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Al-Qaida suspect from NJ worked at 6 nuke plants

1 hour 40 min ago

AP - An American seized in Yemen in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida members had been a laborer at six U.S. nuclear power plants, and authorities are investigating whether he had access to sensitive information or materials that would be useful to terrorists.


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Alleged Al-Qaeda man worked at US nuclear power plant

2 hours 16 min ago

AFP - An alleged Al-Qaeda agent and US citizen involved in a bloody shooting in Yemen five days ago was revealed Friday to have worked for a US nuclear power plant company between 2002 and 2008.


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NOAA director urges better explanations of climate

4 hours 56 min ago
AP - Climate change is here and scientists need to do a better job of explaining it to the public, the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Friday.
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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers

7 hours 17 min ago

AP - Eleven rare Siberian tigers have died at a wildlife park in a startling case that activists say hints at unsavory practices among some zoos and animal farms in China: They are overbreeding endangered animals in the hopes of making illicit profit on their carcasses.


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Toyota engineer to assist probe of NY Prius crash

8 hours 29 min ago

AP - Police say Toyota is sending an engineer to help investigate a suburban New York accident in which the driver said her Prius accelerated on its own and slammed into a stone wall.


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Ocean pollution contaminating China shellfish: report

18 hours 3 min ago

AFP - China's coastal waters are increasingly polluted by everything from oil to pesticides, contaminating the nation's marine life including the shellfish supply, state press reported Friday.


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Toyota 'mystified' by runaway Prius case in Calif.

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 20:05

AP - A Toyota executive said Thursday the company is "mystified" by a report that a California man's Prius gas pedal became stuck and caused the car to speed out of control on a California freeway.


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Group: polluters use offsets to avoid carbon cuts

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 20:01
AP - Major European polluters are buying their way out of making big cuts to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon offsets that pay for environmental programs in developing nations, a nonprofit group said Friday.
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Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearing

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 19:47

AFP - Illegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday.


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Climate change pushing bird species 'towards extinction:' US

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 19:36

AFP - Climate change is pushing some bird species "towards extinction," US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar warned Thursday as a new report on the threats facing North American birds was released.


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EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 19:11
AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.
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Law firm: Prius runaway driver won't sue Toyota

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:55

AP - A law firm for the driver who says his Toyota Prius sped out of control in California doesn't plan to sue the Japanese automaker.


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Interior: Climate change threatens migratory birds

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:50
AP - Global climate change poses a significant threat to migratory bird populations, which are already stressed by the loss of habitat and environmental pollution, according to a report released Thursday.
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EPA to allow states address rising ocean acidity

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:26
AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will consider ways the states can address rising acidity levels in oceans, which pose a serious threat to shellfish and other marine life.
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Court favors sage grouse in Mont. grazing lawsuit

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 18:23
AP - The U.S. Forest Service must re-examine how livestock grazing affects sage grouse habitat in southwestern Montana after an appeals court ruled its original assessment was not reliable.
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Uranium mining focus of Va. forum

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 17:47
AP - Opponents of uranium mining in Southside Virginia and the people who want to end a state moratorium on mining the fuel for nuclear power plants have one more difference of opinion: the size of the deposit.
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More Americans say global warming exaggerated: poll

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 17:08

Reuters - A growing number of Americans, nearly half the country, think global warming worries are exaggerated and more people doubt that scientific warnings of severe environmental fallout will ever occur, according to a new Gallup poll.


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Police: Federal agency looking into NY Prius crash

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:35

AP - Police say a national traffic safety agency is sending inspectors to suburban New York City to look at a wrecked Toyota Prius (PREE'-uhs) that its driver said accelerated on its own into a stone wall.


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NYC judge allows Chevron arbitration to proceed

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 16:14
AP - A judge ruled Thursday that Chevron can proceed with an international arbitration claim against Ecuador related to a 17-year-old court battle over rain forest contamination in that South American nation.
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MEMC to make Europe's largest solar plant in Italy

Thu, 03/11/2010 - 15:40
AP - MEMC Electronics Materials Inc. said Thursday that its solar power subsidiary SunEdison has received final approval from the Italian government to build Europe's largest solar power plant near Rovigo in northeastern Italy.
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