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Communities take bee action in their own backyards
Concerned with increasing bee die-offs, several Colorado neighborhoods have been taking matters into their own hands to create “bee-safe neighborhoods” by banning and reducing the use of neonicoti…
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Nuclear watchdog petitions federal regulator to close unsafe Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors
Senator Boxer calls for hearings on NRC’s “failure” of “its responsibility to protect public health and safety” WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after the release of a docum…
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Hgen-Dazs says no to synbio
Ice cream companies reject “extreme” genetically engineered vanilla WASHINGTON, D.C.—Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biol…
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U.S. inspector wanted reactor shut on quake fears: report
(Reuters) – A federal nuclear inspector urged U.S. regulators to shut down a California nuclear power plant until tests showed its reactors could withstand shocks from nearby earthquake faults…
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Former inspector calls for state’s last nuclear plant to be closed
A former federal inspector has urged regulators to shut down California’s last remaining nuclear power plant until it can be determined whether the facility can stand up to an earthquake off the…
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Nuke expert wants California plant closed over earthquake worries
An expert at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has asked the agency to shut down California’s only operating nuclear plant while it studies whether the plant is safe from earthquake risks. In…
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Group files petition to idle coastal nuke plant
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group asked federal regulators Tuesday to idle California’s last operating nuclear plant to review whether its reactors can withstand strong shaking fro…
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Diablo Canyon: Secret document details federal safety inspectors alarm over plants vulnerability to earthquakes
Agency expert says reactors must be shut until proven safe WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an explosive document kept secret for a year, a former federal inspector charges that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power…
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For oil and wind, offshore is promised land and muddled policy
Extending the nation’s oil and gas boom and wind power’s technology to coastal waters makes logical sense. But it highlights the contradiction between President Obama’s ‘all-of…
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Gulf of Mexico lease draws advocacy fire
U.S. addicted to fossil fuels, Friends of the Earth says. Friends of the Earth says it has concerns over latest auction for energy assets in the Gulf of Mexico. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The…