WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers from South Carolina and Washington state, which hold tons of nuclear waste, are none too pleased that leading candidates for the GOP...
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Skeptical climate scientists concede Earth has warmed
A group of scientists known for their skepticism about climate change has reanalysed two centuries' worth of global temperature records. Their study largely confirms...
Dow starts mass-marketing solar shingles
Colorado now has a slightly more aesthetic option for harnessing all that lovely Rocky Mountain sun. Dow Solar, a division of Dow Chemical, began selling solar roofing
EPA plans new water standards for fracking
The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would craft standards for wastewater produced through extraction of natural gas from shale formations — a booming...
Americans think U.S. headed wrong way on energy, poll finds
The vast majority of Americans believe the country is headed in the wrong direction when it comes to energy policy and want more leadership when it comes to dealing with...
Oil and gas industry touts spending to curb climate change
Fed up with being referred to as an industry producing only "dirty fossil fuels," oil and gas leaders are touting their investments in technologies to curb...
Molycorp to accelerate initial start-up of new rare earth processing facility
Molycorp, Inc., the Western hemisphere’s only producer of rare earth oxides and the leading producer of rare earth oxides outside of China, plans to accelerate by...
New study questions climate benefits of white roofs
A new study published in the Journal of Climate claims that painting rooftops white—a method championed by energy secretary Steven Chu and others to combat climate...
Japan to spend at least $13 billion for decontamination
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said the government will spend at least 1 trillion yen ($13 billion) to clean up vast areas contaminated by...
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