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Nebraska ethanol plant fire produces lawsuit

November 20th, 2009

AP - The owners of a Lexington ethanol plant and their insurer are suing a subsidiary of a Houston-based natural gas provider they say is responsible for an explosion and fire that shut down the plant for weeks.

Asian carp may have breached electronic barrier

November 20th, 2009

AP - Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.

Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice

November 20th, 2009

AP - At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter’s administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees.

Vehicle fuel efficiency up in 2008 model year

November 20th, 2009

AP - The fleet of new cars and trucks sold to U.S. consumers averaged 21 miles per gallon in the 2008 model year, a modest increase over the previous year, the Environmental Protection Agency reported Friday.

Fuel-efficient Goodyear tire available on Toyota

November 20th, 2009

AP - Goodyear said Friday the 2010 Toyota Prius now includes its fuel-efficient tire, Assurance Fuel Max, as standard equipment.

Permafrost thaw threatens Russia oil and gas complex: study

November 20th, 2009

A gas pipeline is seen at the Russian gas compressor station in Sudzha near the Russian-Ukrainian border in January 2009. Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia's territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.(AFP/File/Sergei Supinsky)AFP - Thawing permafrost caused by global warming is costing Russian energy firms billions of dollars annually in damage control and shrinking Russia’s territory, Greenpeace warned in a new study Friday.


Turkey scraps nuclear power plant tender

November 20th, 2009

Greenpeace activists lay in front of the Energy Ministry in Ankara in 2008. Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country's first nuclear power plant -- a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.(AFP/File/Adem Altan)AFP - Turkey on Friday scrapped a 2008 tender won by a Russian-led consortium to build the country’s first nuclear power plant — a process that had been under threat of being invalidated by a court decision.


Vt. nuke critics renew campaign against relicense

November 20th, 2009

A sign on a railroad overpass expresses someone's opinion about the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in Berlin, Vt., Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009.  Vermont Yankee, owned by Jackson, Miss.-based Entergy Nuclear, is one of 19 commercial reactors around the country currently seeking to extend their original, 40-year licenses, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Its operating license is currently set to expire in 2012. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)AP - Hoping to sway lawmakers, two of the state’s most famous residents and one of its former governors joined groups opposed to the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant in announcing a push for Town Meeting Day votes on whether the plant should keep operating past 2012.


W.Va.’s Capito troubled by EPA response on permits

November 20th, 2009

AP - Rep. Shelley Moore Capito says she’s troubled by what she heard in a meeting with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson.

LDK Solar completes sale of stake in Chinese plant

November 20th, 2009

AP - LDK Solar Co. Ltd., a Chinese maker of parts for solar cells, on Friday said it completed the sale of a 15 percent ownership stake in a polysilicon plant in China for about $219 million.

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