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Report: Energy Loans Could Cost $3 Billon
An independent review finds the government could lose about $3 billion on Energy Department loans for green energy programs — far less than the $10 billion Congress set aside for the high-risk program.
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'Lorax' Gets Green Tie-Ins
Universal Pictures will begin promoting its latest movie featuring the character from the rhyming children's books this month with a host of commercial tie-ins for eco-friendly products.
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Electric Car Maker Fisker Lays Off Workers
An electric car maker that received a half-billion-dollar loan from the federal government has laid off workers in Delaware and California.
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Survey: Recycling Up Statewide In Kansas
The number of Kansans who recycle reached 85 percent in 2011, up from 65 percent the last time the survey was administered in 2005.
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White House To Review Energy Department Loans
The White House on Friday ordered an independent review of clean-energy loans made by the Energy Department, its latest response to questions and criticism over a half-billion-dollar loan to a California solar company that eventually went bankrupt.
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Companies Sued For Calling Bottles Biodegradable
The California attorney general's office on Wednesday sued three companies over allegations they misled consumers by marketing plastic water bottles as biodegradable.
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Manhattan Defeats Lawrence In Energy Contest
The Manhattan/Kansas State group won a $100,000 prize in the "university" category of an energy efficiency contest.
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City Passes Pay As You Throw Trash Plan
The Wichita City Council approved a pay as you throw trash plan with a vote of 6 to 1.
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Group Sues To Block Oil Pipeline
Three conservation groups are suing to halt preliminary work on a proposed 1,700-mile-long oil pipeline from the tar sands of western Canada to Texas Gulf Coast refineries. The pipeline would pass through Kansas.
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Wind Farm Creating Concern For Some Kansas Farmers
Not everyone is pleased the Kansas landscape is about to change drastically.
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DOE Backs Solar Loans As Deadline Looms
With a midnight deadline looming, the Energy Department has approved three more loan guarantees for solar energy totaling about $3.5 billion.
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Jayhawks Start Replacing Inefficient Lighting
University of Kansas students are swapping out inefficient light bulbs as they try to outdo Kansas State University in a contest to save energy.
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Kansas AG Sue To Stop EPA Air Pollution Rule
The EPA says the new regulations are designed to reduce power plant air pollution that blows across state lines.
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Audit: Stimulus Funds For Energy Go Unspent
Two years after the economic stimulus plan, a new government audit finds that about one-third of the money authorized for an energy efficiency program has not been spent.
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BP Clearing Tar Balls Dumped On Alabama Shore By Lee
BP workers are cleaning up tar balls tossed onto Alabama's Gulf Coast beaches by heavy surf from tropical system Lee.
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Energy Department OKs Ethanol Plant For SW Kansas
Construction of the plant is expected to generate 300 jobs in Hugoton
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BP Adopts New Safety Standards For Gulf Drilling
BP says it has adopted new, safer standards for deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Don't Fry Day
The Friday before Memorial Day is "Don't Fry Day," an great time to remind people at the start of summer about the dangers from exposure to the sun's harmful rays.
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Cleaning The Little Arkansas River
Volunteers took to canoes and kayaks to help cleanup the little Arkansas River Saturday.
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Japan To Scrap Plan To Boost Nuclear Energy
Japan's prime minister said his government will put a new emphasis on renewable energy and conservation as central elements of the country's energy policy.
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Oxford Schools Win Energy Award
How does a new boiler room turn into an award from the State of Kansas?
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Goddard High School Earns Environmental Honors
Students at a south-central Kansas high school have won a top federal honor for helping create an outdoor wildlife learning site on a spread of native prairie grass.
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Feds Pledge $2.1 Billion Loan For Calif. Solar Project
The Department of Energy has made more than $21 billion in loan guarantees for 22 clean energy projects, including geothermal, wind and biofuels, in 14 states.
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Kan. Gets Extension On Energy Program
The Kansas Energy Office has received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to extend deadlines for two programs aimed at promoting home energy audits and energy efficiency improvements.
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K-State Professor Says Worse Weather May Be Ahead
Geography professor Bimal Paul said in a university release that weather severity hasn't significantly increased recently, but that could change in the next 20 years.
