May 2010
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BP Successfully Capturing Some Leaking Oil with Riser Insertion Tube
There appears to have been a significant breakthrough in controlling the leak from the broken riser at the BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, with a device called a “riser insertion tube.”
EPA, Coast Guard OK Use of Subsea Dispersants for Oil Spill
After a series of tests to determine if chemical dispersants would be safe and effective to help break up the oil spill at the source of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, a mile below the surface of the ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced they have authorized BP to use dispersants.
US’ Oldest Nuclear Power Plant Leaking Waste into Aquifer
Just days after it received a new 20-year license extension from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey was found to be leaking radioactive tritium. That tritium has now leached into the area water aquifer.
From RV to EV: Indiana Company Delivers First Recovery Act Electric Vehicles
In 2009, $38 million in Recovery Act funding saved hundreds of RV manufacturing jobs in Elkhart Indiana. Today, those workers are responsible for delivery of the first of 400 electric trucks to FedEx.
Indian State to Obligate Utilities to Buy Electricity from Renewable Energy Power Plants
In order to stimulate large scale solar power generation, the state of Tamil Nadu would mandate power companies to buy at least 14 percent of electricity supply from renewable energy-based power plants.
