A federal judge yesterday signed off on a settlement between the Interior Department and the Rock Springs Grazing Association to remove wild horses from 2 million acres of public and…
WILD HORSES: Judge approves settlement to remove herds from Wyo. grazing lands
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ARCTIC: Interagency report calls for 'whole of government' approach to region
Federal agencies must work collaboratively to ensure that decisions in the Arctic are guided by science and informed by local input, says a report released today by an interagency working…
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POLITICS: NRDC Action Fund to tout candidates who went green and won in 2012
The NRDC Action Fund announced today it will publish its 2012 election analysis next week, aimed at showing that certain candidates won their races because they emphasized environmental and renewable…
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INFRASTRUCTURE: Engineering group backs Casey's waterways bill
A leading group of civil engineers has endorsed an industry-backed proposal for dealing with the nation's aging and failing lock and dam system. The American Society of Civil Engineers this…
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PEOPLE: Interior staffer joins outdoor recreation lobby
A youth programs specialist who worked under Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has joined the Outdoor Industry Association's Washington, D.C., office, where she will serve as recreation policy manager, the group…
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NUCLEAR POWER: Calif. utility, activists joust over plan to restart broken reactor
Anti-nuclear activists bristled yesterday at a California utility's proposal to operate a broken reactor at 70 percent power for two years beginning in June in order to meet peak power…
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AIR POLLUTION: Oil, public health groups issue dueling reports on Tier 3 impacts
The oil industry is ratcheting up its attacks on U.S. EPA over rules proposed last week that would cut the sulfur content of gasoline by two-thirds, with a new study…
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WATER POLLUTION: Interior details cost, timing of coal-mining stream rule
The Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining plans to publish its long-awaited stream protection rule next year, OSM Director Joseph Pizarchik said this week. Pizarchik said the agency has spent…
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BIOFUELS: EPA to reconsider 2011 cellulosic target
U.S. EPA told a federal court yesterday that it will voluntarily reconsider its 2011 target for next-generation biofuels, representing another win for oil industry groups that allege the agency is…
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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Colo., Utah counties vow cooperation in bid to avoid grouse listing
The leaders of 11 counties in southwest Colorado and eastern Utah have formally pledged to work together to protect the Gunnison sage grouse, which the Obama administration has proposed listing…
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POLITICS: Obama urges donors to gird for 'tough' climate fight as KXL foes urge him to reject pipeline
SAN FRANCISCO -- President Obama assured supporters here yesterday that climate change remains a top priority, but he sidestepped the Keystone XL pipeline, a key issue for several hundred environmentalists…
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ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Not all the news is bad
Silent-running electric cars sneak up on you on street corners and parking lots. Are they also creeping up on a U.S. car market? Some industry analysts think so. While headlines have been blaring bad news about electric vehicles, they say, EVs have been making quiet progress. There have been strides made, they say, in battery technology, infrastructure and consumer confidence. And, they add, EVs are showing up in company fleets, and electric cars with gas-power backup -- known as plug-in hybrids -- are exceeding expectations.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Reserve poisons horns to ward off poachers
A South African game reserve is fighting the illegal hunting of rhinoceroses with an unconventional method: poisoning their coveted horns. Officials at the Sabi Sand Reserve have injected a mixture…
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FRANCE: Paris Marathon to harness energy generated by runners
Paris Marathon organizers plan to put down energy-harvesting tiles across the course to capture the energy that runners expend. The titles, made by U.K.-based Pavegen Systems Ltd., were constructed from…
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JAPAN: Power returned to Fukushima Daiichi cooling system
Power was restored today to a cooling system at the tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan that failed for the second time in a month after construction that was intended to…
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GEORGIA: Officials examine cause of coal-fired plant blast
Officials are investigating the cause of an explosion yesterday at a Georgia coal-fired power plant. No one was seriously injured in the blast at Unit 2 of Plant Bowen, which…
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ALASKA: Oil and gas bills move forward in state Legislature
Two oil and gas bills are moving through the Alaska Legislature as the session winds down. In a hearing that extended into early yesterday morning, House Resource Committee lawmakers agreed…
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TOXICS: 1 in 38 young children have lead poisoning -- report
Federal health officials said yesterday that approximately 535,000 young children in the United States have harmful levels of lead in their bodies, placing them at risk of lower IQs, attention…
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AIR POLLUTION: Smell of rotten eggs in the wind near Fenway
Construction near Fenway Park is emitting an odor that resembles rotten eggs more than Fenway franks. Residents, employees and passersby in the West Fens neighborhood of Boston are complaining about…
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GREAT LAKES: No evidence of widespread Asian carp infestation -- report
The innovators behind using environmental DNA to uncover traces of Asian carp in the Chicago canal system said in a study released yesterday that comparable genetic monitoring efforts in other…
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