04/05/11 11:28am

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Mercury in new light bulbs not being recycled, escaping to environment (via Mercury News)

Ecovative: Helping Ford build car parts made of mushrooms (via Fidelity.com)

Uncertainties emerge in blowout preventer examination (via nola.com)

Salazar Slams Transocean Over Bonuses (via The New York Times Green Blog)

Deadly W.Va. explosion makes big industry change (via Associated Press)

Mine-Blast Probe to Detail Failures (via The Wall Street Journal)

Mines idle for memorial (via Bluefield Daily Telegraph)

W.Va. mine report not delayed by criminal probe (via Bloomberg BusinessWeek)

To Cut Smog, Navistar Blazes Risky Path of Its Own (via The New York Times)

Multitude of Species Face Climate Threat (via The New York Times)

Japan's nuclear plant operator pays "condolence money" (via Reuters)

Will EPA Lose Control of Greenhouse Gas Rules? (via Science Mag)

IRENA holds first general assembly (via Energy Boom)

World wasting 150 billion meters of natural gas a year (via Energy Boom)

Could LA’s plan to build 30 years of transit projects in just 10 work for the US? (via Treehugger)

German nuclear U-Turn means jump in emissions (via Reuters)

Privatization of Canada’s electrical grid accelerating (via CBC News)

Molycorp to expand rare earth operation to Estonia (via Los Angeles Times)

How real can US offshore wind get? (via GreenTech Media)

California utilities nearly hit renewable targets (via GreenTech Media)

Startups work to reinvent internal combustion engine (via The New York Times)

Greentech VC investing hit second highest quarter at $2.5 B (via GigaOM)

Transportation chief to unveil pipeline safety effort (via The New York Times)

Oil price hits two and a half year high (via Business Green)

Nanoparticles improve solar collection efficiency (via EurekAlert)

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