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EPA turns down states' request for ethanol waiver

By MARY CLARE JALONICKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday denied requests from several governors to waive production requirements for corn-based ethanol. A renewable fuels law requires that 13.2 billion gallons of ethanol be produced by this year and

Costs at ailing Calif. nuke plant top $300 million

By MICHAEL R. BLOODAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - The long-running blackout at the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in California has cost at least $317 million, and it's not clear if the plant's troubled steam generators can ever be repaired and operated at full power, the

Nuclear plants weather hit from superstorm Sandy

By RAY HENRYAssociated Press ATLANTA (AP) - Superstorm Sandy forced three nuclear reactors to close by playing havoc with cooling water and electrical lines, but the nuclear industry took the pounding without suffering a major problem. Nuclear plants are supposed to withstand hurricanes,

Government replaces body scanners at some airports

By JASON KEYSERAssociated Press CHICAGO (AP) - The federal government is quietly removing full-body X-ray scanners from seven major airports and replacing them with a different type of machine that produces a cartoon-like outline instead of the naked images that have been compared to a virtual