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Feds: Diablo nuke plant could face stronger-than-expected quakes
Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant, must conduct another in-depth analysis of seismic risks after federal regulators concluded the facility faces the possibility of stronger earthq…
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U.S. honeybee population plummets by more than 40%, USDA finds
A growing body of evidence has pointed to one class of pesticides in particular, neonicotinoids, as the culprit to the massive bee die-offs. In fact, the European Union banned the three most widely us…
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Senate moves Fast Track legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate moved forward on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill b…
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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…