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OBITUARY: Advocate for rhino protection dies at 81

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The woman who ran a conservancy and single-handedly doubled the black rhino population died April 4 at the age of 81. Anna Merz founded the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, where she…

OBITUARY: Billionaire owner of Sinclair Oil dies

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The billionaire who owned Salt Lake City-based Sinclair Oil died yesterday at the age of 86 from complications of a stroke he had in 2002. Robert Earl Holding's estimated net…

JAPAN: Fukushima cleanup may take more than 40 years -- IAEA

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A U.N. nuclear watchdog said Japan may need more than 40 years to decommission its tsunami-devastated nuclear plant. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency team investigating the plant,…

CHEMICALS: Safety rules limited for small fertilizer plants

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The limited safety measures at the fertilizer plant in West, Texas, that exploded and killed at least 14 people last week were not out of the ordinary for plants of…

WATER: On Mont. reservation, resource rights divide residents

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A proposed water rights compact in Montana would settle centuries-old questions over how much water local tribes, farmers and ranchers can use, and it's dividing the entire state. The compact,…

DRINKING WATER: Calif. failed to spend $455M on infrastructure projects -- EPA

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California failed to spend $455 million of federal funds slated to improve the state's water infrastructure, while thousands of people depend on groundwater carrying nitrates and other contaminants, federal regulators…

WATER POLLUTION: Part of Mississippi River shuts down after barges hit bridge, sink

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Several barges yesterday hit a bridge crossing the Mississippi River, leading the Coast Guard to close the river at Vicksburg, Miss. The incident caused more than 30 barges to become…

AUTOS: Chinese companies turn to hybrids as government ramps up subsidies

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Chinese carmakers are developing more gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles as the country tries to lessen its use of fossil fuels. State-owned SAIC Motor Corp. and Brilliance Auto are working on models…

BIOFUELS: Chevron fights Calif. carbon mandate it helped create

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Chevron Corp. is pushing back against a California rule on reducing carbon emissions for cars and trucks. The oil and gas company helped write the regulation itself, and its biofuels…

MEDIA: Koch Industries considers buying Tribune newspapers

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Energy and manufacturing conglomerate Koch Industries is exploring a bid to buy Tribune Co.'s regional newspapers. The company, owned by libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch, is considered a serious…

MINING: Bechtel signs up with asteroid prospector

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Bechtel Corp., the San Francisco-based construction and engineering giant, has joined the effort to explore and mine for minerals and metals in space. Planetary Resources Inc. announced last week that…

NATURAL GAS: Wyo. storage site explodes

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A pressure valve malfunction resulted in an explosion and fire at a Wyoming natural gas storage site Saturday. Four people were working at the site at the time, but no…

NUCLEAR POWER: Decommissioning Wis. nuclear plant will cost nearly $1B

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When a nuclear power plant in Wisconsin shuts down next month, people working on the site will begin to dismember the plant, a process that could cost nearly $1 billion…

OIL AND GAS: Calif. refinery ignored safety mandates -- audit

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Managers at Chevron Corp. were ignoring mandates to inspect and replace at-risk pipes at its California oil refinery, according to an internal audit completed five months before last year's blaze…

NUCLEAR SECURITY: Guard exchanges gunfire with someone outside Tenn. reactor

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A security officer guarding the area outside the Watts Bar nuclear power plant in Spring City, Tenn., exchanged gunfire with someone yesterday, according to a statement by the Nuclear Regulatory…

BIOFUELS: U.S., Israeli scientists announce renewable fuels research collaboration

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A dozen of Israel's top biofuels scientists are meeting with their peers in the United States this week in an effort to collaborate on biofuels research. The team of Israeli…

BIOFUELS: DOE pledges $18M for pilot projects on 'drop in' fuels for military use

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The Energy Department today announced $18 million to fund four advanced pilot-scale biofuels projects that could help wean the U.S. military from foreign oil. The advanced biofuel projects would produce…

OIL AND GAS: Former foes flip for Chevron in Ecuador case

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Some of Chevron Corp.'s legal foes have become allies as the oil and gas company tries to overturn a $19 billion judgment in Ecuador. The company argues that the 2011…

GULF SPILL: Fla., Miss. sue BP

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Three years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the states of Florida and Mississippi have sued BP PLC for oil-spill-related damages. Florida, which announced its decision Saturday, the three-year anniversary of…

SUPREME COURT: Justices to settle long Texas-Okla. water war

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The Supreme Court tomorrow will try to end a decadelong water dispute between Texas and Oklahoma that could have far-reaching consequences for the arid West. Texas claims it has a…
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