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Cancer cluster confirmed in northeast Pennsylvania »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology

HAZLETON, Pa. (AP) _ Nearly a year after federal epidemiologists first sounded the alarm over a cluster of rare blood cancers in northeastern Pennsylvania, their ...

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Windmills split town and families »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in News

LOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) _ "Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home.

The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of ...

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Gold miner's son seeks energy refuge in solar »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 5 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has found a refuge in the nation's preoccupation with record energy prices.

While the push by ...

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GM, utilities join to study electric car impact »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 5 months ago in Style

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) _ General Motors Corp. has joined with more than 30 utility companies across the U.S. to help work out electricity ...

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Texan: Congress should 'clear path' for wind power »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 5 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Texas oilman T. Boone ******* asked Congress on Tuesday to "clear the path" for his plan to boost use of wind and natural ...

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Texas oilman: Clear path for wind power »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 5 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Texas oilman T. Boone ******* asked Congress on Tuesday to "clear the path" for his plan to boost use of wind and natural ...

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Georgia says Abkhazia separatists seize villages »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in News

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) _ Georgia's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that Russian-backed separatists from the province of Abkhazia had taken over 13 villages in Georgia ...

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Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in Science & Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures ...

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Carbon goes on the auction block in Northeast »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in News

NEW YORK (AP) _ Greenhouse gases went on sale Thursday as 10 Northeastern states held the nation's first auction of pollution credits aimed at ...

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House approves offshore drilling »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 3 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House voted late Tuesday to open waters off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to oil and gas drilling but only 50 ...

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Texas oilman: Clear path for wind power »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 5 months ago in News

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Texas oilman T. Boone ******* asked Congress on Tuesday to "clear the path" for his plan to boost use of wind and natural ...

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5 years after a giant blackout, are we better off? »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in Business & Finance

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ Five years after the worst blackout in North American history, the country's largest power providers say the problems that turned ...

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Timeline of events leading up to the 2003 blackout »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in Business & Finance

The sequence of events leading up to North America's largest blackout in August 2003, which left 50 million people without power.

Aug. 14, 2003 ...

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Windmills split upstate NY town and families »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in News

LOWVILLE, N.Y. (AP) _ "Listen," John Yancey says, leaning against his truck in a field outside his home. The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of ...

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State fairs tout green efforts, but some struggle »

Posted by: ap 1 year, 4 months ago in News

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The doughnut stand's exterior was plastic and studded with incandescent lights. It had its own humming generators. And the cold ...

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