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Nebraska ethanol plant fire produces lawsuit (AP) 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 (AP) 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 (AP) 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 (AP) 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 (AP) 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 (AFP)

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 (AFP)

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 (AP)

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 (AP) 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 (AP) 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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