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‘Hell no, we won’t glow’: 130 held at anti-nuke protest

A 93-year-old anti-nuclear activist was among more than 130 protesters arrested at the corporate headquarters of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant Thursday, the first day of the plant's operation after the expiration of its 40-year license.

Soaring into the 80s, warm weather breaks thousands of records

In a typical March, weather.com reports, you may be teased with one, maybe two nice days before being hit with the cold reality of winter.In a typical March, weather.com reports, you may be teased with one, maybe two nice days before being hit with the cold reality of winter.


Risk to fish means less water for farmers

A drought in California’s San Joaquin Valley has farmers boiling mad over how much water they're allowed to draw from the Sacramento Delta.

US moves to keep invading species off ships

Nonnative species like zebra mussels are the target of the first-ever federal rule on how many living organisms ships can discharge with their ballast water.Nonnative species like zebra mussels are the target of the first-ever federal rule on how many living organisms ships can discharge with their ballast water.


Coldest, Deepest Ocean Water Mysteriously Disappears

The coldest deep ocean water that flows around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean has been mysteriously disappearing at a high rate over the last few decades, scientists have found.

US intel: Water a cause for war in future

An Israeli soldier stands next to a manmade pool containing water from a spring located near the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh on March 19. Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied West Bank, barring Palestinians or limiting their access to scarce water sources, a United Nations report said this week. In 2009 the spring was taken over by settlers from Halamish, forcing villagers to obtain their irrigation water from other sources, the report and residents said.Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released on World Water Day.


Drillers, environmentalists not buying Obama’s energy pitch

Touting an "all-of-the-above" energy policy, President Barack Obama traveled to Oklahoma to show his support for the southern leg of the controversial Keystone oil pipeline proposed from Canada to the Gulf Coast.Touting an "all-of-the-above" energy policy, President Barack Obama traveled to Oklahoma to show his support for the southern leg of the controversial Keystone oil pipeline proposed from Canada to the Gulf Coast.


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Beekeepers ask EPA to ban pesticide toxic to bees

Beekeepers and some scientists say the insecticide clothianidin contributes to colony collapse disorder by weakening bees' immune systems and making them more susceptible to pathogens.Commercial beekeepers and environmental organizations are asking federal regulators to suspend use of a pesticide they say harms honeybees.


Aide: Obama to order Keystone pipeline speed-up

President Barack Obama will issue a memo directing federal agencies to prioritize permitting of TransCanada's southern leg of the Keystone oil pipeline, a senior White House official says.
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