Oil prices escapes after affects of Egypt Crisis, lowers after a spike earlier in week

LONDON: West Texas Intermediate oil retreated from the highest level in 14 months as the ouster of Egypt's president without widespread violence and continued shipments through the Suez Canal eased concern of a supply disruption.

Japan utility hires nuclear safety advocate

TOKYO (AP) -- The Japanese utility still battling leaks of radiated water at the nuclear plant sent into meltdown by the 2011 tsunami thinks it has found the perfect person to oversee its safety campaign — a foreign woman.

Industry panning Obama's climate change push

BOW, N.H. (AP) -- President Barack Obama's push to fight global warming has triggered condemnation from the coal industry across the industrial Midwest, where state and local economies depend on the health of an energy sector facing strict new pollution limits.

Gasoline prices begin summer slide

NEW YORK (AP) -- Gasoline prices are on a summer slide, giving U.S. drivers a break as they set out for the beach and other vacation spots for the Fourth of July.

Feds: U.S. plutonium facility at risk of collapsing — “Potential for very high offsite dose consequences”

An earthquake could collapse the building at Los Alamos National Laboratory, N.M., where plutonium cores of nuclear bombs are produced, releasing deadly doses of radiation, the Department of Energy’s inspector general reported on Thursday.

Shale gas promises could just be hot air

The British Geological Survey estimates of huge potential reserves of shale gas in the north-west are being hailed as key to the UK's energy future (Report, 28 June).

Fukushima new ‘blueprint’ for terrorists? Harvard Professor: “All you need to do is cut off power for an extended period”

Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, whose 2011 meltdowns dislocated 160,000 people, may provide a new blueprint for terrorists seeking to inflict mass disruption, security analysts said at a United Nations meeting.