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ENDANGERED SPECIES: Thieves nab rhino heads in raid on Ireland's national museum

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Masked men last night stole four stuffed rhino heads from Ireland's national museum. The heads are worth an estimated total €500,000 ($652,200) on the black market. Three of the rhino…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Possible fish listing adds unexpected twist to major N.M. forest restoration project

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --?Federal agencies tackling a massive forest restoration in New Mexico's Zuni Mountains face a double-barreled problem: There are too many trees and too few fish. The Zuni Mountains…

TRANSPORTATION: Amtrak has a 'long way to go' before it becomes profitable -- Shuster

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The top transportation authorizer in the House this morning said Amtrak has a "long way to go" before it demonstrates profitability across its operations -- an issue expected to cause…

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: Sponsors express high hopes for revamped Senate bill

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Lawmakers have high hopes for an overhauled bipartisan energy efficiency bill they are reintroducing in Congress today. "We think that it will even have a better chance of passage not…

KEYSTONE XL: Texas farmer calls carve-out for pipeline in GOP eminent domain legislation 'hypocrisy'

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A Texas farmer today sharply criticized Republican legislation that would make it more difficult for the government to seize private property, arguing that it doesn't go far enough because it carves…

NATURAL GAS: Demonstrators protest FERC 'rubber-stamping' of infrastructure

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Demonstrators attended the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regular meeting in Washington, D.C., today to protest the panel's "rubber-stamping" of infrastructure for natural gas that they say would spur more hydraulic…

KEYSTONE XL: Industry, enviros face off over pipeline's climate effects

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The Obama administration got it right last month when it found in a draft analysis that the Keystone XL pipeline would not contribute significantly to climate change, the oil industry's…

AIR POLLUTION: Green groups ask court to speed EPA's cement emission standards

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Environmental and community groups yesterday asked a federal court to hold off revisions made by U.S. EPA earlier this year to air standards for cement manufacturers that give industry two…

NUCLEAR SECURITY: Reid appoints Jaczko to serve on advisory panel

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has appointed Gregory Jaczko, the controversial former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, to serve on a panel that oversees the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile.…

NATIONAL PARKS: Tight budgets spur NPS push for more private funding

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Five years ago this week, the Gettysburg National Military Park welcomed a $103 million museum and visitor center. But the park didn't pick up the tab -- the Gettysburg Foundation did. And now the nonprofit pays to run the center, from electricity bills to cleaning services. Private support for national parks is nothing new. But NPS Director Jon Jarvis hopes to see more of it, expanding the role of foundations to help buoy the National Park Service as its fiscal future becomes more uncertain.

DOE: Senate panel votes to confirm Moniz

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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today confirmed the nomination of Ernest Moniz to become the next secretary of Energy on a 21-1 vote. The vote sends the nuclear physicist's nomination to the full floor and bodes well for his chances of being confirmed to lead the Department of Energy, where he would take over for outgoing Secretary Steven Chu.

MINNESOTA: State House OKs bill to monitor groundwater, aquatic invasive species

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The Minnesota House passed a $788 million bill yesterday that would help it monitor groundwater levels and eliminate marine invasive species over the next two years. The bill would increase…

ALASKA: Oil tax cut opponents launch referendum effort

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Opponents of a proposed oil tax cut in Alaska have announced plans to launch a referendum campaign to repeal the measure. The opponents yesterday filed referendum petitions with the lieutenant…

ASBESTOS: IG faults EPA for postponing health study in Mont. mining town

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Internal investigators yesterday blamed U.S. EPA for delaying completion of health studies necessary to direct the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people died from asbestos exposure.…

CHEMICALS: Fire may have caused ammonia to explode at Texas fertilizer plant

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The Texas fertilizer plant blast this week that killed at least 12 people and injured more than 160 was as powerful as a magnitude-2.1 earthquake. The West Fertilizer Co. plant…

WATER POLLUTION: Traces of benzene found in creek near Colo. gas plant

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A Williams Cos. natural gas plant in Colorado reported that it detected benzene in nearby Parachute Creek about a month after it found natural gas liquids in the ground near…

WATER: Nev., Ariz. put Colorado River deal on hold

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The Southern Nevada Water Authority yesterday voted to put its banking agreement for Colorado River water in the Grand Canyon on hold. In 2005, Arizona agreed to sell part of…

WATER POLLUTION: Burning Chinese fishing ship drifts near Antarctica

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Chile deployed a military tugboat to retrieve a Chinese fishing vessel that caught fire and is now aimlessly floating near sharp Antarctic glaciers. The Kai Xin vessel's 97 crew members…

GULF SPILL: Cleanup, research continue 3 years after Macondo

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Three years after the BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, problems linger under the surface, and environmentalists and scientists say the Macondo well disaster's enduring impact isn't…

AVIATION: FAA poised to OK Boeing's Dreamliner battery fix

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Boeing's 787 Dreamliner jet may soon return to the skies as the Federal Aviation Administration appears poised to approve the company's battery fix. The planes have been grounded for three…
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