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• UNESCO declares Everglades endangered siteBRASILIA (Reuters) – A U.N. panel has declared the Florida's Everglades to be an endangered World Heritage site due to the wetlands' continued degradation, officials said on Friday.

• House approves oil spill reform billWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives on Friday approved the toughest reforms ever to offshore energy drilling practices, as Democrats narrowly pushed through an election-year response t …
• Enbridge says no restart date for ruptured lineDETROIT/CALGARY (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc's chief executive said on Friday he was unable to say when the company would be able to restart the Michigan pipeline that ruptured earlier this week, spi …
• China oil spill could be 60,000 metric tons: GreenpeaceBEIJING (Reuters) – As many as 60,000 metric tons of heavy crude oil could have been spilled into China's northeast coastal waters as a result of an explosion that rocked the port of Dalian on Ju …
• U.N. panel to probe further Kyoto CO2-cut projectsLONDON (Reuters) – A United Nations climate panel will ask a working group to investigate further claims that a Kyoto Protocol scheme may be incentivizing participants to emit more greenhouse gases, i …
• BP to try well kill TuesdayBILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) – BP Plc said on Friday it could seal its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by next week as the House of Representatives voted to toughen regulation of offshore energy dri …
• Study changes picture of U.S. quake hazardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The risk of earthquakes in the U.S. Midwest may be more widespread than geologists have believed, but a "big one" may be less likely at Missouri's New Madrid faul …
• Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise shipANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decad …
• Wildfires sweeping Russia kill at least 25MASLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) – Wildfires sweeping across European Russia killed at least 25 people on Friday and forced the evacuation of thousands in the hottest weather since records began 130 years a …
• Analysis: Pickens must wait for payday on energy billNEW YORK (Reuters) – T.Boone Pickens' proposal to run more U.S. vehicles on natural gas got a boost in Congress this week, but the energy billionaire must wait a few years before profiting from a …

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