Hawaii in early stages of energy evolution
CNN - Sat Dec 19, 5:08 pm ETIt was an energy audit at work that first nudged Susan Chandler to think green.
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U.N. averts climate collapse by "noting" new deal
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 9:35 am ETU.N. climate talks avoided a total collapse on Saturday by skirting bitter opposition from several nations to a deal championed by the U.S. President Barack Obama and five emerging economies including China.
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U.S. Senate OKs bill that benefits some Michigan companies, jobless
Detroit News - 8 minutes agoWashington -- The Senate passed the $636 billion Department of Defense appropriations bill this morning that includes millions of dollars for military-related projects by Michigan companies, plus an extension of unemployment benefits and COBRA health insurance subsidies for laid-off workers.
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Texas Panhandle's Palo Duro Canyon at center of debate over wind-power transmission lines
Dallas Morning News - 1 hour 15 minutes agoMATT STRASEN/Special Contributor divEnvironmentalists are happy about Sharyland Utilities' plans to bring West Texas wind power to Dallas and other big cities - but not about its proposal to have a line span the nation's second-largest canyon.
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Climate Accord In Hand, Obama Turns To Senate
NPR - Sat Dec 19, 6:36 pm ETThe deal brokered in Copenhagen "lays the foundation for international action," the president said. The challenge now is to build momentum in the U.S. for a clean energy economy. The first part of that effort is legislation waiting in the Senate.
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European clean-energy firms eye Indiana
Louisville Courier-Journal - 48 minutes agoEuropean renewable-energy companies have taken an interest in Indiana, with several wind farms or factories that produce wind turbines and solar-powered products either in place or in the works.
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U.S.-led climate deal under threat in Copenhagen
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sat Dec 19, 3:06 am ETU.N. climate talks fell into crisis on Saturday after some developing nations angrily rejected a plan worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama, China and other fast growing economies for fighting global warming.
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Alaska contractor, wind-generation pioneer, dies in Arizona
Anchorage Daily News - 25 minutes agoBob Swanson constructed the first large-scale wind generation project in the state of Alaska at Nelson Lagoon in 1977, one of the first commercially viable wind farms in Hawaii in 1985, the first runway lighting project at Denver International Airport in 1993 and one of the largest wind/diesel projects ever constructed at the time on Ascension Island in 2003.
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Sun lighting way to energy independence
Lancaster Online - 36 minutes agoDarrel Mills never planned to line the roof of his 4-year-old Pequea Township garage with solar panels.But with utility costs rising, component costs falling and new financial incentives from Washington and Harrisburg, Mills said, it now makes perfect sense.J.K. Mechanical Inc., of Willow Street, fi...
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Green investment makes sense, but Michigan's economy needs more help
The Grand Rapids Press - 1 hour 10 minutes agoFunding alternative energy development is politically inexpensive.
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Wind is the name of the energy game
Traverse City Record-Eagle - 1 hour 40 minutes agoSpinning blades on giant wind turbines may become a more frequent scene across the state and potentially offshore in Great Lakes waters. Utilities are investing in windmills locally and a Norwegian company recently proposed an offshore project just south of Ludington.
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The Sun Shines In Copenhagen
Forbes - Fri Dec 18, 3:04 pm ETWhy solar power can and should take off in the U.S.
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Soon we’ll all have to be environmentally savvy
The Logan Herald Journal - 3 minutes agoIt’s official, “greenhouse gases harm people,” announced EPA administrator Lisa Jackson as she released the EPA’s “endangerment findings.” Whether by coincidence or design, this came on the eve of the Copenhagen summit on climate change, where world leaders will decide what to do about that issue.
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Wind turbine at Burlington airport
WCAX-TV Vermont - Sat Dec 19, 8:16 pm ETA crew installed a large tower that will hold a one-hundred kilowatt wind turbine.
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Israel plunges into water technology
The Canton Repository - 43 minutes agoIn a country with few natural resources and where the most famous body of water is the Dead Sea, Israel is looking beyond its arid landscape and taking the lead in water technology, the latest export-oriented industry to help it weather the effects of the global meltdown.
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Italian village sets sustainable living standard
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