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Volt: GM's car of the future?
The Chevrolet Volt is many things: an attention grabber, a potential cure for an oil dependent nation — the list goes on.
It is not, however, designed for an apartment dweller.
Without a garage or driveway, I parked the hybrid electric vehicle...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Hampton Roads, Energy, Manufacturing and Engineering, General Motors Corp.
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Permits OK'd for 3rd reactor at North Anna
NEWPORT NEWS — Weeks after a rare earthquake forced the shutdown of North Anna nuclear power plant, state regulators approved a permit enabling a proposed third reactor to inch forward.
The Virginia Marine Resources Commission on Tuesday voted...Tags: Science, Natural Disasters, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011), Disasters
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Exelon Corp. CEO says keeping the lights on has given his career a purpose
As commuters bustled away from downtown on a recent Friday evening, Chicago's skyscrapers turned to silhouette, framed by an orange autumn sunset.
But that wasn't the view that made John Rowe linger. From his office on the 54th floor of Chase Tower...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Environmental Pollution, Constellation Energy Group, Exelon Corp., Coal
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Air pollution: Chicago-area coal plant to shut down earlier than expected
After deciding it isn't worth cleaning up one of the nation's dirtiest power plants, the owners of an aging coal-burner along the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan are shutting it down sooner than expected.
In its latest financial documents, Virginia-...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Natural Resources, Chicago Tribune, Solar Energy, Coal
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Students embark on four-week James River expedition
School has just let out for the summer. But for a handful of students, the adventure has just begun.
A group of teachers and students from four Virginia high schools are on a four-week exploration down the James River. They're traveling by canoes,...Tags: Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), James River
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Power company holds off on cleaning up Chicago-area coal plants
The construction permits are in and the financing is ready to go, but some of the Chicago area's biggest sources of toxic air pollution still might not be cleaned up anytime soon.
In recently filed documents, Midwest Generation signaled it might delay...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Dynegy Incorporated, Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Scott's food drive questioned
Daily PressDid Councilwoman Sharon Scott use questionable methods to solicit $4,000 or more in donations for her North District Food Drive Committee? Scott said no, but an official with the Office of Human Affairs said she did not have permission to use the...Tags: Elections, Economy, Business and Finance, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Finance, Social Issues
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Aging Indiana power plant to shut down, cutting Chicago-area air pollution
One of the nation's dirtiest power plants is shutting down, a move that will scrap a major source of lung- and heart-damaging air pollution in the Chicago area.
Facing a federal complaint, more stringent pollution limits and smaller profit margins,...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Natural Resources, Coal, Little Village, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Just outside Chicago, a major polluter lurks
From a plane, it would be easy to think one of the nation's dirtiest power plants is within the Chicago city limits.
But the aging State Line Power Station, a major contributor to the city's chronically dirty air, sits just a few hundred feet over the...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Environmental Pollution, Bill Clinton, Little Village, Environmental Illness
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Lenders' lobbying costs hit $1 million
757-247-4738Payday and car title lenders spent more than $1 million on 42 lobbyists during the 2007 General Assembly session. There were 12 bills affecting the payday lending industry, including five that would have ended the booming industry in Virginia. Car title...Tags: Lobbying, Vehicles, Timothy M. Kaine, Wages and Pensions, Marketing
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The week ahead
Chicago TribuneMonday: -- Earnings: American Financial Group Inc.; CB Richard Ellis Group Inc.; CNA Financial Corp.; Hertz Global Holdings Inc.; Humana Inc.; Kellogg Co.; Loews Corp.; Pitney Bowes Inc.; Principal Financial Group Inc.; RadioShack Corp. Tuesday: --...Tags: Washington Post Co., Chicago Tribune, Williams Companies Incorporated, Progress Energy Incorporated, Constellation Energy Group
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