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NRC demands proof from PG&E that Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is safe from earthquakes
Friends of the Earth: Reactors not licensed for stronger quakes, must be shut down WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite repeated assertions by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. that the Diablo Canyon nuclear pla…
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Congressional hearing on pollinator health skirts the issues
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional House Agriculture Subcommittee on Horticulture, Biotechnology and Research held a hearing on pollinator health today, but failed to address the impacts of system…
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Honeybee losses are buzz kill for crops
Managed honeybee colonies suffered annual losses of 42%, with summer declines outstripping winter losses for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported Wednesday. The declines are les…
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NRC orders more research on earthquake risk at Diablo Canyon
Federal regulators Wednesday directed nuclear power plants in California and Washington state to conduct additional, in-depth research into earthquake risks by June 2017, part of a broad review of sei…
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US taxpayers subsidising world’s biggest fossil fuel companies
The world’s biggest and most profitable fossil fuel companies are receiving huge and rising subsidies from US taxpayers, a practice slammed as absurd by a presidential candidate given the threat of…
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Senators make push for crude exports
A group of senators on Wednesday unveiled the chamber’s first major legislative plan for lifting the nation’s longstanding ban on crude exports. Senators introduce crude export bill -Houst…
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Senators push to lift crude oil export ban
Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) have introduced a bill to lift the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports. The bill would fulfill one of Murkowski’s biggest energy priori…
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What happens if we scrap the US oil exports ban?
The longstanding ban on most US crude oil exports could be on the way out. Senate Energy Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R) of Alaska and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D) of North Dakota introduced a bill Wedn…
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Fast Track trade authority promises a sea of unsafe fish imports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) with Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) will hold a press conference tomorrow on the dangers of Fas…
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Murkowski tries to end 40-year-old crude oil export ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a bill to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil. The ban was a response to the…