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Green, Even in the Dark
Nuclear industry lobbies for 'green' credit |
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14 Dec 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| Green, Even in the Dark Nuclear industry lobbies for "green" credit Nuclear-plant owners in the Northeastern U.S. are campaigning to be recognized as "green" energy sources. Following the success of a New Hampshire plant that last year received credits for not polluting the air, the nuclear industry is lobbying to be included in the Northeast's nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initia ... |
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| Topics: nuclear power, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics) |
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Boxer Rebellion
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06 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Boxer Rebellion President Bush scored a victory yesterday when the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved his plan to store highly radioactive nuclear waste beneath Nevada's Yucca Mountain, but he was challenged by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on other environmental ... |
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| Topics: Barbara Boxer, Jay Inslee, logging, Nevada, nuclear power, politics, pollution and waste, solid waste treatment and disposal, toxics, United States, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Hot Rods
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05 Nov 2001 |
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| Hot Rods As U.S. officials scramble to improve security at the nation's 103 operating nuclear power plants, a new safety concern has emerged: stockpiles of spent nuclear fuel rods. Many authorities believe that an attack on the fuel -- which has been removed from reactors but is still radioactive -- could be even more disastrous than an attack on a nuclear plant, largely because storage sites for spent fue ... |
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| Topics: nuclear power, pollution and waste, United States (all these topics) |
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