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Researchers work to capture electrical energy from plants

UPI May 09, 07:56 PM

Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they're developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity. The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet and plants are the undisputed champions of solar power, they said, operating...

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Refiners benefit from domestic oil boom

Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City) May 10, 03:09 AM

May 10--The flood of domestic oil produced over the past five years has boosted jobs, royalty payments and contributions to tax coffers. It also has led to higher profits, and not just for the oil producers. It's quarterly earnings season, the time when publicly...

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Feds probe nuclear contractor over allegations

Associated Press/AP Online May 08, 04:18 PM

By RAY HENRY ATLANTA - Federal regulators are investigating whether workers at a factory that supplies parts to nuclear plants broke quality control rules and falsified records, according to regulatory filings. A dozen workers at the Shaw Modular Solutions facility in Lake Charles, La.,...

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Utility to inject water in ground for preservation

Albuquerque Journal (NM) May 10, 08:08 AM

May 10--An Albuquerque supply well that long pumped water up from underground will reverse direction next week in an experiment to pump some of the metro area's water supply underground for later use. At Webster Well No. 1, housed in a small concrete building off Paseo del...

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Regulating a proposed resurgence in mining under debate in Maine

Bangor Daily News (ME) May 09, 02:32 PM

AUGUSTA, Maine -- There hasn't been an active mining operation in Maine for 40 years, but the prospect of new mining activity in Aroostook County is fueling a State House debate over the environmental effects of open-pit mining. During an afternoon work session Wednesday, the Legislature's Joint...

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Clean tech investors focus on drilling ; They're trying to help make mining and drilling less dirty.

Tulsa World May 06, 10:57 AM

NEW YORK (AP) - A decade ago, large investors in so-called clean technology had a straightforward goal: finance companies that would help eliminate the world's dependence on oil, natural gas and coal. But as profits from wind, solar, biofuels and other alternatives consistently...