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Workers Stricken in Honeywell Plant Aftermath

Health problems, some fatal, linger for workers at the Bannister Federal Complex in south Kansas City. It is being closed by Honeywell, the latest in a series of contractors who have operated it for the Energy Department's nuclear weapons program. No nuclear weapons were made there -- only non-nuclear components. But some 785 toxic substances were used there. Despite a $65-million cleanup, workers feel abandoned.

Source: Kansas City Pitch, 11/30/2009

"U.S. Firm Sheds Liability for Canadian Nuclear Peril"

"One of the world's largest nuclear plant suppliers has ordered its Canadian division to hermetically seal itself off from its U.S. parent, going so far as to forbid engineers at the U.S. wing from having anything to do with Canadian reactors."

Source: Toronto Globe & Mail, 11/30/2009

"Obama Announces 2020 Emissions Target, Dec. 9 Copenhagen Visit"

"President Obama today unveiled key details of the U.S. negotiation position headed into next month's global warming talks in Copenhagen, including a provisional greenhouse gas emissions target for 2020 "in the range of 17 percent below 2005 levels" and a new itinerary that includes a personal appearance during the opening days of the U.N. conference."

Source: ClimateWire, 11/30/2009

"Canada Backs Alberta CO2 Pipeline Plan"

"The Canadian and Alberta governments said on Tuesday they will invest as much as C$558 million ($525 million) in a pipeline project to carry carbon-dioxide from an industrial region near Edmonton, Alberta, to aging oil fields."

Source: Reuters, 11/25/2009

"United States and India Embark on a Green Partnership"

"President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today reaffirmed the global strategic partnership between the United States and India and launched a new and greener phase in their relationship. Recognizing that energy security, food security, climate change are interlinked, and that eliminating poverty and ensuring sustainable development and a clean energy future are among the foremost global objectives, the two leaders agreed to enter into a Green Partnership to address these global challenges."

Source: ENS, 11/25/2009

"Interior Chief Slams Oil and Gas Groups' 'Election-Year Politics'"

"Firing back at recent industry charges that the Obama administration is not promoting domestic energy development, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced that his department has scheduled 38 onshore oil and gas lease sales for 2010."

Source: Greenwire, 11/25/2009

"Solar Energy Industry Brings a Ray of Hope To the Rust Belt"

"Areas hard-hit by the U.S. automakers' slump are pitching themselves to green technology firms. Workers and machines that used to crank out cars are now making parts for solar and wind power plants."

Source: LA Times, 11/24/2009

"A Nuclear Reactor Shows Its Age"

"Almost every plan for limiting carbon dioxide output includes keeping old nuclear plants running. But as those plants age, they turn up new problems. The latest is at a plant owned by Progress Energy in Crystal River, Fla., where a gap was found inside the thick concrete of a containment dome."

Source: NYTimes, 11/24/2009

"FERC Enters a Maze of Questions About Renewable Energy Transmission"

"The spread of wind and solar power is being held back by fragmented policies on paying for new transmission lines to carry renewable energy, said a group of leading transmission providers in a petition to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission."

Source: ClimateWire, 11/24/2009

"Tiny Group of Deep-Pocketed Contributors Fueling U.S. Chamber's Advocacy"

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce often says it speaks for 3 million members, businesses both large and small. What it doesn't promote as readily is that 19 supporters last year provided a third of the trade group's total revenue."

Source: Greenwire, 11/24/2009

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