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In his first year in office, Gov. Deval Patrick placed a series of high-stakes bets on the state's economic future, from encouraging the development of a renewable energy industry to making a pitch for three destination resort casinos.

Ciara Byrne Toronto - The Canadian Press Published on Sunday, Mar. 21, 2010 12:21AM EDT Last updated on Sunday, Mar.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has granted a request by a proposed transmission superstation for authorization to sell transmission services at negotiated rates.

JAIPUR, India a ' A London-based environmental campaigner traveling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally using a satellite phone and is now free to leave India two months after his arrest, his lawyer said Sunday.

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The Solar Energy Industries Association today released new national polling data showing that 75 percent of those surveyed support the development of solar energy plants on public lands not set aside for national parks or nature preserves.

Corey Zschoche of the Klamath Basin Brewing Co., which uses geothermal heat to brew its beer.

Hoku Scientific Inc. said today it is changing its name to Hoku Corp. to reflect the expansion beyond its original focus of fuel cell technology when the company was founded in 2001.

Maryland has an ambitious goal of producing 20 percent of its electricity with renewable resources by 2022.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will conduct a comprehensive research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health.

Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty recently did something so stupid when it comes to uh fighting global warming, it should warn all Canadians to keep an eye on their politicians, lest they do something equally dumb.

A backlash against efforts in California and Congress to rein in greenhouse gas emissions is brewing in hard economic times.

Quebec-based Gaz Metro is eyeing the thousands of transport trucks travelling weekly between Ontario and Quebec and wants them to fill up with natural gas to help increase the fuel distributor's growth.

Scientists at a wind energy group in California said their unique radar technology mitigates the risk of wind farms to migratory bird species.

Eco-friendly LA is about to put its money where its mouth is. A proposal by LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa would raise electricity bills 8.8% to 28.4% to pay for an ambitious clean energy initiative.

The U.S. military is growing increasingly concerned that proposed wind farms can disrupt or block radar designed to detect threats and protect America's skies, a problem that is stalling the alternative energy projects around the country.

March 18 -- Michael McNamara, an analyst at Jefferies International Ltd., talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the outlook for wind energy and his investment strategy in alternative-energy stocks.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, March 17, 2010 Worldwide solar photovoltaic installations reached a record high of 6.43 gigawatt in 2009a 6% Y/Y growth, according to the latest Marketbuzz 2010 Report from Solarbuzz , an international solar energy market research and consulting company, and a division of The NPD Group .

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ILBiofuels-Crop Pest,0128 U. of Ill. studies nematodes in biofuel crops Eds: APNewsNow.