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1 hr ago | AndhraNews

Expert terms Indo-US nuke deal foolish and risky

The Indo-US civil nuclear agreement approved by the 45 nation Nuclear Suppliers Group is a foolish and risky deal that will make every country free to sell nuclear technology to India while asking virtually ...

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy

5 hrs ago | Bizjournals

PSC tacks conditions onto approval of Iberdrola's bid for Energy East

PSC board commissioners Robert Curry Jr., Maureen Harris, Garry Brown, and chairman, Patricia Campora give the nod to Iberdrola.

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

Sun Sep 07, 2008

Star-telegram.com

Amid presidential race, Congress is set to tackle offshore oil drilling, economic stimulus

By JONATHAN WEISMAN and PAUL KANE WASHINGTON - A suddenly unsettled presidential race will have a new variable this week: Congress.Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Tuesday for a quick session loaded with ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Jack Kingston, Republican, US House of Representatives

MLive.com

Mich. Legislature appears close on energy plan

Lawmakers may be close to finishing up a state energy plan, but that's not stopping critics from going after details of a requirement in the bills to use more renewable energy.

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

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Tidal Power: Project advances goal of tapping ocean's energy

Workers spent the past winter tinkering with high-tech turbines slung beneath a barge in the cold waters off the Maine coast before getting them to produce a modest 20 kilowatts, enough electricity to power a ...

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

Star-Gazette

Try solar cooking to conserve energy

DEAR JIM: I want to use solar energy to cook some foods, such as steaming rice, veggies, etc.

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

CNET News.com

Assessing the value of small wind-turbines

With the California blackouts of 2001 still a painful memory, Chris Beaudoin wants to generate some of his own electricity.

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Sat Sep 06, 2008

Las Vegs Sun

Summit signals hope for clean energy

Sat, Sep 6, 2008 When environmentalists of different philosophies agree, you know the momentum for real change is building.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, US Politics, US News, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Wind Power

KHOG-TV Fort Smith

Pickens' Energy Plan Getting Attention

Oil baron and Oklahoma native Boone Pickens said his plan to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil is getting a lot of public attention.

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

Press & Sun-Bulletin

NYSEG customers could get $40 in annual savings from Ibderdrola deal

ALBANY _ The average residential customer for two upstate utilities could get about $40 a year for five years from the pending sale of the companies, a state Public Service Commission spokeswoman said Thursday.

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WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Bush: Congress should allow more offshore drilling

President Bush says if Congress doesn't permit offshore drilling to increase U.S. oil supplies and possibly ease gasoline prices, lawmakers should not expect voters to support them in November.

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Related Topix: US News, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, US Politics, John Larson, US House of Representatives, Democrat

Xinhuanet

Nation's clean energy market brings new investors

U.S. entrepreneur Tom Watson doesn't regret not investing in China over the past three decades.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Travel, China Travel, World News, China, Asia, Laptops/Notebooks

Southeast Missourian

Algae power: Project places real plants at power plants

Now this could provide some truly green power. A pair of Missouri universities and electric companies announced plans Friday to use the carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants to grow green pond ...

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Related Topix: Missouri University of Science and Technology, Biofuel, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Jefferson City, MO, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Department of Energy

Fri Sep 05, 2008

Louth Today

Energy costs 'netted Treasury 1bn'

Rising fuel costs have provided the Government with a windfall of as much as 1 billion from a scheme designed to promote renewable energy, it has been reported.

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

Ag Professional

Managing Cover Crops with Rolling and Crimping Techniques

Managing Cover Crops with Rolling and Crimping Techniques Sep. 3, 2008 Rolling hay, rye and other cover crops could be the fastest way for some farmers to prepare their fields for planting.

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Related Topix: Biomass, Energy, Agriculture, Science

MarketWatch

University of California, San Diego Forests Parking Areas With Solar Trees(TM) From Envision Solar

The University of California, San Diego, which strives to be one of the nation's "greenest" college campuses, has undertaken a forestation program in an unlikely place...on the roof of two of its parking ...

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Related Topix: Semiconductors, Electronics, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy

Evening Sun

Barack Obama talks power in York

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama speaks to workers during a tour of Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation in York on Thursday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Wind Power, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, York County, PA, Generation, Industrial, Hydroelectric Power

The Auto Channel

Quantum Unites Business Segments to Increase Efficiencies

Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a leader in the development and production of advanced propulsion systems, energy storage technologies, and alternative fuel vehicles, today announced that it ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Lake Forest, CA

Thu Sep 04, 2008

Maktoob Business

New York regulators approve Iberdrola-Energy East merger: firm

New York regulators have approved a 3.4-billion-euro takeover by Spanish energy firm Iberdrola of US power group Energy East with conditions, Iberdrola said Thursday.

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

Newkerala.com

Tata Power to acquire stake in Australian geothermal firm

New Delhi, Sep 4: India's largest integrated power company, Tata Power Co, will acquire 29.4 million ordinary shares representing 11.4 percent equity in Geodynamics Ltd, an Australian geothermal energy company, ...

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Related Topix: World News, India, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Geothermal Power, Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy

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