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RENEWABLES: APPA's Cater questions long-term value of home solar installations, net metering

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Is there a societal net benefit to net metering? During today's OnPoint, James Cater, director of economic and financial policy at the American Public Power Association, discusses a recent report that establishes a framework for avoiding cost-shifting to consumers who do not produce their own solar energy. Cater also talks about the role state renewable portfolio standards have played in accelerating the debate on net metering.

JAPAN: Locals fear underground lab might one day become waste repository

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Residents of Horonobe, in far northern Japan, fear that an underground laboratory could one day become a nuclear waste storage site, though the government says it has no such plans.

CHINA: Government mandates greener state vehicle fleet

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China is requiring that more government cars run on alternative fuel by 2016, officials said.

FLORIDA: Wal-Mart planned on endangered wildlife habitat

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The University of Miami has sold part of one of the county's last intact sections of endangered pine rockland to a developer that plans to build a Wal-Mart on the site.

CALIFORNIA: State Supreme Court will review massive development project at river

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The California Supreme Court has agreed to review a long-simmering dispute over plans to build a new residential community along the Santa Clara River.

CHEMICALS: Homes evacuated after unknown compound causes foul smells

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About 100 homes in suburban Pennsylvania were evacuated late yesterday because of an odor caused by a volatile organic compound in the homes' basement sump pumps.

PESTICIDES: Spider venom offers clue for possible species-specific insecticides -- study

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Researchers have discovered a potent spider venom that "electrocutes" German cockroaches by using their nerve signals against them while their American brethren remain insensitive to the toxin.

AIR POLLUTION: Soviet Union's collapse led to cleaner Arctic air -- study

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The collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of some of the most polluting Soviet industrial practices has led to cleaner air in the Arctic, according to a new study.

WATER POLLUTION: Shipwrecked Concordia refloated for towing away from Italian sanctuary

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Technicians today refloated the cruise ship that struck a reef in January 2012 off the coast of Italy, killing 32 people.

OIL AND GAS: Saltwater spill highlights risks to American Indian village

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Native Americans living on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation are struggling to balance the potential rewards of oil and gas development with the accompanying risks to their land. Tipping the scales this month was the spill of 1 million gallons of salt water into badlands near Mandaree, N.D.

WETLANDS: Equity firm eyes lucrative credits as it restores La. coastline

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A private equity firm has raised $181 million from investors for a wetlands restoration project in Louisiana.

ELECTRIC VEHICLES: Musk gives $1M to Tesla science museum

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Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla Motors Inc., will donate $1 million to a New York museum that honors the company's namesake.

AGRICULTURE: Analysis finds organic food is healthier, less toxic

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Organic food contains more antioxidants, fewer traces of pesticides and less contamination from toxic heavy metals, according to new research.

GULF SPILL: Feds appeal new trial for former BP engineer

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Federal prosecutors Friday challenged a U.S. district court judge's decision to grant a new trial to a former BP engineer convicted of obstructing justice during an investigation into the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

TOXICS: Ruling revives World Trade Center cleanup workers' claims

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A ruling by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last week could provide a new avenue for World Trade Center cleanup workers to seek damages. The ruling found that a lower-court judge made a mistake dismissing compensation claims.

OCEANS: Boat collision killed well-known Alaska humpback

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Federal investigators are looking into the death of a well-known humpback whale struck by a boat in southeast Alaska.

NATIONAL PARKS: Deadly lightning hits Colo. park 2 days in a row

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Lightning strikes Friday and Saturday are blamed for killing two people and injuring 10 at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.

WILDFIRE: Man named Smoke accused of starting Calif. blaze at marijuana site

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State fire officials have arrested a California man accused of starting a Northern California fire that has destroyed six structures.

WILD HORSES: BLM announces smaller roundup this year despite rancher pressure

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The Bureau of Land Management will remove fewer wild horses and burros from rangelands in the West this summer because of overflowing corrals and budget shortages, it said. The announcement comes despite increasing pressure from ranchers to clear the horses.

ENDANGERED SPECIES: Green group takes aim at Wyo.'s greater sage grouse strategy

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An environmental group is contending that Wyoming's groundbreaking strategy implemented six years ago to protect critical greater sage grouse habitat has too many loopholes that allow for oil and gas and other development to affect core areas, and must be strengthened if the bird is to survive.
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