Japan:
¶ The US will help Japan by supplying liquified natural gas. [Asahi Shimbun]
World:
¶ Indian cabinet minister K. H. Muniyappa explained to residents of Bangarpet that dumping nuclear waste in the Kolar mine shafts is merely an idea, not a decision. The protests against the idea are still going on anyway. [Deccan Herald]
¶ The Australian government issued an energy white paper, which says fossil fuels will provide most of the electricity for the next 20 years. The climate commissioner contradicts this, saying the economy could be powered “almost entirely by renewable energy” in coming decades. [The Australian Financial Review]
US:
¶ A small leak at the new plant in Hanford, Washington, being built to vitrify radioactive waste from weapons production, combines with a recommendation leaked to the media that a supervisor should be fired to show there are questions that need to be asked about a $12 billion dollar project. [OregonLive.com]
¶ Some in Louisiana are questioning whether the collapse of a salt dome cavern at Corne Bayou, local earthquakes, and nearby drilling for oil are related. [Examiner.com]
¶ Residents of Long Island who went without power for weeks after Hurricane Sandy are finding their electric bills are just as high as ever. [NewsMax.com]
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