strands thousands of tiny red crabs

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Hundreds of thousands of red tuna crabs have been washing up on the beaches of Southern California, carried north by warm ocean currents.

MASSACHUSETTS: Officials clamp down on shark-baiting

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Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the movie "Jaws," Massachusetts officials are cracking down on a burgeoning tourist industry centered on great white sharks.

WATER POLLUTION: Upside of drought is cleaner beaches

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With less rain to create storm runoff, California's ongoing drought means cleaner beaches, according to a new report.

DROUGHT: Calif. planned community faces water shutoff in days

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An upscale California community could lose nearly its entire water supply in days after the state moved to take steps to mitigate its ongoing drought.

WATER POLLUTION: Enviro law group publishes maps of dairy discharges in Puget Sound

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A Washington-based environmental law group has published a series of maps to show the proximity of potential pollution from dairy farms to the state's Puget Sound.
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