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Coal Slurry Database May Help Reporters Find Problem Impoundments [1]

A fatal November 30, 2012, collapse of part of a coal-slurry impoundment in West Virginia served as a reminder of safety issues that may not be adequately regulated in some states and localities. You can locate local coal-slurry impoundments and information on their status with an online public database.

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NRC Board Orders Calif. Nuclear Plant To Turn Over Withheld Records [8]

Is the public entitled to see documents that may bear on the safety of a for-profit utility's plan to restart the flaw-stricken San Onofre nuclear plant in California? Maybe not. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board ruled the utility must turn the documents over to the board — but currently plans to keep them secret from the public.

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Pennsylvania Newspapers Get Break in Fracking Disclosure Case [11]

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was joined by the Washington (PA) Observer-Reporter in a suit to unseal records of the July 2011 settlement of a case in which a family had sued four natural gas companies over damages they claimed were caused by hydraulic fracturing. The appeals court said a lower court had erred in throwing out the newspapers' case.

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"Texas Judge Halts Keystone XL Pipeline Construction" [12]

"NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- Texas landowner Michael Bishop, 64, an analytical chemist and former U.S. Marine, has been granted a temporary restraining order that halts construction of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline across his land while a judge considers Bishop’s charges of fraud against the company."

Activism [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Public [7]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: ENS [16], 12/12/2012

"DuPont Builds Giant Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery in Iowa" [17]

"NEVADA, Iowa -- Science and engineering company DuPont has started construction of a large cellulosic ethanol biorefinery in Iowa, with completion expected in mid-2014."

Agriculture [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Technology [19]
Public [7]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [20]
Source: ENS [21], 12/12/2012

New Fracking Frontier Outside Illinois State Park Raises Questions [22]

Illinois may soon approve the mining of fracking sand near a beloved state park.

Energy & Fuel [4]
Natural Resources [23]
Pollution [24]
Public [7]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]
Source: Huffington Post [26], 12/12/2012

"A123 Sale To China: Threat To US Security?" [27]

"The sale of advanced battery maker A123 to China's Wanxiang Group could recoup US taxpayer funds. But critics warn the threats to US security outweigh any benefits from the pending sale of A123."

Economy & Business [28]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Environmental Politics [14]
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International [29]
Source: Christian Science Monitor [30], 12/12/2012

"W.Va. Works To Reopen Interstate After Explosion" [31]

"Contractors worked throughout the night to remove and replace an 800-foot swath of Interstate 77 that turned from asphalt to cinder in a massive natural gas line explosion that also flattened four homes and damaged five more but caused no deaths."

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Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [6]
Source: AP [32], 12/12/2012

"San Onofre Nuclear Plant Operator Ordered To Turn Over Records" [33]

"LOS ANGELES -- A federal board Friday ordered the operator of a shuttered nuclear power plant in California to turn over dozens of pages of documents that were withheld when the company submitted a plan to restart one of its damaged twin reactors."

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Environmental Politics [14]
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Source: Huffington Post [34], 12/11/2012

"Energy Experts Say Drilling Can Be Made Cleaner" [35]

Drilling for gas and oil can be safe or it can be dangerous.

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Pollution [24]
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National (U.S.) [15]
Source: AP [36], 12/11/2012

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