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UPI Almanac for Friday, April 26, 2013.
Showing BP was grossly negligent in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should be a "clear-cut case," said an environmental advocate.
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California regulators have approved North America's first cap and trade program, setting limits on carbon emissions.
Climate change negotiators meeting in Denmark moved closer to a pact that would pay countries for preserving forests and other landscapes, negotiators said.
TXU, if its buyout agreement is approved, will double the amount of money it spends on wind power purchases.
The U.S. Senate has approved a milder amendment in the pending energy bill, calling for voluntary reductions in certain emissions.
Several U.S. senators, both Democrats and Republicans, are poised to offer rival climate change proposals to the Senate energy bill.
Some prominent U.S. environmentalists say nuclear power should be reconsidered as a remedy for global warming, the New York Times reported Sunday.
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