• Analysis: New facilities spotlight next-generation biofuels May 18, 2012
  (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.
• Apple to use only green power for main data center May 18, 2012
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main U.S. data center entirely with renewable energy by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
• EPA report outlines potential Pebble mine risks May 19, 2012
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Large stretches of salmon-spawning streams and thousands of acres of wetlands would be wiped out if a large-scale mining project were to be built in southwestern Alaska's copper-rich Bristol Bay region, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency.
• Analysis: Germany's Merkel losing green battle to cheap coal May 18, 2012
  LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - To reach its strict climate targets and fulfill Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear exit plans, Germany needs to avoid coal and build a stack of gas power plants to secure clean energy supplies beyond 2020.
• China cries foul after U.S. sets tariffs on solar imports May 18, 2012
  (Reuters) - The United States imposed punitive tariffs on solar panel imports from China, the latest in a series of trade disputes between the world's two biggest economies and sparking accusations by Beijing of protectionism.
• Denmark aims low with green energy policy May 17, 2012
  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 managed to stay sober. As a result, Norway carved out a jagged shape that included Ekofisk, which has proved to be a major field, and Denmark was left with the dregs.
• Oklahoma park accused of letting kids play with tigers May 18, 2012
  OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The Humane Society of the United States is accusing an Oklahoma exotic animal park of allowing children to handle and pose for photographs with juvenile tigers in what they called "a petting zoo for carnivores."
• Brazil probes oil leak reports, finds nothing May 18, 2012
  BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's state-owned oil company Petrobras, its navy, and oil industry regulators rushed to investigate multiple reports of an oil leak from an offshore field on Thursday, but said they found no signs of oil in the water.
• Fugitive penguin 337 spotted alive in Tokyo Bay May 17, 2012
  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.
• Winds, low humidity bedevil Arizona, Colorado firefighters May 18, 2012
  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Firefighters struggled against strong winds on Thursday to halt the advance of Arizona wildfires that have charred more than 30 square miles (78 square km) of dry ponderosa forest, brush and grass, and a blaze in nearby Colorado swelled overnight.

• EPA: Alaska mine could degrade premier salmon runs May 18, 2012
  Rivers and streams in the world's premier wild salmon fishery would be greatly degraded for decades should a vast mine be built and then see a failure in the dam holding back its mine waste, the U.S. EPA said in a draft report.
• 800-year-old cedar tree died death of a thousand cuts May 18, 2012
  The death of an ancient cedar tree inside a remote park on Canada's Vancouver Island is being showcased by an environmental group seeking more protection against illegal loggers.
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• 'Green Team' kids urge Crayola to recycle plastic markers May 17, 2012
  They may be small in stature, but kids at a California elementary school have gotten more than 55,000 people to sign an online petition asking Crayola to "take back" and recycle used plastic markers.
• Katrina levees as historic sites? May 17, 2012
  Sites where levee failures led to the catastrophic flooding after Hurricane Katrina would join a federal list of the nation's historic icons if an activist has her way.
• Summer forecast: hot and dry -- with western wildfires May 17, 2012
• Hawaii first state to ban plastic bags at checkout May 16, 2012
  By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where Honolulu County has joined the state’s three other counties to give Hawaii a first-in-the-nation title.
• Rocky Mountain cave closure sought over bat disease May 17, 2012
  The U.S. government is seeking to close caves in national forests in the Northern Rockies to stem the spread of white-nose bat syndrome, a disease that has killed an estimated 5.5 million bats in 19 states and is spreading westward, officials said on Wednesday.
• WTO rules against U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna May 16, 2012
  GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization appellate panel on Wednesday said U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna labeling rules unfairly discriminate against Mexico, raising the possibility of sanctions on U.S. goods if the rules are not modified or dropped.
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• Main Apple data center to tap only renewable power May 17, 2012
  (Reuters) - Apple Inc plans to power its main, North Carolina data center entirely with renewable energy sources by the end of this year, taking steps to address longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming computer server farms.
• Nuclear plant drills, test evacuations pared back May 16, 2012
  Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades.
• U.S. lowers cutoff for lead poisoning in kids May 16, 2012
  For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.
• Offline Calif. nuclear plant under fire May 16, 2012
  The idled San Onofre nuclear power plant is facing new scrutiny from Congress as the utility that operates it moves closer to proposing a fix to get the twin reactors back in service.
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• Gas leak off Scotland's coast plugged after 7 weeks May 16, 2012
  A gas leak on a North Sea oil platform has been stopped after more than seven weeks, its operators said Wednesday. Heavy mud was pumped into the well in a bid to "kill" the leak on Total's Elgin platform, which is around 150 miles from Aberdeen, Scotland.
• Jellyfish key to Pacific leatherback turtle survival May 16, 2012
  When it comes to leatherback turtles, the world's largest species of sea turtle, there's a conundrum: The species itself is critically endangered, but at least one leatherback population is stable — on the rise, even — while others plummet.
• April was 5th warmest month globally on record May 15, 2012
  Meteorologists say unseasonable weather pushed last month to the fifth warmest April on record worldwide.
• Google-backed wind power line clears hurdle May 14, 2012
  (Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said.
