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Japan OKs Plan to Release Fukushima Nuclear Plant Wastewater

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its treated radioactive wastewater into the sea next year, saying the outlined methods are safe and risks to the …

Los Angeles Company Charged Over Deteriorating Oil Wells

LOS ANGELES — An oil and gas exploration company in Los Angeles has been charged with more than two dozen criminal counts after allegedly flouting a state order and failing to properly abandon its oil wells. Los Angeles City Attorney …

Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Endangering Pennsylvania Forests

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ten thousand acres of Pennsylvania’s only national forest have given way, tree by tree, over the last 70 years to an oil drilling operation unique in its scope in the northeastern United States. A network of wells, …