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Overnight Energy: Energy Dept. gives thumbs up to more gas exports
GAS EXPORTS MOVING ALONG: The Energy Department cleared the way for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals Wednesday, only the second and third projects to get full federal approval to expo…
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PG&Es report on seismic safety at Diablo Canyon: the disturbing truth
Friends of the Earth: Alarming findings should trigger immediate closure of nuclear plant WASHINGTON, D.C. – Pacific Gas and Electric Co. released today its long-awaited, state-mandated seismic safe…
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Nuclear regulator again rebuffs safety inspectors concerns of quake safety at Diablo Canyon
Friends of the Earth: NRC’s closed-door decision ignores public health and safety WASHINGTON, D.C. – After suppressing a safety inspector’s report for more than a year, federal regulators are co…
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Deducting the cost of disaster
Note: On February 19, 2015, a federal judge ruled against BP in a motion to lower its maximum civil penalty for Deepwater Horizon. Here is the Friends of the Earth analysis from last September explori…
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Nebraska Supreme Court hears whether foreign oil company is exempt from Nebraska Constitution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Nebraska Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case about the route of the Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska. The case is an appeal by the Nebraska Attorney Gene…
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Obamas new international climate change plan is probably doomed
Barack Obama has finally realized that the men running the US Senate are such nihilist blowhards that they will never approve a legally binding treaty to combat global warming. So as the New York Tim…
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Petition seeks closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
The environmental group that helped shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant last year is now using the same tactic in a bid to close California’s last nuclear power plant, PG&E’s Diablo…
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Group files petition to close California’s last nuclear plant
An environmental group filed a petition Tuesday seeking to shut down California’s last remaining nuclear power plant until regulators have taken a more extensive look at its ability to withstand…
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Internal Report: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant needs testing for earthquake safety
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and one of its former nuclear inspectors have a big disagreement. Dr. Michael Peck, the NRC’s former senior resident inspector at Diablo Canyon Power Plant, q…
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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…