Cost Overruns Plague Energy Department Projects
The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, known as MOX, isn't the only high-profile project by the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration that is behind schedule and over budget....
View ArticleBudget Cutters Eye Nuclear Reprocessing Plant
Given the threat of sequester, supporters of a $4.8 billion mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility worry that the Obama administration may be targeting the troubled nuclear reprocessing project in South...
View ArticleKeystone Would Have No 'Substantial' Impact on Emissions, State Department Says
A long-awaited State Department environmental assessment found that the Keystone XL pipeline is unlikely to have a "substantial impact" on developing the western Canada tar sands, a conclusion that...
View ArticleKey Senate Panel Leaders Withhold Judgment on Moniz
Capitol Hill reaction to the nomination of MIT physicist Ernest Moniz as the next Energy secretary was muted Monday, with the chairman of the Senate panel that will consider the scientist's...
View ArticleDefense Department Fights Climate Change on Two Fronts
Perhaps no agency has embraced climate change adaptation with as much enthusiasm as the Defense Department. Changing weather patterns, rising sea levels and a melting Arctic will affect every aspect of...
View ArticleFederal Agencies Tackle Climate Change
As Congress remains unwilling and unable to deal with climate change, federal government agencies -- even without the blessing of lawmakers -- have been thinking about, and quietly acting on, climate...
View ArticleIn New Orleans, Waiting Out an Unfortunate Anniversary
NEW ORLEANS Its an incredibly rare 73-degree August morning here. The stately live oaks stand out against a perfectly clear blue sky. The smell of fried seafood greets me as I pass the neighborhood...
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