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NUCLEAR: First Fukushima-inspired rule open to public comment

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's proposal for responding to severe reactor accidents is now open to public comment.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Green groups bash industry claim that rule could cost $300B

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Environmentalists are pushing back against the latest industry estimate that the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan could cost nearly $300 billion.

OIL AND GAS: La. parish votes to dismiss suit against industry

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A Louisiana parish voted yesterday to dismiss 21 lawsuits against 68 separate oil and gas companies over allegations that the industry caused environmental damage to wetlands while constructing canals.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: 'Operation Crash' bags 2-year sentence for rhino horn smuggler

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A Canadian man was sentenced to two years in U.S. federal prison for trafficking more than a dozen cups carved from endangered rhinoceros horns, federal officials announced today.

NATURAL GAS: Judges ponder who's responsible for environmental scrutiny

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Federal judges today questioned which agency is responsible for assessing the environmental impacts of the natural gas boom.

CLIMATE: Industry asks to join Obama admin against Hansen-led lawsuit

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Major industry coalitions are asking to join the Obama administration in opposing a lawsuit that looks to force the government to phase out fossil fuel emissions and aims to "stabilize" the climate.

COAL: Judge rules for McCarthy deposition

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A West Virginia federal court judge yesterday denied U.S. EPA's emergency request to keep Murray Energy Corp. attorneys from deposing Administrator Gina McCarthy in ongoing litigation.

NATIONAL PARKS: Cause of live-streamed deaths of bears remains a mystery

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The National Park Service is hosting an online chat today to discuss the mysterious deaths of two Alaskan brown bears that played out live in front of thousands of nature lovers.

PUBLIC LANDS: Utah Gov. Herbert mulls national monument as debate compromise

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) hinted yesterday he could support a new national monument if it meant a compromise on the protracted debate over public lands management in his state.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Wyo. Gov. Mead blasts 1% delisting rate

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Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) urged Endangered Species Act reforms yesterday at a Western Governors' Association's workshop on the issue in Cody.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Green groups sue FWS over red wolf protections

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Conservation groups filed a complaint today in federal court asserting that the Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to protect a population of rare red wolves.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: BLM proposes boosting protections for Nev. grouse population

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The Bureau of Land Management is proposing to significantly strengthen protections for a subpopulation of greater sage grouse in Nevada in part due to protests from conservation groups.

EFFICIENCY: Senators want Energy Dept. study on insulation

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The leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee are pressing the Energy Department to study the savings associated with using thermal insulation in federal buildings.

WOLVES: Senate bill would delist species in Wyo., Great Lakes

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Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced a bill this week that would force the Interior Department to remove Endangered Species Act protections from wolves in Wyoming, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.

CAMPAIGN 2016: Reps. Lummis, Hinojosa announce plans to retire

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Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), a major force on natural resources issues, revealed yesterday that she will not seek a fifth term, asserting that she would opt to retire rather than become a "career congressman."

WHITE HOUSE: Journalists to huddle with press secretary over transparency

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Journalists have scored a meeting with the White House press secretary to discuss their complaints about access and transparency in the Obama administration.

BIOFUELS: RFS backers fume over Welch letter

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A pro-biofuels group has launched TV ads in Vermont to criticize the state's at-large congressman, Democratic Rep. Peter Welch, for a letter he signed criticizing the renewable fuel standard.

CLEAN POWER PLAN: Green groups step up messaging against CRA votes

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Environmental groups are waging an all-out campaign against the latest congressional attempts to kill the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan, launching ads and polls this week in support of the carbon rule.

WATER POLICY: New ad campaign targets 4 senators for votes to kill WOTUS

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The League of Conservation Voters today is launching an ad campaign targeting four Republican senators for their votes last week to kill the Obama administration's contentious water rule.

COAL: Obama should cut subsidies by executive action -- CAP

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The left-leaning Center for American Progress is urging the Obama administration to take executive action to boost what coal companies pay for mining on public land.
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