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Gov. Dayton signs solar energy standard
Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov. Mark Dayton. The solar energy standard also sets a statewide goal of reaching 10 percent by 2030. The proposal was championed by the Minnesota Clean Energy and ...
Welch backs bill to support energy efficiency
Vermont Congressman Peter Welch is joining Republican Rep. David McKinley of West Virginia to back legislation designed to promote more energy efficiency in homes and other buildings. One of the bills, The Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, would provide rebates to homeowners who invest in energy efficiency improvements. Homeowners ...
2 cited for poaching abalone near Laguna Beach
California Fish and Wildlife officials say they cited two men for poaching abalone from a protected area near Laguna Beach. Lt. Eric Ford says wardens saw 47-year-old Juni Pong and 47-year-old Kuan Yee wearing full scuba gear as they entered the ocean at Moss Cove in Laguna Beach. After more ...
Wash. kids play with dead bats, get rabies shots
The Grant County Health District says some Moses Lake, Wash., children are getting precautionary rabies shots after they were found playing with several dead bats. The health district says the bats were too damaged to be tested for rabies. A statement from the district said the children are related to ...
Wildfire bills get Colorado governor's signature
Wildfire prevention measures passed after Colorado's tragic wildfire season last year have been signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper. The governor signed the bills at Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez. One of the bills puts new curbs on prescribed burns on state forest land. The safeguards include a ...
WSU squares off against golf course opponents
Opponents of a 7,305-yard golf course at Washington State University contend the school is mining a declining aquifer that provides water to the region for an amenity. University officials contend their use of the water is lawful. The two sides squared off before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday. The ...
Coast Guard acts on submerged boat in Portsmouth
The Coast Guard says a 50-foot recreational boat has become partially submerged at the Ocean Marine Yacht Center in Portsmouth. A Coast Guard response team and Portsmouth firefighters placed a containment boom around the boat Thursday due to the possibility of pollution. Efforts by the Coast Guard to contact the ...
Mass. Senate candidate Markey to release returns
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Edward Markey agreed Thursday to release his tax returns dating back to 2005, one more year than was previously released by his opponent Gabriel Gomez, in a day of campaigning in which money from outside groups was at issue as well. Markey, a veteran U.S. congressman, ...
Application filed for Coos Bay gas export terminal
Developers proposing a $7 billion plant to export natural gas from the Rockies and Canada to Asia filed a formal application this week with federal regulators. The plant at the Coos Bay port in Oregon would chill gas for shipment as a liquid. It faces hurdles, including getting a federal ...
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts, but controversy likely to persist GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — After lengthy and wrenching debate, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America have voted to open their ranks to openly gay boys for the first time, but heated reactions ...
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