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NUCLEAR WASTE: Nev. dump has long history of safety lapses

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The operator of a closed Nevada radioactive waste dump that caught fire last weekend had been dogged by safety infractions for years, according to federal and state records.

NUCLEAR WASTE: Plants use dismantling funds to pay for temporary storage

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In the absence of a permanent repository for high-level radioactive waste, closed nuclear plants are being forced to tap into money set aside for their dismantling to construct waste storage facilities on-site.

NATURAL GAS: Duke to buy Piedmont for $4.9B

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America's largest power company will buy Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. for $4.9 billion to help expand its natural gas distribution sector, the company announced today.

WILDLIFE: Warming oceans spell puffin doom

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Puffins had a good year along the coast of Maine, but rapidly warming seas forecast a grim future for the iconic bird.

OCEANS: Changing currents threaten Gulf of Maine

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Climate change is bringing significant changes to the Gulf of Maine, imperiling fishing communities that worry about rising seas and ocean currents that threaten to increase the speed at which the sea warms.

OIL AND GAS: Cost fears drove Exxon's climate shift

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Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. gained a reputation as a pioneer in climate change research in the 1980s but had shifted tune by the next decade to one that aggressively questioned the science.

PROPERTY RIGHTS: Appeals drag on for family that won millions from oil company

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A Texas family is seeking millions of dollars from oil companies over wells drilled on a property it inherited, but the main defendant, ConocoPhillips Co., has refused to pay.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Oldest polar bear in U.S. dies

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Klondike, the United States' oldest polar bear, died Friday at her home in the Philadelphia Zoo, officials said. The bear was 34.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Wyo. county demands FWS delist grizzly bear

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The grizzly bear should be removed from the endangered species list "with all due haste," according to county officials in northern Wyoming.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: At enviros' urging, NMFS to conduct review of thorny skate

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The National Marine Fisheries Service will conduct a status review of the thorny skate, after environmental groups petitioned the agency earlier this year to list the species under the Endangered Species Act.

NATIONAL PARKS: Agency finalizes rule curbing predator hunting in Alaska

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The National Park Service has finalized a controversial rule banning certain hunting techniques on national preserves in Alaska, a move that drew heat from Alaska officials but that was praised by conservationists.

LOBBYING: Ex-EPA aide signs up for fusion energy

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A former senior U.S. EPA official is now lobbying for fusion energy.

COAL: Stream rule could cost more than 200K jobs -- report

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The Interior Department's proposed rule to protect waterways from coal mining could end up costing the U.S. economy more than 200,000 jobs, said a report prepared for the National Mining Association (NMA).

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Enviros demand answers on agencies' cooling water rule flip

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Environmental groups are trying to force U.S. EPA and wildlife agencies to explain why they flipped from arguing that a major new rule governing how power plants suck in cooling water would significantly threaten endangered species to an ultimate conclusion that it would not.

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Bill would require employees to pay more toward pensions

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Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) has offered legislation to take a bite out of looming budget cuts partly by asking federal employees to pay more toward their retirement.

OIL AND GAS: Bipartisan House bill aims to boost pipeline inspections

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A bloc of House members from both parties is pressing legislation to allow federal regulators to directly hire pipeline inspectors, with an eye toward boosting the ranks of women, minorities and veterans.

DOE: Meet the tinkerer whose invention upended VW emissions scheme

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When Leo Breton heard that West Virginia University researchers had cracked a massive scheme by Volkswagen to evade vehicle emissions tests, he had one question: What system helped them cracked the code?

CLIMATE: Ayotte offers 1st GOP support for Clean Power Plan

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When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell floats his resolutions to kill U.S. EPA's power rules for carbon dioxide this week, he will lack the support of at least one Republican.

NATIONAL PARKS: NPS looks to tighten oversight of oil and gas producers

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The National Park Service today moved to close a loophole in its oil and gas regulations that have allowed 60 percent of operators to produce fuels inside the park system with limited agency oversight.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Court battles could drag into 2018

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The court fights over the Obama administration's plans to curb power plant greenhouse gas emissions officially kicked off Friday as opponents rushed to challenge the rule in a federal appeals court. But those waiting for the outcome of the Clean Power Plan legal battles should get comfortable -- they're almost certain to drag on for months or even years.
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