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AUTOS: Fisker spent $660,000 to make each EV

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Fisker Automotive Inc. spent six times more money to manufacture each luxury plug-in Karma it sold than the company collected from customers, according to a research report. Fisker has spent…

OIL AND GAS: Former Chesapeake chief launches new energy company

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Former Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon has started a new energy company less than a month after he left his old post. According to an email sent to people…

BIOFUELS: Renewable fuels make 'good business sense,' but RFS changes needed -- Shell

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Executives for Royal Dutch Shell PLC this week said they are pushing ahead with plans to research and develop advanced biofuels despite recently scaling back investments in the field and…

ELECTRICITY: London plans to burn sewer 'fatbergs' at new power plant

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The city of London is planning a fat-fueled power station that would be the largest of its kind in the world. The power station east of London could be fueled…

INFRASTRUCTURE: Government must weigh climate impacts on big projects -- report

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The Obama administration should combine two of the president's top State of the Union address priorities and consider the effect of climate change when making improvements to the nation's grid…

COAL: Va. court allows lawsuit against Massey to proceed

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The Virginia Supreme Court yesterday unanimously ruled that Hugh Caperton and his coal companies -- Harman Mining and Sovereign Coal Sales -- can proceed with a civil lawsuit against the…

GULF SPILL: Lag in trust fund rules may delay settlement payments -- IG

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Billions of dollars in payments related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster may be delayed, the Treasury Department's inspector general said in a report released yesterday. The department is in…

WETLANDS: Researchers push back against criticism of La.'s sediment-diversion plan

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Leading Louisiana coastal scientists hit back against suggestions from oyster growers and commercial fishermen that major diversions of Mississippi River sediment and fresh water may speed the disappearance of saltwater…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Utah landowners take prairie dog fight to court

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A Fish and Wildlife Service rule that restricts the removal of the Utah prairie dog has prompted property owner activists to file a lawsuit in federal court. Bruce Hughes, a…

NATIONAL PARKS: Former employee of NPS concessionaire was Boston Marathon bombing victim

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As events continue to unfold around Boston this afternoon related to the hunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing, much of the city remains on lockdown, including several…

WATER: Ariz. regulators reaffirm sprawling development plan over BLM objections

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Arizona regulators have reaffirmed their approval of a major housing development in the city of Sierra Vista despite concerns from the Bureau of Land Management that the subdivision would pose…

COAL: Dust impacts at issue as Army Corps considers Northwest export plans

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Federal and state regulators assessing proposals for coal export terminals in the Pacific Northwest are being urged to look closely at the environmental impacts of fugitive dust and coal from…

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Menendez plans to reintroduce bill lifting oil-spill liability cap

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Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez next week plans to reintroduce a bill that would require oil companies to pay the full cost of cleanup and damages caused by offshore oil spills…

POLITICS: Manchin seeks bipartisan energy compromise similar to his gun plan

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) expressed interest today in leading a bipartisan search for compromise on energy as he did on gun control. Asked in an interview about whether he'd plunge…

EPA: Inhofe wants McCarthy to discuss agency's 'war on fossil fuels'

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Sen. James Inhofe, a longtime U.S. EPA critic, is warning he may not vote to confirm President Obama's nominee for agency administrator unless she answers questions about the administration's "war…

HIGH-SPEED RAIL: Lawsuit settles, clears path for $68B Calif. project

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A lawsuit blocking construction of California's bullet train settled yesterday, clearing the way for work to start this summer on what's expected to be the nation's first high-speed rail line.…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Green power projects could cost DOD if bases are closed -- GAO

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As the Pentagon seeks to vastly increase the amount of renewable energy produced on its bases, officials are pitching the effort as one that will save money over the long…

NUCLEAR SECURITY: GOP stumped by Reid's appointment of Jaczko to advisory panel

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Senate Republicans who last year publicly admonished Gregory Jaczko, the former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, over his management of the commission seemed baffled yesterday by his new appointment…

CLIMATE: Industry seeks Supreme Court review of landmark GHG ruling

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An industry coalition asked the Supreme Court yesterday to review a lower court ruling upholding U.S. EPA's regulations to address climate change. Led by the American Chemistry Council, the trade associations petitioned the high court to reconsider the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit's June 2012 decision on EPA's greenhouse gas rules.

ETHANOL: Renewable Fuels Association's Dinneen says volatile RIN market not affecting gas prices

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As members of Congress discuss potential reforms to the renewable fuel standard, what role have rising Renewable Identification Number (RIN) prices had on the fuels market and, specifically, gas prices?…
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