• Plan to cut tube wear falls short at Cal nuke site May 14, 2012
  A $670 million overhaul at Edison International's San Onofre nuclear plant in California was expressly intended to avoid the types of ailments that have sidelined its twin reactors.
• Insecticide resistance threatens malaria fight May 15, 2012
  LONDON (Reuters) - Malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Africa and India are becoming resistant to insecticides, putting millions of lives at greater risk and threatening eradication efforts, health experts said on Tuesday.
• Rising seas not only issue facing island nation May 15, 2012
  The island nation of Kiribati is one of the countries most threatened by rising sea levels. However, many of the floods it has seen may be due to a mix of natural variability and human activities, complicating the picture of how rising sea levels are endangering Kiribati and other island nations.
• Report: Amid problems, US fish stocks rebound May 15, 2012
  A record number of fish populations have been rebuilt in U.S waters, even as problems continue to threaten the future of the high-profile New England fishing industry, according to a federal report released Monday.
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• From Rooftops And Abandoned Lots, An Urban Harvest May 18, 2012
  From rooftop apiaries in Paris to a vegetable-and-chicken farm in Philadelphia, agriculture has come to the city. Urban farmer Mary Seton Corboy and food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King talk about the future of food in the city. Plus, Tama Matsuoka Wong gives tasty tips for eating garden weeds.
• Trash Can May Be Greenest Option For Unused Drugs May 18, 2012
  Drug take-back programs are gaining popularity as a safe way to dispose of extra prescriptions. But a study from the University of Michigan suggests that chucking them in your household trash may be just as safe and more environmentally-friendly, thanks to reduced overall pollution.
• Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule' May 17, 2012
  A new law grants doctors access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need the information to treat patients who may have been exposed to chemicals. But the law also says doctors can't tell anyone else — not even other doctors — about what's in the formulas.
• Ancient Deep-Sea Bacteria Are In No Hurry To Eat May 17, 2012
  Back when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth, some hardy bacteria took up residence at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Eighty six million years later, they're still there. And a new study says they're living out the most Spartan lifestyle known on this planet.
• The Secret Life Of California's World-Class Strawberries May 17, 2012
  We may romanticize that strawberries are grown down the road, but most of them come from California. And a complex web of plant cloning practices, relocation and fumigation has cropped up to keep it that way. Although scientists are exploring new options, like soil-free growing.
• Feds: Fire Season Off to Slow Start Even As Wildfires Rage in Southwest May 17, 2012
  As five large fires burn thousands of acres and threaten some communities in the Southwest, federal response teams say they have plenty of resources available and that this wildfire season is actually getting off to a slow start.
• Fracking's Methane Trail: A Detective Story May 17, 2012
  Four years ago, an atmospheric scientist near Boulder, Colo., stumbled on surprising air pollution data: The region's levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, were far higher than anyone would have expected. What was going on? The search for an answer led straight to the natural gas and oil fields of northern Colorado.
• CDC Cuts Lead-Poisoning Limit For Kids May 16, 2012
  The public health honchos agreed with an expert panel that recommended in January that anything greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter of blood for kids 5 and younger should be considered dangerous. That's half the current standard and represents the first reduction since 1991.
• What Killed Orca Victoria? Some Point To Naval Tests May 16, 2012
  The U.S. Navy is in the process of renewing its permits to conduct sonar and explosive tests off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. But the recent unexplained death of a young orca who washed ashore in February has thrown a wrench in the process. Experts say injuries to the whale may indicate she was exposed to an underwater explosion or sonar testing.
• Town's Effort To Link Fracking And Illness Falls Short May 16, 2012
  Many residents of Dish, Texas, blame the fracking operations that surround their tiny town for a host of health problems — from nosebleeds to cancer. The former mayor was so scared, he left town. But scientists who've studied Dish say there's not enough evidence to link natural gas operations to any illness.
• Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking May 16, 2012
  Is fracking making people sick? The question has ignited a national debate. A proposed study in northern Pennsylvania could help resolve the issue. By mining more than 10 years' worth of patient records, researchers hope to better understand the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing on health.
• 'Close Encounters' With Gas Well Pollution May 15, 2012
  Hundreds of thousands of natural gas wells have sprung up across the country. In Garfield County, Colo., the drilling rigs are so close to homes that some people call them "Close Encounters." When the gas boom began a decade ago, residents began asking: Is it safe to live this close? Their quest for answers became too polarizing to pursue.
• Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers May 15, 2012
  Mysterious fumes wafting in from outside have repeatedly sickened several nurses at a rural Pennsylvania health clinic, forcing the clinic to temporarily relocate. Like many other people living near gas wells around the country, the clinic's staff wonder whether the industry in their backyard is making them sick.
• With Gas Boom, Pennsylvania Fears New Toxic Legacy May 14, 2012
  Industry has ruined a lot of Pennsylvania's water. Coal mining companies hammered the state, leaving behind acidic water that turned thousands of miles of streams into dead zones. People in the state are looking for ways to make sure the fracking boom doesn't deal another blow to its water.
• Science And The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers May 14, 2012
  People living on the front step of the natural gas boom have the same questions: What kinds of pollutants are entering our water and air, and are those pollutants making us sick? Explore key components of the natural gas production process — and the questions scientists are asking.

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