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Analysis: New facilities spotlight next-generation biofuels

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(Reuters) – After a decade of promise, advanced biofuels makers are entering a crucial make-or-break period with the first of a new generation of production facilities about to come on line.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Denmark aims low with green energy policy

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SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) – Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish minister got very drunk, but the Norwegian…

Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay

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TOKYO (Reuters) – After Penguin Number 337 made a daring bid for freedom from a Tokyo aquarium and vanished into the waters of Tokyo Bay two months ago, many feared the worst for the adventurous feathered fugitive.n n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Insight: In Ohio, "fracking" boom a delicate issue for Obama

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) – Out past the vacant storefronts and abandoned buildings, beyond the shuttered steel mills and decaying industrial plants, residents of eastern Ohio suddenly are seeing dollar signs.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

Total says stops Elgin gas leak

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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Total said it had succeeded in stopping the gas leak at its well at the Elgin platform in the North Sea after it pumped heavy mud into it.n n (…) Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

EU airline carbon cash should help fill climate fund

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BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – EU nations should pledge that funds from paying for airline emissions will help poor countries deal with global warming, the bloc’s climate chief said on Tuesday, after finance ministers stopped short of a firm commitment.n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters

World living beyond its resources, summit off-track - WWF

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 28 percent globally since 1970 and the world would have to be 50 percent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.n Read the Rest…

World living beyond its resources, summit off-track: WWF

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Biodiversity has decreased by an average of 28 percent globally since 1970 and the world would have to be 50 percent bigger to have enough land and forests to provide for current levels of consumption and carbon emissions, conservation group WWF said on Tuesday.n Read the Rest…

Gas-rich states lose fracking lottery

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(Reuters) – While Pennsylvania, northwestern Louisiana and gas-rich areas around the Gulf of Mexico are losing jobs and revenue as the fracking industry shrinks after a price collapse, oil-rich North Dakota and Texas are in the midst of a boom.n Read the Rest of the Story at Reuters…

Analysis: Canada may seek to silence some foes of new pipeline

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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) – Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada’s Pacific Coast may not get a chance to be heard as scheduled by the regulatory panel looking at the plan because of federal government moves to streamline the country’s environmental review…

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