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Google Invests $168 Million In Solar Energy Project
Google is investing $168 million in an alternative power project that aims to produce enough solar energy to light 140,000 homes.
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Kelley Blue Book Names Top ‘Green’ Cars
With gas prices soaring and Earth Day just around the corner, Kelley Blue Book is out with its Top 10 Green Cars for 2011.
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U.S. Program Seeks To Increase Use Of E-85 Fuel
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is announcing an effort to increase production and use of a higher blend of ethanol fuel.
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EPA Moving Regional HQ, But Staying In Kansas
The federal Environmental Protection Agency is moving its regional headquarters from downtown Kansas City, Kan., to the Johnson County community of Lenexa.
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Reid: No Compromise On Blocking EPA
The Democratic leader of the Senate vows that any compromise on a government-wide spending bill won't include any GOP proposals blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing new regulations on greenhouse gases.
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President Obama Showcases Fuel-Saving Vehicles
President Barack Obama is showcasing energy-efficient vehicles as part of his push for reducing U.S. dependency on foreign oil.
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Fashion Industry Launches ‘Runway To Green’ Project
Organic cotton and reusable bags are steps toward the greening of the fashion industry.
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Senate Vote Could Curb EPA's Climate-Change Powers
Environmentalists are trying to defeat a Senate measure that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases.
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Colo. Researcher Honored For Work In Solar Energy
A researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and his colleagues have identified processes in solar cells that could increase solar conversion efficiency by using more of the sun's energy to produce electricity or fuel.
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Ethanol Plant Converting To Make Isobutanol
A Colorado company plans to convert a Minnesota ethanol plant to make a different kind of alcohol: isobutanol.
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First Vehicle Charging Station Coming To Lawrence
The University of Kansas and an international energy management company are working together to plan and build the charging station.
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Dim The Lights For Earth Hour, Conservation Group Urges
The World Wildlife Fund is hoping you'll turn out the lights for an hour this weekend in a show of support for the environment.
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Dim The Lights For Earth Hour Conservation Group Urges
The World Wildlife Fund is hoping you'll turn out the lights for an hour this weekend in a show of support for the environment.
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Marines Going Green To Save Lives
The Marine Corps is going green to save lives rather than to save the planet.
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KCK Powers School Buses With Natural Gas
The Kansas City, Kan., School District has added 47 buses that run on an alternative fuel — compressed natural gas —rather than imported diesel.
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Some Grocers Abandon Rebates For Reusable Bags
Some chains including Kroger and Safeway are starting to move away from the pennies-per-bag rebates, saying they don't do enough to keep customers from forgetting reusables at home or in their cars.
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Toxin Found In Sardines That Clogged U.S. Marina
Researchers say the millions of sardines that were found floating dead in a Southern California marina this week tested positive for a powerful neurotoxin.
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Researchers Turning Soda Into Ethanol
Oklahoma State University researchers say they've found a way to turn waste from pop production into ethanol.
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Group Trying To Clone World’s Oldest Trees
A nonprofit organization is rushing to clone some of the world's biggest and oldest trees in an audacious plan to restore forests that could help cleanse the environment and fight climate change.
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Kansas, KSU Students Join Energy-Saving Contest
The University of Kansas and Kansas State University are enlisting students who live in residence halls in a competition to conserve energy.
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GOP Lawmakers Call Light Bulb Mandate A Dim Idea
Sen. Mike Enzi has a dim view of a federal law requiring light bulbs to be more efficient.
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Exelon CEO: Congress Not Needed On Clean Energy
The CEO of the nation's biggest nuclear power producer says Congress should get out of the way as the nation moves toward natural gas and other forms of clean energy.
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Advocates Reach Invasive Species Deal With EPA
Advocacy groups say they have reached a deal with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a legal dispute over discharges of ship ballast water that could contain invasive species.
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Tesla To Release A Model S With 300-Mile Range
Electric car maker Tesla plans to offer a limited-edition version of its Model S sedan next year that will have a battery mighty enough to keep the car going for 300 miles on a single charge.
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EU Sets Emissions Targets For Airlines As Of 2012
The European Union has told airlines flying to European airports to trim their carbon emissions by 3% from their historic average.
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