LONG-RANGE SHUTDOWN OF VT. NUKE PLANT CREATES STIR
By The Associated Press Entergy Wholesale Commodities president Bill Mohl speaks at a news conference, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013, in Brattleboro, Vt., to announce the closing of the Vermont Yankee…
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VERMONT YANKEE NUKE PLANT TO CLOSE BY END OF 2014
By DAVE GRAM In this June 19, 2013 photo, the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station sits along the banks of the Connecticut River in Vernon, Vt. Entergy Corp., announced Tuesday,…
MILLIONS SPENT ON WATER-STORAGE PLAN THAT LEAKS
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and ELLIOT SPAGAT FILE – In this June 3, 2013 file photo, farmer David Schwabauer, a partner/manager of Leavens Ranches, a fourth-generation avocado and lemon grower,…
JAPAN NUCLEAR WATCHDOG MAY RAISE LEAK TO ‘SERIOUS
By MARI YAMAGUCHI This Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013 aerial photo shows the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant at Okuma in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. The Japanese nuclear watchdog proposed Wednesday to…
IAEA: JAPAN NUKE CLEANUP MAY TAKE MORE THAN 40 YRS
By MARI YAMAGUCHI International Atomic Energy Agency mission team leader Juan Carlos Lentijo speaks during a press conference in Tokyo Monday, April 22, 2013. The U.N. nuclear watchdog team said…
NORTH KOREA VOWS TO RESTART NUCLEAR FACILITIES
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this June 27, 2008 file photo from television, the 60-foot-tall cooling tower is seen before its demolition at the main Nyongbyon…
NEW ENGLAND RENEWABLE ENERGY A HARD SELL IN REGION
By STEPHEN SINGER FILE – In this Feb. 24, 2006 file photo, a wind turbine stands, generating power next to Hull, Mass., High School in the shadow of Boston. Establishing…
IN A CHICAGO SUBURB, AN INDOOR FARM GOES ‘MEGA’
By MARTHA IRVINE Jolanta Hardej, CEO of FarmedHere LLC, examines a young basil crop at the indoor vertical farm in Bedford Park, Ill., on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The farm,…