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Obama making plans to tackle global warming
President Barack Obama is planning a major push using executive powers to tackle the pollution blamed for global warming in an effort to make good on promises he made at the start of his second term. "We know we have to do more — and we will do more," Obama ...
Georgia News Digest
The state at 4:45 p.m. NEW & DEVELOPING: PAULA DEEN-LAWSUIT GUN TRAFFICKING-INDICTMENT POLICE-SEIZED ASSETS — LAWMAKER INDICTED — SERGEANT REINSTATED TOP STORIES: PAULA DEEN-LAWSUIT SAVANNAH, Ga. — Celebrity cook Paula Deen says she has used racial slurs in the past but insists she and her brother, who are accused of ...
Funding for key gas drilling health study stalled
An important study on possible health impacts of natural gas drilling is still looking for additional funding. Geisinger Health System spokeswoman Amanda O'Rourke said Wednesday the $1 million grant that was announced in February 2012 remains the only funding for a project that was projected to cost at least $25 ...
Oil down slightly as Fed signal easing of stimulus
The price of oil fell slightly Wednesday as the Federal Reserve indicated it's closer to easing up on economy boosting measures that have been a boon for commodities. Oil swung in a range of about $1 after the Fed delivered a mixed message: The central bank said it would continue ...
Unmanned aircraft struggle to shed 'drone' image
Unmanned aircraft have helped rescue stranded hikers, worked to contain wildfires and gathered data at nuclear accidents. One helped a Russian tanker find its way through Arctic ice to bring oil to a stranded Alaskan community. These remote-controlled planes have many more potential peacetime uses. But unmanned aircraft have an ...
Japan formally OKs new nuclear safety requirements
Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty. The new requirements approved by the Nuclear Regulation Authority take effect ...
NRC proposing $70K fine against TVA for violations
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing a $70,000 fine against the Tennessee Valley Authority for violations related to one of its East Tennessee nuclear plants. According to a NRC news release on Wednesday, the violations have to do with the commercial grade dedication program during the construction of Watts Bar ...
Fed: fracking study won't be done until 2016
A comprehensive government study of the effects of shale gas drilling on water quality and the environment won't be completed until 2016, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official said this week during an Ohio conference. Jeanne Briskin, coordinator of hydraulic fracturing research at the EPA, said Tuesday during the conference ...
W.Va. mine safety lab creates disasters to train
Orange flames lick at the roof of the coal mine, heat building and visibility dropping as smoke begins to fill the underground passageway. Then, with the push of a few buttons on a hand-held remote, the flames flicker out, the smoke dissipates and the lights come on. The roar of ...
Oil rises near $99 a barrel before Bernanke speaks
The price of oil rose to near $99 a barrel on Wednesday, driven by a report of falling U.S. stockpiles of crude and ahead of the conclusion of a meeting of the Federal Reserve. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for July delivery was up 20 cents to $98.64 ...
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