Midday Glance: Coal companies INO News Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:44 AM PDT (AP:NEW YORK) Shares of some top coal companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Arch Coal fell $.01 or percent, to $35.73. Consol Energy rose $.37 or .7 percent, to $55.86. | No easy fix for US nuclear waste nightmare The Star Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:43 AM PDT WASHINGTON/BOSTON (Reuters) - The disaster at a Japanese nuclear power plant is a chilling reminder that the U.S. nuclear energy industry has failed to solve a big problem -- where and how to store millions of highly reactive spent fuel rods. | Kentucky Miner Killed ABC 36 Lexington Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT A coal miner has been killed after being pinned by a piece of machinery at an underground mine in eastern Kentucky. A statement from the state Energy and Environment Cabinet says the accident happened around 8 a.m. Friday at the Czar mine in Johnson County, which is operated by Matrix Energy LLC. Â The statement says investigators from the Kentucky Office of Mine Safety and Licensing are at the ... | For safer nuclear power plants, leave the '70s era behind Muzi Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:39 AM PDT There's much to not like about nuclear power. In an ideal world people wouldn't rely on it. But the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan shouldn't cloud what should be a clear-eyed view of the global energy future: The world needs nuclear in the mix. | Hydro project at White River Falls scrubbed Salem Statesman Journal Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:37 AM PDT THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) Officials in Wasco County have scrubbed the idea of small hydropower plant at White River Falls. The Dalles Chronicle reports the project couldn't pass a cost-benefit analysis based on the outlook for energy prices over the next 20 years, and there were problems securing a water right for the plan from state parks officials. It would have been at the base of the falls, site ... | Wales 'is exploited for energy' BBC News Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:35 AM PDT Wales is being exploited for its natural energy resources, Plaid Cymru's Westminster leader tells the party's spring conference. | Solar power getting very visible in O.C. Orange County Register Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:34 AM PDT Middle-school pupils had bullhorns, construction crews were allegedly pelted with golf balls and profanities, and Gloria Allred denounced public officials.Energy policy is getting pretty interesting in Orange County, judging by recent events at Ethel Dwyer Middle School, the local epicenter of an... | Basic types of alternative energy Russian Information Agency Novosti Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:30 AM PDT Alternative energy is an umbrella term for various energy conversion processes, mainly from renewable sources. | School energy audits find millions in potential energy savings EurekAlert! Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:30 AM PDT ( McMaster University ) Engineering students and faculty at McMaster University have developed an energy audit model that could save schools millions of dollars in energy costs. An audit of 153 schools in Hamilton, Ontario has made conservation recommendations that could reduce energy costs by up to $2.4 million annually. | | |
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