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Green Blog: N.R.C. Skimps on Financial Oversight, Audit Says
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 07:55
ShareThisThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission's estimate for decommissioning a power plant is sometimes far lower than the owner's, a study finds.
WORLD: Damming the Amazon
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 04:07
ShareThisBrazil is planning to build at least 20 hydroelectric dams in the Amazon region by 2020, but indigenous residents say they are threatened and so is the rainforest.
Green Blog: Think Tank Pulls Billboard on Climate Change
Submitted by Earth News on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 00:26
ShareThisThe Heartland Institute had invoked Ted Kaczynski, Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson as poster boys for global warming.
Last Reactor of 50 in Japan Is Shut Down
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 22:50
ShareThisPublic distrust created by last year’s nuclear disaster forced the nation to at least temporarily do without atomic power for the first time in 42 years.
Brazil’s Rush to Develop Hydroelectric Power Brings Unrest
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 22:37
ShareThisBrazil is a leader among South American nations rushing to build hydroelectric dams in the Amazon, but workers demanding better pay are disrupting the projects.
Amid Brazil’s Rush to Develop, Workers Resist
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 22:15
ShareThisAs the country moves to tap one of the world’s last great reserves of hydroelectric power, the Amazon basin, strikes and worker uprisings at the biggest projects are producing delays and cost overruns.
A Repository for Eagles Finds Itself in Demand
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 13:12
ShareThisAmerican Indians, who use dead eagles for traditional ceremonies, face long waits for the animals when they submit applications to the National Eagle Repository outside Denver.
Green Blog: Safeguarding Mammoth Trees, Champs of the Ecosystem
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 11:30
ShareThisMammoth trees accounted for only 1 percent of trees in a research plot but stored half of the area's biomass, researchers in Yosemite National Park found.
Green Blog: Answering Questions About Clouds and Climate
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 11:24
ShareThisA reporter responds to queries about climate change, scientific research, policy action or lack thereof, and a minority that firmly argues that clouds will protect the planet.
Dot Earth Blog: The Short Hot Life of Heartland's Hateful Climate Billboard
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 07:43
ShareThisA group opposed to regulation of pollution plays, and then withdraws, the Unabomber card.
