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KFC destroying rain forest, Greenpeace says
Greenpeace International said Wednesday that Louisville-based Yum Brands is making its trademark KFC chicken buckets using wood harvested from Indonesia's rain forest, destroying the habitat of the endangered Sumatran tiger.
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Whitley County project producing houses with little or no energy costs
If things go as planned, Ashley Warren and Anthony Spicer won't pay an electric bill at their new home in Whitley County. They'll be getting a check from the power company instead. The couple's home is one of five in Whitley County designed and built using what are known as "passive house" standards...
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Fights brewing over massive coal-export plans for the Northwest
SEATTLE - With the Northwest poised to become the country's leading coal-export region, fights are emerging on several fronts.
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Appeals court green-lights Shell Oil's drilling in Alaska Arctic this year
An appeals court has sided with the federal government in giving the go-ahead to Shell Oil Co. to move forward with drilling in the Alaska Arctic this year, according to a ruling issued Friday night.
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Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling
The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.
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Carbon dioxide emissions reach record high
Emissions of heat-trapping carbon dioxide reached an all-time high last year, further reducing the chances that the world could avoid a dangerous rise in global average temperature by 2020, according to the International Energy Agency, the energy analysis group for the world's most industrialized...
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U.S. attorney's office assails Calif. Gov. Brown's wildfire-liability plan
Gov. Jerry Brown tucked provisions into his budget that would limit payouts in wildfire liability cases, potentially saving timber companies and other major California landowners hundreds of millions of dollars as federal prosecutors pursue record-high damages in court.
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New study details mercury contamination in California sport fish
SAN JOSE, Calif. - New findings from the first statewide study of contaminants in fish caught off the California coast show that methylmercury, a toxin that damages the nervous system of humans, was found in high concentrations in more than a third of the locations that researchers sampled.
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Beyond oil, can Alaska be tapped as a source for renewable energy?
Alaska has massive hydro, wind, geothermal and other renewable resources, but the state's rural villages are chained to diesel and suffer oppressive energy costs they say threaten their existence. Lawmakers, energy experts and Native leaders said Thursday it's a dire problem with elusive solutions...
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Beyond oil, can Alaska be tapped as a source for renewable energy?
Alaska has massive hydro, wind, geothermal and other renewable resources, but the state's rural villages are chained to diesel and suffer oppressive energy costs they say threaten their existence. Lawmakers, energy experts and Native leaders said Thursday it's a dire problem with elusive solutions...
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Gallery: Farmer's market to be at Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesdays
Lexington Farmers Market set up at University of Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday. The market will be at the stadium from 3 to 6 p.m. every Wednesday through Aug. 15 rain or shine, with one exception, July 4, 2012.
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