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Category: “Middle Column”

Reviewing tar-sands oversight is on the agenda in Alberta as Democrats win election, ending 44 years of conservative rule
Solar Aid charity has distributed 1.7 million solar lanterns in Africa
China expands ban on coal plants near cities to include suburbs
Fracking chemicals found in Pennsylvania well water

Guardian says spent nuclear fuel rods being stored in open air on Ukrainian front lines, then withdraws story
Cuba’s failed attempt at building a nuclear power plant can be seen today at Ciudad Nuclear
Four years after meltdown, contaminated water at Fukushima growing by 300 cubic meters a day because engineers can’t stop groundwater ingress

Oil in North Dakota train crash had been treated to cut volatility
Washington Post reporters visiting China coal gasification site harassed by police
U.S. DOT, reversing itself, caves to rail industry pressure and says crude-by-rail shipments are exempt from disclosure rules and FOI