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  • Budget watchdogs see folly in US loan guarantees for nuclear power
    Budget watchdogs see folly in US loan guarantees for nuclear power

    Fiscal watchdogs are skeptical of Obama's move to give US loan guarantees for the construction of nuclear power plants, citing risk of default. Wall Street, too, has been reluctant to invest. Might that change now?
    02/16/2010 07:30 pm

  • Obama's nuclear power policy: a study in contradictions?
    Obama's nuclear power policy: a study in contradictions?

    Obama wants to triple public financing for new nuclear power plants, even as he nixes funds for storing commercial radioactive waste. The policy may be calculated to win votes for climate change legislation, but critics say it's not 'coherent' and carries new security risks.
    02/04/2010 01:33 pm

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David Eads sits among old computer parts waiting to be recycled or refurbished by FreeGeek Chicago volunteers.

David Eads runs FreeGeek Chicago, 'an Apple Store for the rest of us'

FreeGeek Chicago gives volunteers hands-on training in restoring old computers to sell or recycle – while they earn credits toward taking home their own desktop or laptop free of charge.

 
 
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