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"Despite Bipartisan Support, Nuclear Reactor Projects Falter"

"In an effort to encourage nuclear power, Congress voted in 2005 to authorize $17.5 billion in loan guarantees for new reactors. Now, six years later, with the industry stalled by poor market conditions and the Fukushima disaster, nearly half of the fund remains unclaimed. And yet Congress, at the request of the Obama administration, is preparing to add $36 billion in nuclear loan guarantees to next year’s budget."

Source: NY Times, 04/29/2011

"BP First-Quarter Profit Up 17% Despite Spill Damage"

"Bolstered by soaring crude oil prices, BP reported a 17 percent increase in first quarter profit to $7.1 billion and sought to convince investors that it was coping with the costs of the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico last year."

Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2011

"Corps Preps for Levee Blast as Legal Tussle Looms"

As ominous as a floating hearse, twin barges creep up the Mississippi River carrying a payload of explosives bound for southeast Missouri and a levee facing the prospect of being sacrificed to spare a flood-threatened Illinois town just upriver."

Source: AP, 04/28/2011

"Study Ranks Food Pathogens by Cost To Society"

"Of the food pathogens that cost society the most money — in terms of medical care, lost days of work, long-term chronic health problems or deaths — half are found in poultry, pork, beef and other meat products, according to a study due for release Thursday."

Source: Wash Post, 04/28/2011

"Blowout Could Spill 58 Million Gallons in Arctic"

"The federal agency overseeing offshore drilling in Alaska says the worst-case scenario for a blowout in the Chukchi Sea lease could result in a spill of more than 58 million gallons of oil into Arctic waters."

Source: AP, 04/28/2011

"Report Names U.S. Cities With Foulest, Cleanest Air"

"The nation's 25 most smoggy cities improved air quality over the last year, but half the nation's residents still live with unhealthy levels of air pollution, according to an American Lung Association report released on Wednesday.

Source: Reuters, 04/28/2011

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