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Mexico says gang sold stolen oil to US refineries (AP)

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AP - Police in northern Mexico caught a gang that allegedly stole oil from state-owned pipelines and smuggled it across the border to sell it to U.S. refineries, authorities said Tuesday.

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BP faces civil charges over Alaska spill (AFP)

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This BP-issued photo shows pipes at the oil giant's production facility in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. The United States has filed a civil law suit against BP's Alaskan subsidiary BPXA, following pipeline leaks which caused crude oil to spill into Alaska's seas in 2006.(AFP/HO/BP/File)AFP - The United States has said it had filed a civil law suit against BP's Alaskan subsidiary BPXA, following pipeline leaks which caused crude oil to spill into Alaska's seas in 2006.


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UN climate talks: Save the forests — but how? (AFP)

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A boy chopping wood in DR Congo. Deforestation, one of the main drivers of global warming, has barged its way to the heart of UN climate talks, which resumed in Bonn this week(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)AFP - Deforestation, one of the main drivers of global warming, has barged its way to the heart of UN climate talks, which resumed in Bonn this week.


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Oil sands company now says 1,606 ducks died (AP)

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AP - Eleven hundred more ducks died after landing on a toxic waste pond in northern Alberta last year than was originally estimated, a Canadian oil sands official acknowledged Tuesday.

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United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against BP Exploration for Oil Spills on North Slope in Alaska (PR Newswire)

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PR Newswire - The United States has filed a civil complaint against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) alleging that the company violated federal clean air and water laws, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today.

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United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against BP Exploration for Oil Spills on North Slope in Alaska (PR Newswire)

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PR Newswire - The United States has filed a civil complaint against BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. (BPXA) alleging that the company violated federal clean air and water laws, the Justice Department, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Department of Transportation announced today.

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Judge orders feds to reconsider help for jaguar (AP)

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AP - A judge on Tuesday ordered federal wildlife officials to reconsider how to help endangered jaguars survive, saying the decision to not protect habitat for them was based on bad criteria and inconsistent with the Endangered Species Act.

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Court rejects lawsuit to protect blue whales (AP)

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AP - An environmental group lost a lawsuit that would have forced the U.S. Coast Guard to better protect blue whales after several were killed by ships in the Santa Barbara Channel off Southern California.

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US lawmakers present draft bill on ‘clean energy’ (AFP)

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Key US lawmaker Henry Waxman, seen here in 2008. The House of Representatives Tuesday received a draft bill for clean energy development that its authors claim would create millions of jobs and slash 2005 levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20 percent by the year 2020.(AFP/File/Chris Kleponis)AFP - The House of Representatives Tuesday received a draft bill for clean energy development that its authors claim would create millions of jobs and slash 2005 levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20 percent by the year 2020.


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Massive population of rare Irrawaddy dolphins discovered in Bangladesh

by Jeremy Hance

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