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1. RESEARCH:

Millions wasted on 'wrong solutions' to fire prevention -- study

Fire prevention dollars could be better spent on land-use management than on oversimplified solutions that sometimes only exacerbate the problem, wildfire researchers say.

2. REGULATION:

In the wake of elections, legal experts explore vulnerabilities in the EPA power plant rule

A Republican sweep of the Senate this week has put President Obama's climate agenda in the cross hairs, with EPA's proposed rule on power plant carbon emissions as an obvious early target.

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3. BUSINESS:

Musk-backed projects help boost U.S. clean energy job totals 20% in 3rd quarter

4. ADAPTATION:

Asia's economy appears to be the most vulnerable to extreme weather

5. CARBON CAPTURE:

Ill. regulators back FutureGen in Sierra Club lawsuit

6. DEFENSE:

Documentary links national security with climate change

7. FORESTS:

Scientists say proposed law in Brazil would let mining companies destroy forests

8. ARCTIC:

Icelandic assembly highlights divide between haves and have-nots in Arctic region

9. WEATHER:

Experts targeting weather services to women as a way to save lives

10. SOCIETY:

Queen Elizabeth II: Newest big-name climate hawk?

11. FLOODS:

Downpour, flooding kill 12 in Haiti

E&ETV's The Cutting Edge

12. ELECTIONS 2014:

E&E Daily's Juliano previews legislative battles facing new Congress

Climate Digest: Top climate stories from E&E's newsroom&nbsp

While licking their wounds from this week's losses, environmental groups are now looking at making a difference in future campaigns. "We're all in for 2016," League of Conservation Voters chief Gene Karpinski said Wednesday. (E&E Daily, )

Fearing a lame-duck compromise that would extend a key renewable energy tax credit, conservative groups are warning Republicans that extending the credit would amount to an endorsement of President Obama's broader climate change agenda. (Greenwire, )

Former White House Council on Environmental Quality chief Nancy Sutley is joining the board of a California nonprofit tasked with coordinating research on oceans. (E&ENews PM, )

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The coal industry's claim that it helps alleviate energy poverty is more a public relations talking point than a real commitment, said a new report by a left-leaning think tank. (Greenwire, )

Promotion prospects look a little grimmer for U.S. EPA's Janet McCabe and Ken Kopocis and other high-profile nominees whose confirmations have languished amid Senate gridlock. (E&E Daily, )

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INTERIOR:

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CHESAPEAKE BAY:

Md. agency estimates costs of phosphorous runoff management

ELECTION 2014:

Gillespie concedes in Va. as more races are settled

WATER POLICY:

Local officials fault EPA's outreach on hot-button rule proposal

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PROPERTY RIGHTS:

Unprecedented ruling strikes ESA protections on private land

CLIMATE:

EPA faults grid overseer's analysis of power plant rule

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FERC tasked with reliability, not writing carbon rule -- LaFleur

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OIL:

Don't expect OPEC to curb production, says Iraq's U.S. ambassador

FINANCE:

Wall Street innovators push energy MLPs into riskier terrain

OIL AND GAS:

Chesapeake Energy dogged by subpoenas from DOJ, states

GRID:

Utilities move to satisfy customers' desire for distributed solar -- Moody's

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CAMPAIGN 2016:

Md. governor sees Chesapeake Bay work setting him apart from potential White House rivals

CAMPAIGN 2016:

Q&A with Martin O'Malley on Chesapeake Bay, environmental priorities

NATURAL RESOURCES:

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