JAPAN STARTS UP OFFSHORE WIND FARM NEAR FUKUSHIMA
By ELAINE KURTENBACH In this photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013 and released by Marubeni Corp., a wind turbine, named Fukushima Mirai, is seen about 20 kilometers off the coast…
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UK COMMITS TO NUCLEAR POWER DESPITE FUKUSHIMA
By DANICA KIRKA From left: Britain’s Energy Secretary, Ed Davey, Britian’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Vincent de Rivaz, Chief Executive of EDF (Electricite de France) and Henri Proglio, CEO and…
WAVE OF JELLYFISH SHUTS DOWN SWEDISH NUKE REACTOR
By GARY PEACH FILE – In this May 22, 2008 file photo, an exterior view of the Oskarshamn nuclear power plant in Oskarshamn, southeastern Sweden. Officials at OKG, which runs…
REPORT PONDERS: HOW SENSITIVE IS CLIMATE TO CO2?
By KARL RITTER FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo smoke billows from chimneys of the cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Dadong, Shanxi province, China.…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…
AUSTRALIAN GOV’T FACES CARBON TAX BACKLASH AT POLL
By KRISTEN GELINEAU and ROD McGUIRK Agnes Lee, 52, an IT consultant, reads a paper while having a coffee in Sydney, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013. The ruling Labor Party’s probable…
FRACKING HEALTH PROJECT PUTS NUMBERS TO DEBATE
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UK LAWMAKER ARRESTED AT ANTI-FRACKING PROTEST
Activists link arms to resist police officers who were trying clear the road outside the main entrance to the Cuadrilla exploratory drilling site in Balcombe, southeast England , as anti…