U.S. Gulf oil patch restores operations after Don

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON | Sat Jul 30, 2011 1:14pm EDT HOUSTON (Reuters) – Offshore oil and natural gas producers re-staffed their production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday, the day after Tropical Storm Don made landfall on the south Texas coast. Don, the year’s first major Gulf of Mexico storm, was nearly [...]

Zero Packaging Grocery To Open in Austin

Brothers Lane, a company managed by three brothers — Christian, Patrick and Joseph — is opening the very first package free grocery store sometime this October in Austin, Texas. The concept behind this store is really something else. Shoppers won’t find a lot of the items packed in individual containers, but instead, you would have [...]

Ideas for Do it Yourself Gift Baskets for Men

Gift baskets for men are available in several types but those in the stores may not be what you’re searching for. Develop styled baskets for the wellness buffs, vehicle lovers, movie inspired, sports admirers and technical savvy with these suggestions. The idea of getting gifts for the guys in your own life can be a [...]

Insight: NY water at risk from lack of natgas inspectors?

By Edward McAllister NEW YORK | Fri Jul 29, 2011 1:49pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York state may have enough natural gas to spark an energy boom, but it could lack the inspectors needed to ensure drilling won’t foul its other prized resource — water. Home to a portion of the Marcellus shale [...]

U.S. nuclear fund for waste, not deficit: panel

By Roberta Rampton WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:34pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government should start using the $25 billion it has collected for dealing with nuclear waste for its intended use rather than hoarding it to reduce the deficit, a bipartisan panel said on Friday. The Nuclear Waste Fund is currently [...]

Obama unveils sharp increase in auto fuel economy

By Ayesha Rascoe and Deepa Seetharaman WASHINGTON/DETROIT | Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:43pm EDT WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – Several major auto makers on Friday embraced the Obama administration’s proposal to push the industry further away from once-dominant gas guzzlers to more lean and efficient vehicles. The proposal, which is the result of months of negotiations between [...]

Drought-hit bears head for Texas urban areas

By Benjamin Wermund MARFA, Texas | Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:09pm EDT MARFA, Texas (Reuters) – A historic Texas drought is driving bears into urban areas searching for food and water, the latest in a series of bizarre wildlife stories to come out of the deadly hot and dry weather across the nation. Authorities have [...]

Huge 2007 tundra fire seen as ominous sign for climate

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska | Fri Jul 29, 2011 3:39pm EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A wildfire that burned over 400 square miles of Alaska tundra in the scorching summer of 2007 poured as much carbon into the atmosphere as the entire Arctic normally absorbs each year, according to a new study in the [...]

Idaho plans for extensive wolf hunts, trapping

By Laura Zuckerman SALMON, Idaho | Thu Jul 28, 2011 11:04pm EDT SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Idaho will open its wolf population, now estimated at about 1,000 animals, to extensive hunting and trapping to reduce their numbers to no fewer than 150 under a plan approved on Thursday by the state Fish and Game Commission. [...]

Japan watchdog tried to plant views at nuclear forum: utility

TOKYO | Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:33am EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese utility said on Friday the government’s nuclear watchdog asked it to recruit local residents to attend a public forum and speak in favor of its planned use of plutonium-uranium mixed-oxide or MOX fuel at one of its reactors. In a written response [...]

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