Olkiluoto 3 Finally Online in Finland; Germany Closes Last Three Nuclear Plants

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2023 18:40:45 +0000

A long-delayed nuclear power plant in Finland has begun producing electricity, ready to provide energy to a region in need of the facility’s output in the wake of Russia’s invasion […]

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140 Workers Cut Permanently with Sammis Coal Plant Closure

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:47:09 +0000

Workers at the W.H. Sammis coal-fired power plant have been notified that a mass layoff will begin “sometime between March 14, 2023, and April 14, 2023.” The announcement was made public through a letter Energy Harbor Corp., owner of the plant, sent to the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, as required under the […]

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UAE Set to Start First Nuclear Plant; Sweden, Germany Shut Units

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 18:24:25 +0000

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The first nuclear power plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly will come online in early 2020. The report comes one day after Sweden on Dec. 30 shut down one of four reactors at the nation’s largest nuclear plant, closing Unit 2 at the Ringhals facility after more than 40 years of operation. Germany […]

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Parts of major roads in MM to close for weekend repairs, reblocking

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:51:42 +0000

Portions of Metro Manila roads to close for weekend repairs

MANILA, Philippines — Parts of several major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, including Edsa, will be closed to vehicular traffic starting Friday night until Monday morning to make way for road reblockings and repairs. In a traffic advisory on Friday, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the following roads will be closed from 11 p.m. […]

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Palace on Duterte veto: PH can’t afford to see business closures

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 10:40:22 +0000

Palace on Duterte veto: PH can’t afford to see business closures

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines could not afford to see business closures that would lead to the decline of labor opportunities for Filipinos, Malacañang said Friday as it defended the President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto of the Security of Tenure bill. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte did not betray Filipinos by not signing the bill, […]

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In a Surprise Announcement, Colstrip Units 1 and 2 to Close by Year-End

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 23:29:40 +0000

Talen Montana—part-owner and operator of the Colstrip Steam Electric Station—announced that Units 1 and 2 at the coal-fired power plant will be retired by year-end, well ahead of a previously announced July 2022 closure date. “The decision to retire Colstrip Units 1 and 2 comes after extensive review and exhaustive efforts over the last few […]

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Cebu Pacific cancels flights until April 24 due to Clark airport closure

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:37:10 +0000

Cebu Pacific on Tuesday announced more flight cancellations following the closure of the Clark International Airport in Pampanga.

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Boracay residents to SC: Reconsider ruling on resort island’s closure

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:30:20 +0000

Residents and a worker from Boracay have asked the Supreme Court to reconsider its February ruling that affirmed the legality of the closure

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Power Companies Refute Findings of Widespread Coal Plant Groundwater Contamination

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 14:31:43 +0000

An estimated 91% of U.S. coal power plants that submitted groundwater monitoring data as required by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 2015 Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule have unsafe levels of one or more contaminants, a collaborative analysis of the monitoring data by several environmental groups suggests.  The March 4 report is significant because power […]

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DOTr agrees to postpone closure of Tandang Sora flyover, intersection to March 2

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:54:16 +0000

DOTr agrees to postpone closure of Tandang Sora flyover, intersection to March 2

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) approved on Thursday the Quezon City government’s request to move the closure of the Tandang Sora flyover and intersection from February 23 to March 2.

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