Thursday, May 24, 2012

Green Roofs in Big Cities Bring Relief From Above - NYTimes.com

Tina Rosenberg
It’s spring — time to plant your roof. Roofs, like coffee, used to be black tar. Now both have gone gourmet:  for roofs, the choices are white, green, blue and solar-panel black.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

NRC chairman inspects Midlands nuclear plant - Local / Metro - TheState.com

Sammy Fretwell, May 23, 2012

“A construction site like this will always have a lot of challenges,” Jaczko told reporters, noting that it “is still pretty early in the process as we look at it. At this point, there were no major issues that we’ve identified.”

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/05/23/2286629/nrc-chairman-inspects-midlands.html#storylink=cpy

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Head of nuclear safety agency to step down - Business - TheState.com

Matthew Daly
05/22/12
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, under fire for what fellow commissioners called an intimidating, even bullying style, announced his resignation Monday.

Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2012/05/22/2285295/head-of-nuclear-safety-agency.html#storylink=cpy

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