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NHC Report: Gaston still a depression, headed to Caribbean

Recently-downgraded Gaston remained a tropical depression on Thursday as it churned west-northwest in the central Atlantic on a path that will likely take it into the Caribbean Sea, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday..  More.

 

B&W Completes First Phase of $100M Strategic Investment in USEC

Forms American Centrifuge Manufacturing Joint Venture with USECCHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Babcock & ....  More.

 

Deere Sells $900M Wind Energy Business

Deere & Co. announced Aug. 31 it would sell its wind energy business to Excelon Corp, an energy company, for $900 million. The initial evaluation if for $840,000, with Deere getting the remaining $40 million when construction begins on already planned projects..  More.

 

Sen. McConnell: ‘We Can Do Business’ with Obama if He Moves to Center

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell had his first one-on-one meeting with President Obama a few weeks ago, shortly before Congress broke for its summer recess. Mitch McConnell - Party leaders of the United States Senate - President of the United States - United States - United States Congress.  More.

 

Free pills available for those near nuclear plants

Lansing -- Michigan health officials are making potassium iodide pills available to people who live, work or visit within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant..  More.

 

Which is the real threat? Terrorism or China?

Lev Navrozov emigrated from the Soviet Union in 1972. His columns are today read in both English and Russian. To learn more about Mr. Navrozov's work with the Center for the Survival of Western Democracies , click here ..  More.

 

Nuclear Power Plant Giving Free Pills

Michigan health officials are offering free potassium iodide pills to those who frequent within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant..  More.

 

Jacobs Engineering spent $200K on 2Q lobbying

(AP:NEW YORK) Government contractor Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. spent $200,000 in the second quarter as it lobbied Congress on spending issues..  More.

 

Social media helps NRC combat brain drain

NRC has deployed professional networking tools to support online communities of interest that can “get the information that is needed to the right person” quickly and simply..  More.

 

Effort aimed at green energy to kick off with Longhorn football

When Longhorn football kicks off at home a week from Saturday, so will a brand-new marketing effort aimed at peddling, of all things, green electricity. Texas Longhorns Energy promises customers 100 percent power from Texas wind. "Let your power power the Texas Longhorns," says former star quarterback Colt McCoy, whose family has signed up, in a promotional video. Coach Mack Brown offers ....  More.

 

Edwards says Flores wants to drop DOE

Bryan Republican Bill Flores, if elected, would seek to eliminate the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, said Wednesday. Flores called the claims a desperate attack from a 20-year incumbent..  More.

 

Exelon hopes Schuylkill River project becomes permanent

Grants for projects aimed at improving the quality of water in the Schuylkill River were announced Monday — four days before a quasi-federal agency meets to consider the fate of a nuclear power plant project which some argue could degrade the quality of that same river water..  More.

 

FPL to state: PSC commissioner should stay out of FPL hearings

FPL to state: PSC commissioner should stay out of FPL hearings.  More.

 

Curtiss-Wright Breaks Ground for $36 Million Manufacturing Facility in Texas

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- Curtiss-Wright Corporation today announced that TapcoEnpro International , a business unit of its Flow Control segment, broke ground to officially commence construction of a $36 million, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chambers County, TX..  More.

 

Navy life suits Schmanski just fine

Editor’s note: When the phone rings from somewhere in the eastern Pacific, and a lieutenant commander is on the line, a reporter must answer. Two weeks ago, we did..  More.

 

Oil rises further on Earl threat to refineries

Oil rises further on Earl threat to refineries.  More.

 

A Safety Net For Global Capitalism - Inside Munich Re, The World's Risk Center

When natural disasters, like floods in Pakistan or earthquakes in Haiti, strike, Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurance company, ends up paying part of the bill. Munich Re offers capitalism a safety net, and no other company is more familiar with life's risks..  More.

 

Science's policy clout diminished, but oil risk looms large

( SAGE Publications UK ) More people are likely to believe scientific studies claiming that oil drilling is riskier, not safer, than was previously thought, according to a new study of attitudes in California. What's more the findings, which appear in the journal Public Understanding of Science, published by SAGE, show that scientists' efforts to influence public opinion have a limited effect..  More.

 

Urine: Power source of the future?

Forget about leaky oil wells and dangerous nuclear power plants..  More.

 

Hurricane Earl closes in on East Coast

HATTERAS ISLAND, North Carolina (Reuters) - Hurricane Earl began to strafe North Carolina's barrier islands with dangerous surf and winds on Thursday as it spun parallel to the U.S. East Coast on a northward trek toward New England and Canada..  More.

 

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