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2 hrs ago | Deming Headlight

Bingaman: Cap and trade bill unlikely this year

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that it's unclear whether Congress will be able to pass cap and trade legislation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions this year.

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Related Topix: US News, Global Warming, US Politics, US Senate, Jeff Bingaman, Democrat, House, NM, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy

Wed Jan 06, 2010

ECNmag

University of Nevada, Reno researcher devises new solar pond distillation system

RENO, Nev. A- Ecosystems of terminus lakes around the world could benefit from a new system being developed at the University of Nevada, Reno to desalinate water using a specialized low-cost solar pond and patented membrane distillation system powered by renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Reno Metro, Reno, NV, University of Nevada-Reno, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

BBC

Power line upgrade given go-ahead

Controversial plans for a line of giant pylons from the Highlands to central Scotland have been approved by the Scottish government.

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Related Topix: Highland County, Scotland, United Kingdom, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Alternative Energy, World News, Central County, Scotland

WHIOTV

Labor Dept. Awards $100M For Green Job Training

The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding $100 million in grants to help retrain workers for green jobs involving renewable energy.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

HECO chooses Iowa firm as biodiesel supplier

Hawaiian Electric Co. has signed a contract with a subsidiary of Iowa-based Renewable Energy Group to supply biodiesel to its new 110-megawatt plant at Campbell Industrial Park.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

KOLO-TV Reno

Solar Project Proposed North of Reno

A large solar energy project is being proposed by Vidler Water Co. on up to 1,000 acres north of Reno.

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Related Topix: Reno Metro, Reno, NV, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Washoe County, NV

FindLaw

Study says Mich. climate plan would boost economy

Michigan could gain a significant economic boost and thousands of new jobs by reducing emissions of gases that cause climate change, according to an analysis released Monday.

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Related Topix: Michigan, Michigan Government, Global Warming, Non-Profit, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy

Tue Jan 05, 2010

KARE 11 TV

Minnesota Power buys power line from ND co-op

Minnesota Power has bought a high-voltage power line that it plans to use to deliver wind power.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Grand Forks, ND Metro, Hermantown, MN

East Valley Tribune

Brewer wants more nuclear power in state

Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she wants more nuclear plants built in Arizona and wants the federal government to back off efforts to force cleaner standards on the state's coal-fired power plants.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Auburn News

Feds side with tribes in Cape Cod wind farm case

The Mashpee and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes say the designation, which would come with new regulations for activity on the sound, is needed to preserve the tribe's sacred rituals.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

EDGEftlauderdale.com Business/Finance...

Trash to gas: Landfill energy projects increasing

Landfill manager Jessica Jones points to a pump which brings up methane gas created by garbage at the Altamont Landfill owned by Waste Management in Livermore, Calif., Friday, Dec.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, San Francisco Metro, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy

Salisbury Journal

Boiler scrappage deal to cut carbon

Thousands of households will be able to apply for vouchers giving them 400 off the price of a new boiler under a "scrappage" scheme to cut carbon and help people save money on bills.

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Related Topix: Energy, Biomass

Mon Jan 04, 2010

KRQE Albuquerque, New Mexico

PNM gets extension for energy plan

New Mexico regulators have given the state's largest utility another three weeks to turn in a filing that spells out how it will incorporate renewable energy into its portfolio.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Forbes Autos

Mass. unveils landmark ocean-management plan

Massachusetts has released the final version of a landmark ocean-management plan, creating a vast regulatory map for the state's coastal waters and setting new limits for offshore wind farms.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts, Massachusetts Government, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, US National Parks, Cape Cod National Seashore, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Inhabitat

Tobacco: The Next Big Biofuel?

We've seen biofuels made from some pretty strange substances - tuberculosis bacteria , watermelons , and chocolate , to name a few - but a new effort to gather biofuel from tobacco leaves might win the award for best use of a carcinogenic plant.

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Related Topix: Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

Guardian Unlimited

Sun, wind and wave-powered: Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid'

A herd of sheep graze amongst sun-tracing photovoltaic panels installed at Solarpark in Rodenas, North Friesland.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Power

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

What's ahead in next decade?

Y esterday the Post-Gazette looked back at 1995 predictions made by some of the region's movers and shakers who were asked, "What does the next century have in store for Western Pennsylvania?" Today, as we move into the teens of the 21st century, what do the people who made those original predictions, and those have replaced them, see in the next ...

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Related Topix: Carnegie Mellon University, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Peak Oil, Agriculture, Science

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Forecasters predict least active aurora ever

If you're hoping to check out the Northern Lights in 2010, a glance at the Geophysical Institute's aurora forecast Web site isn't going to offer much encouraging news.

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Related Topix: Aurora, AK, Fairbanks, AK, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Chena Hot Springs, AK

Sun Jan 03, 2010

The Statesman

Copenhagen disappointing: PM

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 3 JAN: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said no one was satisfied with the climate change conference at Copenhagen.

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Related Topix: Manmohan Singh, World News, India, Asia, Global Warming, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Easton Express-Times

Wind farms could create thousands of new Neb. jobs

LINCOLN, Neb. - Harnessing Nebraska's largely untapped wind-energy resources could create up to 40,000 jobs over the next two decades if a federal goal is met, according to a report.

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Related Topix: Nebraska Government, Nebraska, Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Lincoln, NE, Lincoln Metro

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