Energy

Is the Yucca Dump Doomed?
While supporters vow to plow forward with plans for a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, Nev., critics hope Democrats will be able to kill the project -- which would take highly radioactive material transported through the Southland -- when they take control of Congress this month. >> Read the Full Article
Red Cross Official: Pipeline Leak in Lagos Neighborhood
Fuel was leaking from a pipeline in a poor Lagos neighborhood Thursday, but the Red Cross said its earlier report of an explosion was mistaken. >> Read the Full Article
Democrats Want to Redistribute Big Oil Money to Conservation, Renewables
House Democrats in the first weeks of the new Congress plan to establish a dedicated fund to promote renewable energy and conservation, using money from oil companies. >> Read the Full Article
Researchers Find Baking Impacts Puget Sound
Researchers at the University of Washington say all that holiday baking and eating has an environmental impact -- Puget Sound is being flavored by cinnamon and vanilla. >> Read the Full Article
Water-Short African States Near an Ancient, Elusive Goal: A Pact to Share the Nile
After three years of closed-door talks, nine nations are quietly edging toward a deal to jointly oversee the waters of the Nile, an agreement that has eluded lands along the great river since the days of the pharaohs. >> Read the Full Article
Congo Takes Tentative Steps Toward Power Dream
Fresh from its first free elections in over 40 years, Africa's third biggest country may finally live up to its name, and is trying to get its chaotic economy back on track after decades of systematic looting and violence. >> Read the Full Article
Singapore Fold-Up Bike Goes Against Asian Tide
With a record 117,000 more new cars on its roads this year, Singapore seems to have declared the car the winner in the Asia-wide car versus bike transport battle. In Singapore, like much of Asia, bikes are seen as poor man's transport. >> Read the Full Article
Feds Want More Information about BP Pipeline Replacement Plan at Prudhoe Bay
Federal regulators have ordered oil giant BP PLC to submit more details about its plans for replacing corroded pipelines at Prudhoe Bay, the nation's largest oil field. >> Read the Full Article
Scores of Indebted Indian Farmers Call off Threat to Jump off Water Tanks
More than 100 indebted farmers in a western Indian state threatened Wednesday to commit mass suicide by jumping off high water tanks, but later called off their protest after a minister promised to examine their demands for debt write-offs. >> Read the Full Article
EPA Changing Fuel Economy Estimates
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday issued new testing procedures that will cause fuel economy estimates on the stickers of new vehicles to drop an average of 12 percent for city driving on most 2008 model year vehicles, and 8 percent for highway driving. >> Read the Full Article