Four environmental groups — including the two with the green movement’s biggest political operations — endorsed President Obama’s reelection on Wednesday, support that was...
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EPA to set fracking air pollution standards
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday set the first-ever national standards to control air pollution from gas wells that are drilled using a method...
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Exxon, Rosneft may invest $500 billion on oil exploration in Arctic and Black seas
MOSCOW, April 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Exxon Mobil and Russia's Rosneft may invest more than $500 billion in a joint venture to explore for oil in the Arctic and Black...
Danger from Three Gorges dam may force 100,000 to move
Another 100,000 people may have to move away from China's Three Gorges Dam due to the risk of disastrous landslides and bank collapses around the reservoir of the...
Articles from 4.17.2012
White House threatens veto of highway bill over Keystone provision
The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto House legislation to extend transportation programs because it contains GOP language that mandates approval of the Keystone...
Obama pushes new plan to contain oil market manipulation
President Obama, in his latest effort to limit the political fallout from high gasoline prices, on Tuesday challenged Congress to pass legislation to ensure speculators...
First Solar to cut workforce 30 pct, shut plants
April 17 (Reuters) - First Solar Inc said it would shut down some manufacturing operations and cut 2,000 jobs, or about 30 percent of its workforce, as the largest U.S....
Frito-Lay pledges major shift toward natural-gas trucking
On Tuesday, Frito-Lay announced it would add 67 trucks that would run on compressed natural gas, known as C.N.G., to its fleet. Eventually, the company said, a majority of...
Japan to be without nuclear power after May 5
TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - Japan will within weeks have no nuclear power for the first time in more than 40 years, after the trade minister said two reactors idled after...
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