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RUSSIA: Meteor crash injures hundreds

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A meteor crashed into Russia's Ural Mountains this morning, injuring at least 950 people. The crash occurred in the Chelyabinsk region of the country, where a nuclear power plant and…

INDIA: Government clears way for infrastructure, angering lands activists

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Activists are blasting the Indian government's decision to no longer require major infrastructure projects to get consent from tribal communities for forest clearing. Village councils will be powerless to keep…

MINNESOTA: State aims to cut exposure to BPA in receipt paper

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has launched a project that is helping restaurants, hotels and other hospitality businesses convert to paperless receipt systems. The program aims to reduce paper waste…

CALIFORNIA: Audit reveals longtime accounting problems at parks department

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State officials discovered accounting problems at the California Dapartment of Parks and Recreation more than a decade before it became enveloped in financial scandal, according to an audit released yesterday.…

TEXAS: Wind advocates fear fracking's advance in Legislature

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Proponents of renewable energy are bracing themselves for a Texas Legislature that no longer supports renewables, instead favoring cheap natural gas, tight budgets and tea party policies. Although Texas initially…

FISHERIES: Traces of medication in water change fish behavior

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Fish living in water with trace amounts of human medication exhibit hyper, anti-social and aggressive behaviors as well as overeating, a recent study published in Science found. Researchers say small…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Shale oil surge may put wind, solar investment at risk -- enviros

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The global expansion of relatively inexpensive shale oil may threaten investment in renewable energy and global emissions goals and could pose other environmental risks, environmentalists warned in the wake of…

AVIATION: Airbus scraps plans to use lithium-ion batteries on A350

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European aerospace company Airbus said it would not use lithium-ion batteries for its new A350 airplanes following the issues surrounding the batteries' use on Boeing's 787 planes. Instead, Airbus will…

OFFSHORE DRILLING: Gas leak sparks evacuation at Gulf of Mexico well

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Concerns about an underground flow of natural gas at a Gulf of Mexico well have resulted in the evacuation of nonessential workers. Gas has not been detected on the seafloor,…

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING: Ohio man pleads not guilty to brine dumping

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An Ohio man pleaded not guilty to purposely discarding thousands of gallons of toxic hydraulic fracturing fluid into the Mahoning River. Ben Lupo, the owner of Hardrock Excavating and D&L…

ELECTRICITY: FERC rejects utility challenge to Calif. cap-and-trade rule changes

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Federal officials have declined to intervene in California's cap-and-trade system, dismissing a challenge by out-of-state power generators to rules associated with the state's economywide greenhouse gas market. The Federal Energy…

COAL: Labor Department urges judge to shut down W.Va. slurry pond

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The Department of Labor requested that a federal judge order the immediate shutdown of a possibly hazardous West Virginia coal slurry impoundment that it said hasn't been properly certified for…

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Nev. high court rules against wind turbine construction

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The Nevada Supreme Court has determined that erecting a 75-foot-tall wind turbine would cause a nuisance to a neighboring subdivision. Justice James Hardesty said in the decision that the turbine…

ENERGY MARKETS: Court sides with FERC in auction challenge, protects auction rates

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A federal court rejected two challenges today to how energy regulators approach electricity capacity auctions, providing key protection for auction rates. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of…

WILDLIFE: Experts warn of threats to reptiles

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The world's reptile species are at risk, conservation experts say. Researchers found that 19 percent of the world's estimated 9,500 species of reptiles are threatened and 47 percent are vulnerable.…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Fla. residents hope manatee tourism lessens impact of nuclear plant closure

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With the pending closure of their local nuclear power plant, the residents of Crystal River, Fla., are turning to the manatee to keep the economy afloat. The city is the…

INTERIOR: Water program infringes on states' rights -- Western lawmakers

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Members of the conservative Western Caucus are blasting an Interior Department program that recognizes river-conservation efforts as stepping on state's rights. The 63-member caucus yesterday sent a letter to Interior…

ENDANGERED SPECIES: NYC man jailed for rhino horn trading after pretending to help federal sting

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A Manhattan antiques dealer yesterday was sentenced in federal court to six months in prison on charges related to rhinoceros horn trafficking, Justice Department officials said. David Hausman, 67, was…

INTERIOR: Nev. land deal lawsuit names ex-BLM chief

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Former Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey said he would help a developer buy 480 acres of federal land in Nevada in return for a $528,000 fee, according to…

AUTOS: Bipartisan bill would strike dealer emissions compliance documentation

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The nation's auto dealers are lending their support to a bipartisan House bill that would remove a requirement that dealers certify that their new vehicles have an emissions system that…
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