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ITALY: Agencies approve ban on GM maize

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Three Italian agencies have approved a decree that would ban the cultivation of a type of genetically modified maize.

ALASKA: Oil tax cut opponents gather enough signatures for referendum

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Opponents of a controversial oil tax cut in Alaska have gathered enough signatures to put a public referendum on the state's 2014 ballot.

ASBESTOS: Toxic dust still blankets Russian town

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In Asbest, Russia, cancer-causing asbestos blankets the town.

CHEMICALS: Outdoor clothing brands drop pollutant from products

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In an effort to produce more environmentally friendly apparel, outdoor clothing companies have agreed to stop using a harmful chemical found in most high-tech hiking gear.

TECHNOLOGY: DOE labs win 32 'Oscars' of innovation

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The Energy Department's national laboratories were cited for creating 32 of the top 100 technology products of 2012, R&D Magazine announced last week.

AGRICULTURE: Engineers test robots on delicate produce in Calif.

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The latest invention in agricultural mechanization is the Lettuce Bot, a machine that can thin a field of lettuce using advanced sensors, computer vision and robotic hardware.

NUCLEAR POWER: Shaky finances trouble company in charge of Ky. uranium plant cleanup

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U.S. Enrichment Corp., the company responsible for shutting down the Paducah, Ky., nuclear fuel plant, promises it will meet federal requirements to safely and cleanly return the facility to the Department of Energy by next year. But the Maryland-based company's economic future is in question.

NUCLEAR POWER: Utility meant to save San Onofre with upgrade, not kill it

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In 2004, Southern California Edison proposed investing $680 million in new steam generators for one of its nuclear power plants.

NATURAL GAS: Fuel loses its luster in New England

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New England's one-time love affair with natural gas seems to be dissipating as limited supplies fail to match demand and as former environmental backers of the fuel are losing their enthusiasm for the energy source.

ELECTRIC GRID: Infrastructure redesign faces certain death on high costs, multiple owners

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Strengthening the power grid has long been on the to-do list of recent presidential administrations. But experts say the grid is unlikely to change in a way that would make any difference.

OIL AND GAS: Spilled fuel sets L.A. River on fire

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Burning fuel ended up in California's Los Angeles River after a tanker truck overturned on the freeway this weekend.

ETHANOL: EPA set to approve barley as feedstock

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U.S. EPA has found that ethanol made from barley meets greenhouse gas reduction standards for refiners under the federal biofuel mandate.

CHEMICALS: BPA-free plastics go on trial in Texas

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A U.S. District Court in Texas this week will hear scientists and lawyers debate about the safety of multiple plastics that are free from the controversial chemical bisphenol A, or BPA.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Program brings Iberian lynx back from brink of extinction

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Spanish officials are crediting a conservation program for tripling the number of Iberian lynxes in the country.

OCEANS: 'Plastisphere' supports thriving marine ecosystem -- study

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Distinct microbial communities are thriving on the bits of plastic floating in the ocean, scientists said in a new study.

WILDFIRES: Nev. blaze threatens rare butterfly -- scientists

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A raging wildfire in Nevada is threatening to wipe out a rare butterfly species on the verge of extinction, according to scientists who are tracking the massive blaze.

OCEANS: No-fishing protections grow in Caribbean

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In Jamaica's Bluefields Bay, marine life is rebounding after decades of destruction.

FORESTS: Rival groups work to save American chestnut

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The salvation of the American chestnut tree may rest in the hands of two groups with two very different approaches.

PESTICIDES: Blumenauer to introduce bill banning chemicals linked to bee deaths

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A month after more than 50,000 bees were found dead in his home state, Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer will introduce legislation that would suspend certain pesticides that have been linked to the pollinator deaths.

TRANSPORTATION: Obama nominates DOT deputy to lead research agency

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President Obama nominated a Department of Transportation deputy administrator Friday to lead the DOT research arm.
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