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CLIMATE: General Mills to slash emissions by 28%

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General Mills Inc. will announce today a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by 2025.

BIOTECH: USDA OKs genetically modified potato

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The Agriculture Department announced late Friday it has finalized its approval of a genetically modified potato that resists bruising and produces less of a potentially carcinogenic chemical.

ARCTIC: Shell crew failed early safety drill -- documents

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An Arctic drilling ship under contract to Royal Dutch Shell PLC saw two poor emergency response drills while it was moored in Seattle this year, documents show.

OFFSHORE WIND: Terminal sits dormant after Cape Wind's woes

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With Cape Wind out of the picture, a new port facility specially built to handle wind turbine parts is languishing in Massachusetts.

OIL AND GAS: Shale boom reduces hurricane risk to energy sector

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America's shale drilling boom has reduced the threat of hurricanes to domestic oil production, according to a new analysis from the federal government.

OIL SANDS: Blast halts production at processing plant

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An early-morning explosion Saturday brought production at a Syncrude oil sands processing site to a halt.

NATURAL GAS: Eni finds 'supergiant' field near Egypt

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An Italian energy company says it has discovered a "supergiant" natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea near Egypt that could boost the country's flagging economy.

TRANSPORTATION: Man dodges jail in case involving mom's business -- IG

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A former Illinois university manager will spend three years on probation and pay $2,700 in penalties for lying to federal agents during an investigation that found he directed taxpayer dollars to a company owned by his mother, the Department of Transportation inspector general said last week.

MARINE MAMMALS: Proposed Caribbean dolphin park swims in controversy

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Controversy continues to swirl around a proposed dolphin park in the Turks and Caicos Islands three years after it was proposed.

INVASIVE SPECIES: Customs catches 1st European wood-boring beetle in U.S.

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A European wood-boring beetle has been documented for the first time inside the United States, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

PUBLIC LANDS: Hikers behave badly on Appalachian Trail

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A spike in drinking, drugs and litter that has accompanied the rising popularity of the Appalachian Trail has many concerned about a changing culture along the 2,189-mile route from Georgia to Maine.

WILDLIFE: FWS tasks tribe with reindeer rescue

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The Fish and Wildlife Service has put an American Indian tribe in charge of preserving the last wild reindeer herd in the Lower 48.

FEDERAL AGENCIES: When flora and fauna meet rocks and maps, cultures clash

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Fur still glistening a century after their sacrifice for science, the beavers in the bowels of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History are almost prehistorically massive, tracing back to the first government forays into surveying North America's biological bounty.

COAL: House panel plans to probe abandoned-mine program -- sources

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The House Natural Resources Committee is planning this fall to discuss the program for reclaiming abandoned coal mines, Capitol Hill sources say.

PUBLIC LANDS: Ohio delegation grumbles over McKinley-Denali name switch

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The Obama administration's decision to officially change the name of North America's highest mountain drew rare praise from Alaska lawmakers but is prompting criticism from House Speaker John Boehner and other Ohio Republicans.

OIL AND GAS: Obama may let states keep more leasing revenue -- La. officials

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The Obama administration may back down on plans to shift 35 percent of federal offshore oil and gas revenue from Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states to the general budget, Louisiana officials said.

DOE: Moniz promotes Iran deal in Colo. speech

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BOULDER, Colo. -- Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz tried to rally public support for the Iran nuclear deal today, pledging that the White House is committed "to Iran never having a nuclear weapon" while also emphasizing that opponents of the agreement have "no credible Plan B."

BRISTOL BAY: Pebble adds lobbying heft

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Pebble LP, the company wanting to develop a large copper and gold mine in southwestern Alaska, has hired well-known Washington, D.C., lobbying firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

BIOFUELS: Industry advocates stalk Obama's travels with strategic ads

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Biofuel advocates are greeting President Obama with ads slamming U.S. EPA's recent proposal setting refiners' ethanol and biofuel requirements at each of his recent stops around the country highlighting climate change.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Obama proposes 1.3% pay raise for feds

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Federal employees next year are set for a pay hike, thanks to a decision by President Obama.
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