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GERMANY: Solar power grew in 2012

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Renewable energy's share in Germany's electricity production is expected to jump by 15 percent this year, according to German utilities who attribute it to a growing solar-power boom. BDEW, the…

MERCURY: Pediatricians support thimerosal use in vaccines

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In a potentially controversial move, U.S. pediatricians said yesterday that a rarely used preservative that contains mercury should not be banned as an ingredient in vaccines. The American Academy of…

SUPERFUND: Mont. governor seeks to add paper mill to cleanup list

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Montana's shuttered Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. pulp mill should be added to U.S. EPA's list of priority cleanup sites, Gov. Brian Schweitzer (D) told the agency yesterday. "The contamination is serious…

NEW JERSEY: Reusable bag bill moves forward

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A bill that would force retailers to give customers a 5-cent rebate for each reusable shopping bag they use and charge them 5 cents for each plastic bag they use…

WATER POLLUTION: Lakes Ontario, Erie face greatest threats -- study

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Of North America's five Great Lakes, Lakes Erie and Ontario are the most threatened, while Lake Superior is the most pristine, according to a study of the 24 factors that…

ARMY CORPS: Despite drought and erosion, underwater Mississippi River dam keeps salt water at bay

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A $5.8 million underwater dam blocking the upstream flow of salt water into the Mississippi River has suffered some erosion but is still holding strong and doing its job, an…

OIL AND GAS: Shell considered buying BP

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In the past two years, Royal Dutch Shell PLC considered bidding for rival BP PLC, according to the newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The newspaper quoted Shell Chief Executive Peter Voser…

BIOFUELS: Company receives funding, patent for novel sugar technology

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A company focused on engineering cyanobacteria to produce the sugars needed for making next-generation biofuels announced yesterday it has received both a patent on its organism and a $3.5 million…

OIL AND GAS: Judge rejects Colo. antitrust settlement for Koch-owned company

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A $550,000 settlement in a western Colorado oil and gas antitrust case is insufficient to serve as a deterrent, a federal judge has ruled. In his ruling rejecting the settlement,…

OIL AND GAS: Chevron offers $150M to settle $20B Brazil spill suits

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Chevron Corp. has offered to pay $150 million to settle two civil lawsuits from an offshore oil spill, according to Brazilian prosecutors. The lawsuits were seeking $20 billion in damages.…

BIOFUELS: Court dismisses part of oil industry suit over 2011 cellulosic levels

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A federal court has dismissed part of an oil industry group's lawsuit against U.S. EPA over the agency's 2011 cellulosic biofuel requirements. In an order yesterday, the U.S. Court of…

WILDLIFE: FWS prepares black-footed ferret recovery effort

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A new memorandum of understanding between federal and state agencies would grant routine grazing rights to property owners who set aside land as black-footed ferret habitat. The U.S. Fish and…

KEYSTONE XL: Mont. board approves controversial pipeline easements

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Montana officials yesterday approved easements for the Keystone XL pipeline to cross state-owned land, including the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers. In its last meeting before its chairman, Gov. Brian Schweitzer…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: N.M. spotted owl recovery plan falls short, critics say

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The Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday released a recovery plan for the Mexican spotted owl that emphasizes habitat restoration and improved monitoring, but a critic says it will spur "overzealous…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Wood stork downlisted, as it 'no longer faces extinction'

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The Fish and Wildlife Service will upgrade the status of the once-imperiled wood stork from "endangered" to "threatened," as a sign of the significant progress the bird has made toward…

LNG: Utility group urges denial of Ga. export project

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The American Public Gas Association is urging the Energy Department to reject Southern LNG Co.'s proposal to export liquefied natural gas from a terminal near Savannah, Ga. The group of…

MINING: Steep climb for coal field groups on good Samaritan cleanups

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Now that U.S. EPA has clarified liability protections for independent groups pitching in to help clean up abandoned hardrock mines, Eastern coal field advocates say they need similar assurances. Last…

FEDERAL WORKFORCE: Keep employee benefits out of cliff talks -- unions

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Federal employees went to Capitol Hill today to convince lawmakers that benefit cuts should not be part of a "fiscal cliff" deal, as Congress and the White House inched closer…

OIL AND GAS: BLM leasing acreage up, protests down in 2012

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The Obama administration this year offered more tracts of land and more acreage for oil and gas development than in the previous year, while protests from environmental groups continued to…

EPA: Enforcement targets 'larger, more complex' violations, but case numbers fall

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Anchored by a handful of major law-enforcement victories, U.S. EPA hit a five-year high in 2012 by levying $252 million in total civil and criminal penalties and hit a four-year…
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