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Scientists Urge Closure of Hundreds of Coal-fired Power Plants

Posted: November 13, 2012 at 2:07 pm

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today released a new report that argues for closing more than 350 of the nation’s oldest -- and dirtiest -- coal-fired power plants. The ...
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Drought Be Damned: First Results in for ‘Tolerant’ Corn

Posted: October 6, 2012 at 7:04 pm

Farmers were panicking this summer, dealing with the worst drought to  hit the US in five decades, but from this disaster progress is  blossoming in the form of a drought-tolerant ...
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The Trouble With Nuclear Plants

Posted: March 20, 2011 at 8:13 pm

Forget the horrendous images of the nuclear catastrophe in Japan, which seem to grow worse by the minute.  Most nuclear plants get themselves in trouble for not doing mundane things ...
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