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National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Disposable Bottles to Be Banned at Park

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The National Park Service agreed Monday to let Grand Canyon National Park impose a ban on small, disposable water containers.  



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Plantings of biotech crops grow globally in 2011: report

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(Reuters) - The United States remained the primary backer of biotech crop technology in 2011, but adoption spread internationally as the total global planted area of genetically modified seeds grew 8 percent from a year ago, according to a report issued Tuesday.  



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Consumer groups want tougher probe of engineered salmon

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three U.S. consumer groups petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday to subject a new genetically engineered salmon to a more rigorous review process than is now in place before the fish can be approved as safe to eat.  



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Vestas CFO resigns over recent profit warnings

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas said late on Tuesday that its chief financial officer, Henrik Norremark, resigned after explaining to the board conditions leading to recent profit warnings.  



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Key House panel advances Keystone pipeline plan

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan to fast-track the stalled the Keystone XL pipeline was passed by a key committee in the House of Representatives, as Republicans made yet another attempt to spur approval of the project that has become a major issue in the 2012 elections....(more) 



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Why the energy industry is so invested in climate change denial

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The world most's profitable companies are valued by their carbon reserves – never mind the resulting ruin to the planetIf we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon...(more) 



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BP squares up for oil spill lawsuits

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LONDON (Reuters) - BP ratcheted up the rhetoric around multi-billion dollar claims from the Gulf oil spill by warning it would "vigorously" contest lawsuits over one of the world's worst environmental disasters.  



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Cold weather drives UK emissions up 3.1 percent in 2010

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LONDON (Reuters) - The UK's greenhouse gas output climbed 3.1 percent in 2010 as people used more gas to heat their homes amid colder weather and more nuclear plants were closed for maintenance, according to final government estimates published Tuesday.  



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ABB revs-up electric car charging network

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ZURICH (Reuters) - Chargers for electric cars may become a "billion dollar business" by 2017, said an executive at Swiss engineering firm ABB, which is teaming up with governments and companies such as RWE to roll out a network.  




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