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Wildfire threatens two Idaho mountain towns; evacuations ordered

2013-08-14 01:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A wildfire nipping at the edges of two Idaho mountain resort towns has destroyed about a dozen homes, prompting authorities to intensify calls to hundreds of residents to heed mandatory orders to evacuate, fire officials said on Tuesday. It was unclear how many of the 1,000 summer residents of the towns of Pine and Featherville had actually left their homes ahead of the lightning-sparked blaze, which has already charred 99,000 acres and is now the nation's top firefighting priority. It is the...

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US government ordered to act on Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project

2013-08-13 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A federal appeals court said on Tuesday that the US nuclear regulatory commission can no longer delay a decision on whether to issue a permit for the long-stalled nuclear waste project at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. On a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the US court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit ordered the commission to promptly decide to license the project or reject the application. The Obama administration, which picks the Senate-confirmed commissioners, wants to abandon the...

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U.P. ordered to rehire worker, pay $325,000

2013-08-12 08:51:16| Railroads - Topix.net

Now an annual event, the Sandhills Open Road Challenge, based in Arnold, Neb., has grown from 34 drivers its first year to 120 spots that sell out almost immediately.

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