Troubled Nuke Plant Reprieve; Labour Wants More Fracking in UK; Gas Compressors and Nose Bleeds

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Exelon gives reprieve to Quad Cities, Byron nuclear plants. Exelon is reversing course and will keep its troubled Quad Cities nuclear plant open at least through mid-2018 after the company’s Illinois nuclear plants obtained yet another $270 million-plus revenue infusion courtesy of the grid operator for the region including northern Illinois.

Is a fracking revolution the way to cut UK carbon emissions? Labour shadow energy minister, Bryony Worthington has said that environmentalists should not take a blanket position against shale gas. [Will Labour be just as bad as Conservative?]

Gas compressors and nose bleeds. After dozens of Minisink residents found they were beset by similar ailments immediately after the compressor station was built in 2013, a two-month study of air contaminants and residents’ symptoms found that air contaminants near the compressor exceed levels in a big city.

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