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EU CO2 prices to treble on supply cut: survey

LONDON, May 30 (Reuters Point Carbon) - European carbon prices could treble from current levels to average above 19 euros ($23.80) over the next eight years provided European governments cut supply o...

9 h ago

Illinois sues Wood River, alleging water pollution

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan sued current and past owners of Phillips 66s Wood River, Illinois, refinery on Tuesday, alleging the ground water in the nearby town of Roxa...

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U.S. auction house to help Mongolia trace dinosaurs origin

DALLAS (Reuters) - Dallas-based Heritage Auctions on Tuesday agreed to help the Mongolian government investigate the ownership of a rare Tyrannosaurus bataar dinosaur skeleton that Mongolian official...

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Beryl cuts soggy path across U.S. southeast

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl cut a soggy path across the U.S. southeast on Monday after swirling ashore in Florida at near hurricane strength.

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South Africas telescope success may threaten gas plans

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africas winning the rights to host the bulk of the worlds biggest radio telescope looks set to clash with plans to use the high-pressure pumping method fracking, which ...

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Indias GVK wins state nod for $9.9 billion Australia coal project

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Indias GVK Power & Infrastructure won environmental approval from Queensland state for its A$10 billion ($9.9 billion) Alpha coal project, clearing a key hurdle toward developin...

1 day ago

Brazil prosecutor seeks halt of Vale nickel mine

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors in the countrys state of Para have asked a court to suspend operations at Vales Onça Puma nickel project in the Brazilian Amazon, alleging Val...

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Justice Department probes whether BP execs lied to Congress: WSJ

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether BP executives lied to Congress about how much oil leaked in the companys 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Wall Street Journ...

1 day ago

Beryl cuts soggy path across U.S. southeast

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl cut a soggy path across the U.S. southeast on Monday after swirling ashore in Florida at near hurricane strength.

1 day ago

Brazil prosecutor seeks halt of Vale nickel mine

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal prosecutors in the countrys state of Para have asked a court to suspend operations at Vales Onça Puma nickel project in the Brazilian Amazon, alleging Val...

1 day ago

Fukushima radiation seen in tuna off California

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Low levels of nuclear radiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima power plant have turned up in bluefin tuna off the California coast, suggesting that these fish carried radio...

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Tropical Storm Beryl edges closer to southeast U.S. coast

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Beryl closed in on the southeastern U.S. coast on Sunday, dumping rain and whipping up heavy surf from northeastern Florida to South Carolina.

2 days ago

Germany sets new solar power record, institute says

BERLIN (Reuters) - German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday an...

3 days ago

Japan says Fukushima spent-fuel risk contained

FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Japanese officials said on Saturday the unprecedented effort to remove spent fuel rods from one of the crippled Fukushima nuclear reactors was on track despite lingering ...

3 days ago

Bud dumps heavy rain on Mexicos Pacific coast

MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - The remnants of the first hurricane of the 2012 season, Bud, dumped heavy rain along Mexicos coast early on Saturday but caused little damage before it turned back into...

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Brazils Rousseff vetoes key clauses of land law

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazils President Dilma Rousseff on Friday vetoed divisive elements of a new law that relaxes the forest cover farmers must preserve on their land, taking a stand against the agr...

4 days ago

Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Republican-led Ohio legislature approved a bill setting rules for drilling and related activities in the states shale gas industry, in a vote late on Thursday, respondi...

4 days ago

Corrected: Gevo starts up first new plant, shares jump

(Reuters) - Gevo Inc started production at a converted ethanol plant in Minnesota, bringing on line the worlds first commercial-scale facility to make advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals. Share...

4 days ago

Hurricane Bud weakens off Mexicos Pacific coast

MANZANILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud weakened as it churned closer to Mexicos coast on Friday, but brought heavy rains and strong winds that downed trees and closed schools and a major Pacifi...

4 days ago

Analysis: UK bets on biomass in move away from coal

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is placing Europes biggest bet on biomass as an alternative to polluting oil and coal and expensive gas, but reliance on imports could challenge the plans low-carbon creden...

4 days ago

Alaskan crews gear up to tackle Japan tsunami debris

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Cleanup workers will soon attack a jumble of debris from Japans 2011 tsunami that litters an Alaskan island, as residents in the state gear up to scour their shores for ...

4 days ago

Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will nominate Allison Macfarlane, an expert in nuclear waste, as the nations top nuclear safety cop, seeking to turn the page on a pe...

4 days ago

New Zealand jails ships officers for reef wreck

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The captain and the navigation officer of a container ship which smashed into a reef off a popular New Zealand holiday spot were jailed on Friday for causing the countrys worst...

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Three-quarters of Japanese firms oppose nuclear power

TOKYO (Reuters) - Nearly three-quarters of Japanese companies support abandoning nuclear power after last years Fukushima disaster, although a majority set the condition that alternative energy resou...

5 days ago

Sen. Murkowskis fresh energy plan to look beyond 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Frustrated by the gridlock that has stalled Congress leading into the 2012 presidential elections in November, the top Republican on the Senate Energy Committee is drafting wha...

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Hurricane Bud takes aim at Mexicos Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud was strengthening off Mexicos Pacific coast on Thursday, threatening to hit land on Friday near the shipping port of Manzanillo, the U.S. National Hurricane Cent...

5 days ago

Gevo starts up first new plant, shares jump

(Reuters) - Gevo Inc started production at a converted ethanol plant in Minnesota, bringing on line the worlds first commercial-scale facility to make advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals. Share...

5 days ago

Sea breezes aid fight to curb Southwest wildfires

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Winds bringing a blast of damp Pacific Ocean air cut firefighters a break on Thursday as they battled to stamp out several dangerous forest and brush fires burning in five Southwe...

5 days ago

NOAA expects 4 to 8 Atlantic hurricanes in 2012

MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - The 2012 Atlantic hurricane season will be "near normal" with nine to 15 tropical storms and four to eight of those will strengthen into hurricanes, the U.S. govern...

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Analysis - U.N. Doha climate talks risk sinking "like Titanic"

BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Hopes are fading that climate talks in Qatar late this year will make even modest progress towards getting a new globally binding climate deal signed by 2015, as preliminary...

5 days ago

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