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Future of nuclear power: State lawmakers weigh looser restrictions, but environmentalists waryMar 17, 2023 5:11 PM - A measure allowing the construction of new commercial nuclear power plants has bipartisan, bicameral support in the General Assembly as leaders consider the next steps in meeting carbon-free energy goals while maintaining grid reliability.
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State and U.S. officials tout spending to plug 'orphan wells'
Mar 17, 2023 5:54 AM - Stacks of valves, networks of pipes and hulking, two-story-tall tanks litter parts of the swampy landscape of Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin, rusting relics of sites where oil wells were drilled in the 1970s, an unwanted legacy of the energy industry that has long helped drive the Louisiana economy.
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Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
Mar 15, 2023 6:50 AM - Long before a Chinese spy balloon captivated and spooked the U.S. public, Kyle Bass foresaw what he deemed another foreign danger slated for skies above the Texas-Mexico border: wind turbines.
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'This is the answer to climate change': How regenerative agriculture is restoring public land
Mar 15, 2023 6:24 AM - The farming and grazing practice of regenerative agriculture, heralded by environmentalists as a major solution to climate change and water issues, is a conservation alternative to conventional farming. County forest preserve and conservation districts are employing it on land they can't restore themselves yet.
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Alaska oil project approval adds yet another climate concern
Mar 14, 2023 3:17 PM - The Biden administration's approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project even as scientists urgently warn that only a halt to more fossil fuel emissions can stem climate change.
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EPA to limit toxic 'forever chemicals' in drinking water
Mar 14, 2023 3:15 PM - The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed the first federal limits on harmful "forever chemicals" in drinking water, a long-awaited protection the agency said will save thousands of lives and prevent serious illnesses, including cancer.
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Biden OKs Alaska oil project, draws ire of environmentalists
Mar 13, 2023 1:53 PM - The Biden administration said Monday it is approving the huge Willow oil-drilling project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope, a major environmental decision by President Joe Biden that drew quick condemnation that it flies in the face of the Democratic president's pledges to slow climate change.
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Alaska's Willow oil project is controversial. Here's why.
Mar 13, 2023 1:26 PM - The Biden administration is approving a major oil project on Alaska's petroleum-rich North Slope that supporters say represents an economic lifeline for Indigenous communities in the region but environmentalists say is counter to President Joe Biden's climate goals.
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Heritage-Crystal Clean has record quarterMar 2, 2023 3:11 PM - Hoffman Estates-based Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. said its net income for the fourth quarter was a record $27.6 million, up significantly compared to net income of $18.1 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021.
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NTSB: No alert for train crew until just before derailment
Feb 23, 2023 12:30 PM - The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators said in a report Thursday as U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made his first visit to the crash site.
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