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TVA to cut budget, workforce at Alabama Bellefonte nuclear plant
ReutersJune 13 (Reuters) - The Tennessee Valley Authority said it plans to cut the budget and workforce at the Bellefonte nuclear plant in Alabama to reduce costs, which could delay the start-up of a new reactor at the site. Since the U.S.-owned power company...Tags: Petroleum Industry
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FACTBOX-U.S. nuclear units seeking license renewal
ReutersJune 3 (Reuters) - To date, the NRC has approved new licenses for 72 of the nation's 102 operating reactors and rejected none. Nuclear power produces about 20 percent of the electricity used in the United States. The following lists applications the...Tags: Ameren Corporation, PG&E Corporation, Braidwood, Movies, Entertainment
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When public infrastructure goes private
Consider some of the things that have bound our nation together: Universal postal service at a flat rate, whether you live in Santa Monica or Sitka, Alaska. Interstate highways, built with taxpayer funds and free of tolls. Regulated phone and electric...
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Safety first for man who represented the U.S. in Japan during its nuclear disaster
Tribune staff reporterThe flight attendant spied the Nuclear Regulatory Commission logo on Chuck Casto's T-shirt and escorted him to first class. Three days after the Pacific Ocean had risen and shattered the northern Japanese coast March 11, 2011, Casto's plane headed...Tags: Lisle, Plant Openings, Earthquakes, Politics, Synthetics and Plastics
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Media Industry, Prices, Politics, Long Term Care
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Ag Secretary announces renewable
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C., -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced on June 25 that USDA has selected for funding 450 projects nationwide, including 8 in South Dakota and 4 in North Dakota, that are focused on helping agricultural producers and rural small...Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mount Hope, Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Biofuels
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Federal contractors donate to 'super PAC' backing Romney
A "super PAC" that has spent more than $35 million on behalf of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has accepted donations from federal contractors despite a 36-year-old ban against such companies making federal political expenditures.
At least...Tags: Los Angeles Times Journalists, Mitt Romney, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Politics, Matea Gold
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Gov. Perdue: Va. Quake Didn't Cause Problems in NC
Associated PressNorth Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue says officials haven't received reports of damage or injuries in the state from an earthquake that was centered in Virginia. Perdue said state officials called Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell soon after Tuesday's quake to...Tags: South Carolina, Media Industry, Regional Authority, Earthquakes, Politics
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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: Chicago, Science, Environmental Politics, Peco Energy Company, Abraham Lincoln
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The smack talk is good
Harry Pemberton didn't need to pay for two tickets to Super Bowl XLV. It's fair to say he talked his way into the big game.
Pemberton, a longtime Orange County resident who has lived in Newport Beach the past 11 years, won the tickets by becoming the...Tags: Gary Anderson, Southern California Edison Company, Football, Politics, YouTube
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Cross: Clear the air over EPA's actions
FRANKFORT — To hear Kentucky politicians of both parties tell it, the Environmental Protection Agency should be renamed the Economic Destruction Agency. But their recent rhetoric has gone far beyond reality and obscured it.
At issue are the EPA&...Tags: Media Industry, Regional Authority, Politics, Environmental Politics, Documentary (genre)
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Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, April 4, 1941
The Daily MirrorApril 4, 1941: Lee Shippey has an item on Leland Stowe, the reporter who was the subject of a Tom Treanor column. Treanor, meanwhile, writes about Arthur Ernest Morgan, the former president of Antioch College and head of the Tennessee......
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