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  1. Nuclear license challenge thrown out in federal appeals court

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    Fri, 17 May 2013

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously rejected a challenge to licenses for construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle in Georgia.

  2. UPDATE: NRG to retire coal-fired plant as part of legal settlement

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    Wed, 15 May 2013

    NRG Energy settled a 2007 lawsuit with the states of New Jersey and Connecticut that will result in the early shut down of two coal-fired units at a plant in Pennsylvania.

  1. Gina McCarthy's EPA nomination sent for full Senate vote

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    Thu, 16 May 2013

    In a 10-8 vote along party lines, the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee voted to move the nomination of Gina McCarthy to the full Senate.

  2. Tennessee Valley Authority offers retirement incentives to workers in coal division

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    Tue, 14 May 2013

    The Tennessee Valley Authority will be offering retirement incentives to workers at the agency’s 11 coal plants in an effort to cut some of the 2,400 jobs in its coal division.

  3. Wind power, emissions control investments garner clash in Nebraska

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    Tue, 14 May 2013

    The Nebraska Electric Generation and Transmission Co-op Inc. is asking Nebraska Public Power District to eliminate proposed investments in wind energy, emissions controls and energy efficiency programs.

  4. Senate committee reschedules vote on McCarthy nomination

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    Tue, 14 May 2013

    The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee has scheduled a business meeting for May 16 to consider Gina McCarthy’s nomination as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

  5. Senate committee to vote May 9 on McCarthy nomination

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    Fri, 3 May 2013

    The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works announced Thursday it will hold a meeting May 9 to vote on advancing Gina McCarthy’s nomination as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  6. Georgia coal fired power plant developer restructures

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    Tue, 30 Apr 2013

    Power4Georgians, a consortium of electric membership cooperatives sponsoring the 850 MW coal-fired Plant Washington power plant in Georgia, announced Monday they would be restructuring and would not hold an ownership stake in the plant.

  7. DOE in China to discuss nuclear waste

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    Mon, 29 Apr 2013

    Officials from the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management participated in the 8th U.S.-China Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology (PUNT) Joint Coordinated Committee meeting in Beijing this month

  8. DOE: New battery could help solar and wind power the grid

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    Thu, 25 Apr 2013

    Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have designed a low-cost, long-life "flow" battery that could enable solar and wind energy to become major suppliers to the electrical grid.