The Department of Energy has taken the initial step to develop policies for the next use of newly cleaned up land at Hanford.It has created the Task Force on Asset...
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Senior Dept. of Energy official leaving post; so is Chu’s chief of staff
In a memo to staff Tuesday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that Acting Under Secretary of Energy Cathy Zoi will leave the agency next month to “pursue a new opportunity...
Head of IEA: World has enough oil to cover loss of Libyan production
Don't panic, the world has plenty of oil to cover any loss in Libyan production. That's the message the head of the International Energy Agency, the group formed...
U.P.S. to add 48 trucks that run on liquid natural gas
The final frontier for alternative motor fuels, powering big tractor-trailers, has been crossed.The alternative is natural gas, but not in the now-familiar form of...
India’s $555 million coal tax may fund electricity lines
India may use part of the 25 billion rupees ($555 million) it raises this year with a coal tax to fund new electricity-transmission lines for helping distribute power from...
BHP Billiton buys $4.75B worth of Arkansas shale gas assets from Chesapeake
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, Feb 22 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton is buying shale gas assets from Chesapeake Energy Corp for $4.75 billion, pitting itself for the first time against oil...
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Toyota says plural of Prius is "Prii"
The world can now rest easy. Toyota has officially embraced "Prii" as the plural of Prius. The Japanese automaker made the announcement over the weekend at the...
UN sets out blueprint for green growth by investing 2% of global GDP
The United Nations has set out its blueprint of how to green the world's economy, in order to kickstart economic growth after the recession, without generating an...
Brazil could soon be an energy rival to Houston
Today, Brazil may be best known for Carnival, soccer and gorgeous beaches. But deep-water oil and gas drilling is moving up the list.Indeed, as the South American nation...
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A senior Energy Department (DOE) official shot down using Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a long-term storage site for nuclear waste Thursday, underscoring the difficulty...
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TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's quake-struck Fukushima nuclear power plant said on Friday it could not rule out the possibility that it may still be leaking...
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A new cost estimate and construction schedule for a massive waste plant being built at the nation's most contaminated nuclear site will be delayed at least a year as...
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The Energy Department has reached a deal to rescue a uranium-enrichment development whose owner did not have the money to complete the project.
At Vegas debate, GOP candidates line up against Yucca Mountain
A question about Yucca Mountain left the Republican presidential field scrambling to agree with one another in opposition to the nuclear waste repository at the Las Vegas...
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission released a technical study of the U.S. application for a waste dump at Yucca Mountain as Republicans demand information on the halted...
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Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is mired in inertia
In the desert of Nevada, a hundred miles from Las Vegas, engineers have drilled a tunnel through the heart of Yucca Mountain. The hole is 25 feet wide and five miles long....
Japan weighs need to bury nuclear plant
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24 Years After Chernobyl, Radioactive Boars Still Roam Germany
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