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Committee report outlines policy steps for states to invest in nuclear energy

Committee report outlines policy steps for states to invest in nuclear energy

by Jasper Scherer | Feb 8, 2016 | Environment, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — The U.S. could lose its position as a global leader in nuclear energy if it continues to close plants and fails to open new ones, leaders of a nuclear advisory committee said on Monday. The United States operates 99 reactors at 61 commercial nuclear...
Environment and Public Works Committee grills Office of Surface Mining director over Stream Protection Rule

Environment and Public Works Committee grills Office of Surface Mining director over Stream Protection Rule

by Jasper Scherer | Feb 3, 2016 | Environment

WASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats on the Senate environment committee clashed with each other and an Interior Department official who testified on Wednesday for the need to fill regulation gaps in coal mining near streams. Joseph Pizarchik, director of the Office...
Committee hears from congressional staffers about prospect of extending NASA science missions

Committee hears from congressional staffers about prospect of extending NASA science missions

by Jasper Scherer | Feb 2, 2016 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — NASA should be more realistic in estimating the length of its missions because they regularly go longer than predicted — and that can be a good sign, a former top congressional staff member told researchers commissioned by NASA to assess the...
John McCain introduces legislation to prohibit Russian rocket engine purchases

John McCain introduces legislation to prohibit Russian rocket engine purchases

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 27, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he plans to introduce legislation to repeal a provision in the big 2016 spending bill that effectively ended the ban on the use of Russian-made rocket engines. McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the Armed Services Committee,...
United States ranks 10th in global innovation, China near the bottom, report finds

United States ranks 10th in global innovation, China near the bottom, report finds

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 20, 2016 | Business, Health & Science, Politics

WASHINGTON — The United States is the 10th largest contributor to global innovation, 34 spots ahead of China, according to a report released Wednesday, while Finland and Sweden – countries whose spending on new technology and ideas is much less than America’s...
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses wildlife trafficking, calls U.S. part of the problem

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell addresses wildlife trafficking, calls U.S. part of the problem

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 19, 2016 | Environment, Topics

WASHINGTON — Solving the global poaching and wildlife trafficking crisis requires international cooperation to shut down black markets and educate people about the extent of the problem, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday morning. Illegal poaching has...
Obama in last State of the Union takes victory lap, hits GOP candidates

Obama in last State of the Union takes victory lap, hits GOP candidates

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 13, 2016 | SOTU2018

WASHINGTON — In his last State of the Union address, President Barack Obama understood he would soon no longer be the most important person in the room. Although the event carried its expected glitz and glamour, the president knew eyes would turn shortly to a...

North Korean seismic tremors inconsistent with hydrogen bomb claim, says White House

by Jasper Scherer | Jan 6, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — The White House said Wednesday that the U.S. government’s initial analysis of seismic tremors in North Korea is not consistent with the country’s claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb. That doesn’t rule out the possibility that a less powerful device...
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