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“First of all, it's doable, second of all it's desirable”

Two decades from now Americans could get as much electricity from windmills as from nuclear power plants, according to a government report that lays out a possible plan for wind energy growth.

The report, a collaboration between the Energy Department research labs and industry, concludes wind energy could generate 20 percent of the nation's electricity by 2030, about the same share now produced by nuclear reactors.

Such growth would pose a number of major challenges, but is achievable without the need of major new technological breakthroughs, said the report released Monday. Read more

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“There are more people buying hybrid cars and they're excited about them, but they didn't have a way to celebrate the technology”

When the green flag waved to start the Green Grand Prix of Watkins Glen, Robert Beam was out to smoke the field. via Times Leader

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“Continued competition in the electric market will help fuel the growth of clean energy sources and make it possible for more projects like this to become a reality”

PPL Corp. plans to build and design a rooftop solar system for New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough Corp. via Easton Express-Times

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“It is truly breathtaking for John McCain to talk about combating climate change while voting against virtually every recent effort to actually invest in clean energy”

John McCain broke with the Bush administration and Republican Party orthodoxy Monday as he not only declared global warming real, but reached out to Democrats and independents with a free-market solution that ... via Athens Banner-Herald

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“We are pleased to be selected for this award”

Austin, Texas-based Nano-Proprietary, Inc. announced that its subsidiary Applied Nanotech, Inc. via Small Times

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“It's a catchy phrase, but it doesn't have any substance”

As millions of people approach the summer vacation season under the threat of $4-per-gallon gasoline, Congress is scrambling to respond. But don't wait for anything that will drive down prices at the pump.

A Senate vote on a GOP plan is scheduled for Tuesday, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised to bring up a Democratic package before the Memorial Day congressional recess. Except for halting the flow of oil into the government's Strategic Petroleum Reserve, neither plan is likely to go very far. Both will be challenged by filibusters by opponents, meaning they would require 60 votes to advance. Read more

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“Zoning is always an issue, it's something we understand now and we go in prepared to show the benefits”

On a recent sunny afternoon Bob Loebelenz pauses to gaze 72 feet into the air at the spinning blades of his wind turbine, a small "clean, free electricity" smile creasing the corners of his mouth. via WVNY

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“We need to stop our dependence on oil.”

The head of an Israeli-backed electric car project estimated on Sunday that its partner, the Renault-Nissan alliance, would likely invest $500 million to $1 billion in the swappable-battery electric cars. via Environmental News Network

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“The case remains on track now for a preliminary decision in November and a final decision in December of this year.”

Edison International posted a decline in first-quarter earnings compared with a year ago when the utility recorded a one-time tax benefit. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune

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“The government's ambition is to become a net exporter of renewables and that cannot happen if we do not develop”

The twenty windmills at Smoela on the nothwestern coast of Norway. As Norway prepares for a future after oil, the gale-force potential of harvesting wind power off its long coastline has become an increasingly ... via Physics Blog

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