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PUBLIC LANDS: Belying militants' claims, Ore. ranchers and feds get along

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MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Ore. -- Militants occupying headquarters here say they are fighting to turn over federal land to states in order to get "ranchers back to ranching." But ranchers in this area say they have a good working relationship with federal land managers.

MARKETS: IETA's Forrister discusses future of U.S. climate diplomacy, carbon trading

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On the heels of President Obama's final State of the Union address in which he highlighted climate change as an urgent challenge, what is the future of U.S. climate diplomacy? During today's OnPoint, Dirk Forrister, president and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association, discusses the challenges ahead for global carbon markets and emissions trading. He also explains how a new U.S. president could impact international climate discussions.

AUSTRALIA: Black lung outbreak worries coal miners

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For the first time in three decades, the potentially deadly black lung disease has re-emerged in Australian coal mines.

CANADA: Manitoba proposes beluga protections

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Manitoba officials are asking the Canadian government to formally protect parts of Hudson Bay to safeguard roughly a quarter of the world's beluga whales.

BRAZIL: Dead fish wash ashore in Rio near Olympic sites

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Thousands of dead fish yesterday washed ashore Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay, according to environmental officials. The spot is close to where this year's Olympic Games are scheduled to take place.

NEVADA: Regulators advance controversial net-metering changes

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Nevada regulators rejected a request to delay the implementation of new rooftop solar rates for net-metering customers.

OCEANS: Killer whales face extinction threat from PCBs -- study

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Killer whales face the prospect of extinction in areas near industrialized parts of Europe where banned chemicals are leaching into the water.

COAL ASH: Ky. utility plans to close storage ponds

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The subject of an active lawsuit over pollution, Louisville Gas and Electric Co. plans to terminate its remaining coal ash ponds at two large power plants.

DRINKING WATER: Officials probe lead link to Mich. Legionnaires' outbreak

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An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Mich., could be related to problems with the city's water system, which has caused a spike in lead poisoning in children, Michigan health officials said yesterday.

AIR POLLUTION: EPA proposes plan to reduce haze at 8 national parks

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U.S. EPA is moving ahead with a two-option approach to improve visibility in eight national parks and one wilderness area by curbing emissions at two coal-fired power plants in Utah.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Tesla offers synthetic leather option for vegans

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Tesla Motors Inc. has a new leather substitute for its high-end cars that can let vegans join in on the clean-energy action without compromising their animal welfare principles.

AUTOS: Foxx promises DOT effort to spur automation technologies

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Driverless cars are an important innovation to help alleviate traffic as the nation's population grows, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx told a packed room at the Transportation Research Board's annual conference yesterday

MINING: Watchdog says feds wasted money on Afghan industry

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The U.S. government's $488 million effort to help develop Afghanistan's oil, gas and minerals industries has produced "mixed results," according to a newly released audit by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

BIOTECH: FDA OKs genetically engineered potato that resists blight

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Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. has created a potato genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. And the Food and Drug Administration says it's safe.

COAL: Admin probes claim Utah was too lenient on mining company

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The Obama administration is asking Utah regulators to address claims that they undercharged a prominent coal company for mine reclamation.

FINANCE: Clean energy investments hit highest level ever in 2015

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Clean energy investments surged to their highest global total ever in 2015, revealing the increasing cost-competitiveness of renewable power, according to a report today from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

AIR POLLUTION: Europe needs diesels to hit climate targets, VW warns

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Volkswagen diesel cars found to have duped emissions tests on the road in Europe may pollute the air, but if they're taken off the road, automakers may miss their E.U. climate change targets, a top official from the beleaguered automaker has warned.

SCIENCE: Humans stalled next ice age

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Climate change may have put the next ice age on hold, according to new research.

PACIFIC OCEAN: El Niño now equal to largest on record -- NOAA

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The current El Niño weather patten that is driving storms to drought-stricken California is now equal to the largest on record, federal forecasters said today.

WILDLIFE: Idaho lawmaker charged with elk poaching

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A state lawmaker has been charged with poaching an elk in his southwestern Idaho district.
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