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Local government officials investigate the inside of nuclear research lab J-PARC in Tokaimura, Ibaraki prefecture, Saturday, May 25, 2013.  The nuclear research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected

An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 50 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday. The Japan Atomic Energy Agency said the accident occurred Thursday in its Hadron Experimental ...

In this May 23, 2013 photo, security officers walk away from the entrance of the Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama facilities, in northern Chile. Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday, May 24, 2013, and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner

The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Then thousands of mine workers and their ...

Finding new tools for tracing fracking impacts

Sherlock Holmes used a magnifying glass to trace a fingerprint to its source. Andrew Barron favors miniscule rust particles, millions of gallons of water and a magnet. Researchers in the Rice University chemistry professor's laboratory have developed nanoparticles that will flow with the fluid used to hydraulically fracture oil and ...

File - In this Aug. 11, 2009 file photo provided by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography shows Matt Durham, center, pulling in a large patch of sea garbage with the help of Miriam Goldstein, right, in the Pacific Ocean. Plastics discarded by people often end up in the ocean, creating coastal pollution that harms marine life and gathers out at sea in what's become known as the great Pacific garbage patch. Now, California state lawmakers have introduced a law that if passed would require makers of plastic bottles, bags and packaging to replace plastics with more environmentally friendly alternatives. (AP Photo/ Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mario Aguilera, File)

Calif. plastic ocean debris bill dies in committee

A California bill that would have required manufacturers to figure out how to keep the most common plastic junk out of state waterways died in the state Assembly without a vote Friday. Assembly Bill 521 was before the chamber's Appropriations Committee, and the panel failed to act on it, effectively ...

Southern Co. team weighing changes from renewables

The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week. The southeast utility has assembled a brainstorming team tasked with considering how renewable energy technology might be used in coming years if its ...

BRITISH VILLAGE RESIDENTS PROTEST PLAN FOR SHALE GAS DRILLING

c.2013 New York Times News Service BALCOMBE, England — Despite the stakes, there was almost a festival spirit in this wealthy little village nestled in the hills of West Sussex. Children buzzed around an open-sided tent by the street and families spread blankets on the tiny village green. What brought ...

BRITISH VILLAGE RESIDENTS PROTEST PLAN FOR SHALE GAS DRILLING

c.2013 New York Times News Service BALCOMBE, England — Despite the stakes, there was almost a festival spirit in this wealthy little village nestled in the hills of West Sussex. Children buzzed around an open-sided tent by the street and families spread blankets on the tiny village green. What brought ...

Lincoln couple accused of bilking investors

A Lincoln husband and wife accused of bilking investors of more than $675,000 to develop made-up inventions have been indicted in federal court on four counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy. Scott Usher, 43, and Robin Usher, 51, are accused of taking money from people to develop ...

Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org, right, speaks to a crowd of college students and supporters at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 2, 2013. Hayden Higgins, left, rides a Rock The Bike "One Bike/One Speaker," a bicycle that generated power for the sound system at the rally. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Clarification: Fossil Fuels-Divestment story

In a story May 22, The Associated Press reported 72 percent of Harvard University's student body voted in favor of the school's endowment divesting from fossil fuel companies. The story should have made clear that the vote was held only among undergraduates and that of the ballots cast, 72 percent ...

Tax break weekend in Texas for Energy Star items

Texas shoppers can get a tax break this Memorial Day holiday weekend when buying certain power-saving appliances. The state comptroller's office says the Energy Star sales tax holiday begins Saturday and runs through Monday. Qualifying products display the Energy Star logo. Sales tax breaks are available for items including refrigerators ...

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