Biodiesel kaput without fed tax credit, study says
AP - 2 hours 12 minutes agoAn industry study says biodiesel production could stop unless a federal $1-per-gallon tax credit is extended.
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'Green economy' growing in California despite recession
San Jose Mercury News - Wed Dec 9, 1:14 am ETFrom 1995 to 2008, the number of "green jobs" in California expanded by 36 percent, to 159,000, according to a new report.
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Space elevator entrepreneurs shoot for the stars
CNN Money - Tue Dec 8, 5:10 am ETThe annals of entrepreneurship are full of world-changing ideas, pipe dreams and visionary projects plagued by missteps and skepticism. Then there's the space elevator, which is all of the above on steroids.
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Wind Map
Fenceviewer - Wed Dec 9, 10:01 am ETAUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Conservation unveiled an online, interactive map that allows users to see the various layers of information that have directly affected the search for suitable areas to test new wind energy technologies.
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Diggings: Uptown reception facility to reopen
The Montana Standard - Wed Dec 9, 10:01 am ETThe Uptown Butte Events Center, 120 N. Main St., will reopen in January as a private reception facility.
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New projects bring sustainability ideas to fruition
Telluride Daily Planet - Wed Dec 9, 9:59 am ETFor a relatively small team, The New Community Coalition (TNCC) is making quite the impact.
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New North summit participants in Green Bay see economy improving
The Appleton Post-Crescent - Wed Dec 9, 5:32 am ETGREEN BAY After weathering more than a year of recession, economic development specialists, business people and economists see signs the economy has turned a corner, but substantial recovery is still a few months away.
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Easing climate change expected to be costly
Pioneer Press - Wed Dec 9, 1:04 am ETWASHINGTON — If negotiators reach an accord at the climate talks in Copenhagen it will entail profound shifts in energy production, dislocations in how and where people live, sweeping changes in agriculture and forestry and the creation of complex new markets in global warming pollution credits.
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In dark economic times, a brighter downtown
Telluride Daily Planet - Wed Dec 9, 9:56 am ETUnemployment rates climb, the stock market drags and the federal deficit hits record levels.
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Telluride joins global day of action
Telluride Daily Planet - Wed Dec 9, 9:48 am ETOn Saturday, people around the world with gather on beaches and highways, in cities and churches and atop mountains in an effort to mobilize world leaders to find effective solutions to reverse climate change.
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Ridgway renewable energy project gets Big Ideas grant
Telluride Daily Planet - Wed Dec 9, 9:44 am ETTeacher Matt Wade and a group of students from Ridgway High School had a big idea. They saw a need for renewable energy education in Ouray County and they wanted to learn in a hands-on, innovative way. Their vision: To study solar energy through the installation of a 10-watt solar panel on the school, and to generate enough energy to power a student-made iPod listening station in the student ...
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Nine candidates, four seats, one evening at the library
Telluride Daily Planet - Wed Dec 9, 9:40 am ETThe nine candidates vying for four seats on the Telluride Town Council represent a cross-section of the community — from a late-20s video store manager to a retired schools superintendent, from a glider-plane-flying incumbent to a computer tech taking his first stab at council.
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Growing our own workforce
Las Vegas Sun - Wed Dec 9, 5:11 am ETTom Piechota is the director of sustainability and multidisciplinary research at UNLV. That mouthful is already a broad job description, but this year Piechota took on even more responsibility — a new academic minor in renewable energy.
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EPA announcement could lead to rules that are costly for Indiana
Louisville Courier-Journal - Wed Dec 9, 12:42 am ETThe Environmental Protection Agency's announcement this week that greenhouse gases threaten the public health -- a major step toward limiting carbon dioxide emissions -- could hit hard in Indiana, which gets nearly all of its energy from coal-fired power plants.
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Enbridge & First Solar To Expand Sarnia PV Project to 80 MW
Renewable Energy World - Wed Dec 9, 9:33 am ETEnbridge and First Solar will expand the Sarnia Solar Project from 20 megawatts (MW) of capacity to 80 MW, with a total system cost of approximately CAN $300 million for the expansion. When completed in the second half of 2010, it is expected to be the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) facility in North America.
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A new way to build
The Norwood Post - Wed Dec 9, 9:27 am ETIn the interest of green building and of involving many voices in the design phase of building, The New Community Coalition’s Kim Wheels has organized the Integrated Design Workshop, to address “systems thinking” in building design.
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China looks for alternative sources of energy
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Vestas Won't Lay Off Workers During Slow-Down
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Israeli Bedouins hook up to solar power
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China blows towards wind power
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Geothermal energy, driving an Italian town
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China's eco-tower
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