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Obama’s Nuke-Powered Drone Strike on America’s Fiscal Sanity
So the “all the above” energy strategy now deems we dump another $6.5 billion in bogus loan guarantees down the atomic drain. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced finalization of hotly contested taxpayer handouts for the two Vogtle reactors being built in Georgia. Another $1.8 billion waits to be pulled out of your pocket and poured…
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Southern Illinois Says No to Peabody Coal at Historic Hearing
Outnumbering Peabody Energy supporters more than four to one among those willing to make public comments, outraged residents, farmers and former miners expertly broke down the inconsistencies and errors in the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) tentative determination to issue a water quality permit at a packed strip mine hearing on Tuesday in the heart of Illinois’ coal country.…
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Update: Yellowstone Ships 17 More of America’s Last Wild Bison to Slaughter
Yellowstone National Park shipped 17 more of America’s last wild bison to slaughter this morning. The buffalo were transferred to the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) for direct shipment to a tribal slaughter facility. [caption id="attachment_322275" align="alignnone" width="500"] Approximately 4,400 of America’s last remaining buffalo roam free in the West. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons[/caption]…
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Energy Secretary Moniz Announces $6.5 Billion Loan For First Nuclear Plants in Nearly 30 Years
For all its talk about the need to deploy more clean energy, the Obama Administration continues to live up to its “All of the Above” policy stance. Today, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz announced the approval of a $6.5 billion loan for Southern Co. to build two reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating nuclear…
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Bluefin Tuna Suffering From Heart Attacks Due to BP Gulf Oil Spill
By Andy Rowell The fallout from the BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues. The oil giant is attempting to force the U.S. government to release evidence which BP says proves that the oil spill did much less damage than at first feared. According to the Financial Times, in filings to the U.S. court in New Orleans,…