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Head of US nuclear safety agency to step down
The embattled chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned Monday after a tumultuous three-year tenure in which he pushed for sweeping safety reforms but came under fire for an unyielding management style that fellow commissioners and agency employees described as bullying. Gregory Jaczko stepped down ahead of a potentially blistering ...
Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts
Some people are absolutely sure gas drilling threatens public health, while others are absolutely sure it doesn't. Geisinger Health Systems is looking for more facts on the debate. "Our concern is getting reliable data so we know what to do for our patients," said David Carey, director of Geisinger's Weis ...
For NY farmers, fracking means salvation _ or ruin
When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, out of New York. "I go over the border and see ...
Grizzly trapping to start in Madison Range
Wildlife officials plan to trap grizzly bears in southwestern Montana starting Monday and are warning outdoor enthusiasts to be aware of possible increased bear activity. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports (http://bit.ly/L5btEj) that the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team will be trapping the bears through June 18 on private property in ...
PNM: Bids show new pollution controls too costly
Public Service Company of New Mexico says bids to install Environmental Protection Agency-ordered pollution controls at the San Juan Generating Station have confirmed its belief that the EPA underestimated the price. The Albuquerque Journal reports (http://bit.ly/KnMFG3) that PNM says the lowest bid is more than double the federal agency's estimate ...
Tours show Nebraska pheasant, quail habitat
Landowners and others with interest in conserving habitat for pheasants and quail are invited to tour managed lands. Nebraska Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are hosting a series of 15 habitat tours. The first will be Saturday at Carter Canyon Ranch south of Gering. The series concludes Aug. 16 in ...
Electric car network gets first test in Israel
Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi has begun rolling out the world's first nationwide electric car network. Now, will the drivers come? After more than $400 million in outlays and months behind schedule, dozens of electric cars have hit the road in Israel, the test site Agassi chose for his Better Place ...
Chicago protesters break away from nurses' rally
Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday, taunting police and shouting about everything from bank bailouts to nuclear power — a prelude to even bigger demonstrations expected after the start of a NATO summit. Police said there was one arrest for ...
Federal officials announces 20K youth summer jobs
More than 20,000 new summer jobs will give young people an opportunity to work in America's forests, national parks, wildlife refuges and other public lands, federal officials announced Friday. The summer work opportunities are to target people ages 15 to 25 and put them in touch with the great outdoors, ...
EPA: Mining could affect quality of water, fish
The possible failure of a dam holding waste from a large-scale mine near the headwaters of one of the world's premier salmon fisheries in Alaska could wipe out or degrade rivers and streams in the region for decades, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said in a draft watershed assessment released ...
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