World:
¶ The Japanese Environment Ministry will restart the process of selecting candidates for final storage sites for radioactive waste from the Fukushima Disaster, because residents living near the current chosen locations are up in arms. [The Japan Times]
US:
¶ The leading candidate to replace departing energy secretary Steven Chu is Ernest Moniz, director of the Energy Initiative at MIT. [Nature.com]
¶ The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation is heading a demonstration program for construction of what may prove to be North America’s first freshwater offshore wind farm, on Lake Erie about 6 miles off the coast of Cleveland. [DesignBuild Source]
¶ The Montana Senate narrowly killed a measure to allow homes and businesses to install larger renewable power systems that can sell excess energy they generate back to the utility. [The Missoulian]
¶ American Electric Power will stop burning coal at three power plants in the Midwest and pay $8.5 million as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection agency, states and environmental groups. [Power Engineering Magazine]
¶ The 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the appeal by the State of Massachusetts of Pilgrim’s license renewal process. [Boston Globe]
¶ Considering the Certificate of Public Good for the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant, the Vermont Public Service Board is rejecting those parts of the testimony from the New England Coalition’s Ray Shadis relating to the plant’s effects on fish. [Albany Times Union]
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