Ethanol giant Poet LLC has added $5.4 billion to the national gross domestic product and supports nearly 40,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to a report commissioned by the company.
BIOFUELS: Report says Poet added $5.4B to GDP
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ENERGY MARKETS: CFTC commissioner resigns
Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Mark Wetjen will leave his post at the end of the month, the agency announced today.
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SOLAR POWER: Navy makes largest ever federal renewable purchase
The Navy will set the record next week for the largest renewable energy purchase by a federal entity.
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CALIFORNIA: Drought, heavy rain strained tree that fell on kids
An 85-foot pine tree that fell over and injured children in Pasadena, Calif., last month was under stress from the prolonged drought but gave way from a burst of heavy rain, an arborist hired by the city has found.
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TECHNOLOGY: Brewery funds water-saving innovations
St. Louis' Shock Top Brewing Co. is partnering with California water conservationists to fund a new water-saving technology each month of the next year.
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FISHERIES: Trout hauled to cooler lakes as temperatures spike
Workers scooped up about 80,000 pounds of trout in California's Central Valley yesterday and hauled the fish 30 miles uphill to cooler water.
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NATURAL GAS: FERC judge finds BP manipulated markets
BP PLC may face millions of dollars in fines and surrendered profits after a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission judge found yesterday it manipulated natural gas markets in Texas in 2008.
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OCEANS: Downed plane parts add to debris fouling seas
The parts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 found this month on the island of Reunion near Africa were a small component of the million tons of debris being churned around by Earth's oceans.
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SALMON: Fish die as Alaska bakes
Warming temperatures and low river levels are to blame for salmon die-offs in Alaska's Matanuska and Susitna valleys.
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MARINE MAMMALS: SeaWorld sinks $1.5M into orca conservation
SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. pledged $1.5 million to marine conservation yesterday as it continues to battle animal abuse allegations in the wake of the 2013 documentary "Blackfish."
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WILDLIFE: Drones bother animals -- study
Unmanned aerial vehicles flying overhead raised the heart rates of bears in a study published yesterday in the journal Current Biology, raising concerns about the increasing interactions between drones and wildlife.
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YELLOWSTONE: Killer grizzly's cubs bound for Toledo
An Ohio zoo is taking the two orphaned cubs of a grizzly bear euthanized after killing a hiker in Yellowstone National Park.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY: Small turbines get second wind from climate regs
Bergey Windpower Co. -- the world's oldest manufacturer of residential-size turbines -- almost bit the dust in 1986.
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YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Repository would have 'small' impact on groundwater -- NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has determined that storing spent reactor fuel in a waste repository under Yucca Mountain in Nevada would have minimal effects on the surrounding groundwater that ends up in Death Valley.
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WILDFIRE: Wind-whipped inferno torches 256K acres of grouse habitat
A wildfire in southwest Idaho has grown rapidly this week, burning more than 256,000 acres of sage grouse habitat and causing a "tragic impact" on local ranching communities, according to federal responders.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: New lawsuit's goal: Secure right-leaning judicial panel
Yesterday's bid by 15 states asking a federal court to block U.S. EPA's landmark Clean Power Plan contained little new information about their objections to the rule. But it did illuminate a key aspect of their legal strategy: retaining the same three Republican-appointed judges who considered an earlier, premature challenge to the regulations before they were finalized.
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CLEAN POWER PLAN: States aim for conservative judges to hear challenge
A federal court bid last week by 15 states to block U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan offered few new arguments but illuminated a key legal strategy: retaining the same three Republican-appointed judges who considered an earlier, premature challenge to the regulation.
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SCOTLAND: 'No take' zone deemed a success
The first "no-take" fishing zone in Scottish history has been a successful initiative.
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JAPAN: Legal woes stack up for TEPCO
As Japan moves to restart nuclear power generation, the operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that melted down in 2011 is facing mounting legal challenges.
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SWEDEN: Wolf dispute draws E.U. probe
Some Swedish farmers say they are under siege as a resurgent wolf population -- now a protected species -- threatens their cattle.
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