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56 min ago | StockMarketsReview.com

Energy - Balancing the Bonanza: Interview with Mark Thoma

If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as well as what to expect from medium- and long-term economic growth and what the real drivers will be.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon, Alternative Energy, Energy

5 hrs ago | This is Guernsey

Wind farm energy bill discount plan

People living close to new wind farms will receive at least A 100 off electricity bills under a scheme announced by a renewable energy company.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

6 hrs ago | BBC News

Google acquires kite-power firm

The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Robots, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy

10 hrs ago | Glenwood Springs Post-Independent

Carbondale to go greener?

Image courtesy of Sunsense Solar This illustration depicts two sites for proposed solar panels near Cabondale's Roaring Fork water treatment plant to help the town lower some of its utility costs.

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Related Topix: Carbondale, CO, Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy

14 hrs ago | Canada.com

Stephen Harper's government withholds details of $16-million PR campaign for oil industry

The Harper government is declining to explain how and where it is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising to promote oil, gas and pipeline companies as well as other Canadian natural resources.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Stephen Harper, North America, Canada, World News, Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Energy

14 hrs ago | The Guardian

Don't delay on renewable energy, government told

Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation the cheaper it will be Many on the right of the Tory party have been clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Alternative Energy, Energy

Wed May 22, 2013

BBC News

Solar plane sets off again across US

It took off at 04:47 local time from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A340, Airbus Aircraft, Alternative Energy, Energy

Seattle Times

Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government

Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.

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Related Topix: Tesla Motors, Startups, Alternative Energy, Energy

Bellingham Herald

College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds

The Fossil Free campaign argues that if it's wrong to pour pollution into the air and contribute to climate change, it's also wrong to profit from it.

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Related Topix: Activism, Environment, Science, Financial Markets, Alternative Energy, Energy, Stanford University

BBC News

Renewable energy's weakest link?

Scottish ministers have cleared plans for a major wave farm off the Western Isles.

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Related Topix: Energy, Alternative Energy, Eilean Siar County, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mountain Xpress

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Jon Snover thought he'd found his dream job at a fuel-cell company in 2001 - and that, as lead chemist for the company, he was going to change the world by developing advanced technology to solve society's energy crisis.

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Related Topix: Western Carolina University, Inventions, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Education

Rotten Tomatoes

Cape Spin: An American Power Stuggle

Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America's most controversial clean energy project.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Movie Reviews

ABS-CBN News

PH eyes to produce 10,000 MW from renewable energy

The government aims to generate 10,000 megawatts of power sourced from renewable energy by 2030, despite this being relatively more expensive than fossil fuels.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Department of Energy

Tue May 21, 2013

The Providence Journal

Renewable energy funds awarded

The board of directors of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation has approved more than $78,000 in funding from the state Renewable Energy Fund for two solar energy projects.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy, Newport, RI, East Providence, RI, Providence, RI

BBC News

Tax and energy to dominate EU summit

After sharp divisions over the EU budget there may be more consensus on these issues, seen as vital in restoring Europe's competitiveness.

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Related Topix: Wind Power, Alternative Energy, Energy

KUOW-FM Seattle

Wash. Rated First In Renewable Energy, But Will State Meet Its 2020 Renewable Energy Goals?

Washington state ranks number one in the nation for our use of renewable energy sources according to an analysis by Slate Magazine .

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R & D

Engineers explore compressed air for renewable energy storage

Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Wind Power, Department of Energy

Domestic Fuel

ReneSola & Positive Energy Offering Solar Grants

ReneSola and Positive Energy Solar are offering three 2.5 kilowatt solar grants for non-profit organizations in Las Cruces, Santa Fe and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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Related Topix: Albuquerque, NM, Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy, Social Software

Lancashire Evening Post

Closure of solar panel firm after staff protest over pay

More than 100 workers at Creative Lead Finder in King Street, Leyland, walked out on Friday, claiming they had not been paid properly for six weeks.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

Balkans.com

Construction of the first green energy efficient school in Eastern...

Construction of the first green energy efficient school in Eastern Europe to begin this summer in Nis, SerbiaThe demand for resources worldwide exceeds today the biological capacity of the Earth by an estimated 20 percent.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Serbia, World News

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