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"Solar Panels Rare Amid the Steeples" [1]

"AUSTIN, TEXAS — More than three decades ago, after an energy crisis that gripped the world, a Catholic priest in the Texas city of Lubbock took a stand for the environment. His congregation needed a new church. So the priest, the Rev. Joe James, anchored the building deep in the earth to optimize insulation. He also ordered five wind turbines for the church grounds. The largest was called Big Bird, because it stood 80 feet tall."

Source: NY Times [2], 03/07/2013

"Canada Wins, U.S. Loses Polar Bear Trade Ban Vote" [5]

"BANGKOK, Thailand -- Governments have refused to ban trade in polar bear pelts, paws and teeth from Canada, amid what one observer called “controversial and frosty scenes” at the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Bangkok [Thursday]."

Source: ENS [6], 03/07/2013

"Jewell To Be Grilled on Wide Range of Energy, Wildlife Challenges" [11]

"Sally Jewell's first political test as President Obama's nominee for Interior secretary comes Thursday before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where she will be grilled on how she plans to run the $12 billion agency that controls one-fifth of the U.S. landmass and nearly all of its oceans."

Source: E&E Daily [12], 03/06/2013

"Budget Cuts Threaten Work at Leaking Nuke Tanks" [13]

"RICHLAND, Wash. -- Washington's governor prepared to travel to the nation's most contaminated nuclear site to learn more about leaking radioactive waste tanks there Wednesday, a day after federal officials acknowledged budget cuts may disrupt efforts to empty the aging vessels."

Source: AP [14], 03/06/2013

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