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EPA: Environmental justice hamstrung by delayed guidance -- IG

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Delays in issuing guidance have limited U.S. EPA's ability to consistently consider environmental justice during the rulemaking process, according to a new watchdog report.

EPA: Agency imposes new anti-harassment procedures, training

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In the wake of recent high-profile allegations of sexual harassment at U.S. EPA, agency management is putting some new anti-harassment policies in place.

OIL AND GAS: Economies of energy states grew fastest last year

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States with large energy industries had the fastest-growing economies last year due to productive oil and gas drilling activity, according to data released yesterday by the Commerce Department.

OIL AND GAS: 'Gasland' sparked opposition to fracking -- study

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A study being published next month credits the HBO documentary "Gasland" with stoking public opposition to hydraulic fracturing.

SOLAR: Colo. offers $1.2M to help 'energy impoverished'

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Colorado's 300 days of sunshine will start paying off for 300 low-income families in rural areas of the state.

SOLAR: Hawaii leads list of top 10 states -- report

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Hawaii ranked first among U.S. states in solar power per capita last year and has helped drive a recent boom in solar development across the nation, a new report shows.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: DOE stiffens rules for hotel air conditioners

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The Energy Department today unveiled new energy efficiency standards for air conditioners and heat pump systems for motels, hotels, condominium buildings and hospitals.

BIOFUELS: U.S. now No. 1 exporter -- USDA

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The "blend wall" and increased demand for biofuels overseas have helped the United States become the world's largest exporter of ethanol, according to a new report from the Agriculture Department.

NEGOTIATIONS: National plans don't do enough to curb warming -- researchers

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Countries' plans to limit greenhouse gas emissions nationally are too weak to slow climate change, according to European researchers.

BUSINESS: Food companies missing a big chunk of GHG emissions -- report

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Food, beverage and tobacco companies must do more to account for greenhouse gas emissions on the farm, says a new report from British nonprofit CDP.

PEOPLE: World Bank climate envoy tapped for U.N. post

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Rachel Kyte, the World Bank's special envoy for climate change, has been tapped to lead the United Nations' effort to bring energy access to the 1.3 billion people in the world without access to modern electricity.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Christie announces N.J. will seek stay on EPA rule

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) formally came out against the Obama administration's new rule to regulate carbon emissions from power plants yesterday, announcing that his state will seek an administrative stay on U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan.

GULF SPILL: La. law firms likely to see big paydays over BP settlement

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Politically connected law firms stand to collect millions in fees from Louisiana cities and towns that collected damages from BP PLC over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

NATURAL GAS: Company on hook for home value dips after quakes -- Dutch court

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A joint natural gas venture of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp. must compensate Dutch homeowners for their homes' declining values due to increased earthquake activity in the Groningen field, a court in the Netherlands ruled yesterday.

OIL AND GAS: Judge orders SEC to finish disclosure rule

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A federal judge ordered the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday to set an "expedited schedule" for completing a long-delayed rule to require extraction companies to disclose payments to governments.

WILDLIFE: Overgrown sheep yields record 88 pounds of wool

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An Australian sheep that had escaped from its flock years earlier was saved today through heroic shearing that stripped a record 88 pounds of wool off the animal.

PUBLIC LANDS: Lawmakers deny make-out session in Minn. park

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Two prominent Minnesota lawmakers say a park ranger is lying about catching them making out in a car at a park in a St. Paul suburb.

NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Teens rebuild ancestors' stonework, gain new skills

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A crew of Native American youth spent their summer restoring the legacy of their forebears at Bandelier National Monument, part of a nationwide restoration push.

NATIONAL PARKS: Rangers rescue man who fell down Teton peak

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Grand Teton National Park rangers rescued a Wyoming man after he tumbled 200 feet down Middle Teton.

FORESTS: Humans halved Earth's tree population -- study

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Humans have halved Earth's population of trees since the start of civilization, according to a new study, leaving the planet with 3.04 trillion trees, or roughly 400 for every person alive.
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