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1 hr ago | ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: How to develop solar energy?

As the climate heats up, the world is grappling with how to produce cheap energy from renewable sources.

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

6 hrs ago | KOMO News

Wash. to host world's largest solar plant

A private developer has announced plans to build the world's largest solar power plant of its kind in Washington state.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Maria Cantwell, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Cle Elum, WA

Thu Jul 09, 2009

The Huffington Post

The Progress Report: The Future For Farmers

More than any other sector of our economy, farmers are hit hard by the extreme weather exacerbated by global warming -- floods, droughts, heat waves, and storms threaten their livelihood and our food supply.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Global Warming, Weather, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy

Fast Company

T. Boone Pickens Scrapped the World's Biggest Wind Farm. Now What Happens to U.S. Wind Power?

Wind power in the U.S. appears to have taken a turn for the worse this week with T. Boone Pickens' announcement that he is scrapping plans to build the world's biggest wind farm in Texas.

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

WBT-AM Charlotte

Obama urges poorer nations to fight global warming

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, walks with U.S. President Barack Obama during the G8 Summit in L'Aquila, Italy on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Global Warming, Stephen Harper, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Italy, Energy

Asheville Citizen-Times

Turbine compromise at hand

A state Senate committee on Tuesday sidestepped proposed mountain ridge protection rules that wind power advocates said would have crippled a promising new industry.

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

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: Lawsuit Filed Over Green Upgrade

Call it a solar powered struggle. One man's plan to upgrade his house to clean energy has turned into a big legal battle.

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

Wed Jul 08, 2009

Finance and Commerce

Wisconsin Power to launch 400MW wind farm in Freeborn County

In 2007, construction workers poured concrete for the base of a Vestas V82 wind tower for Alliant Energya TMs 68-megawatt Cedar Ridge Wind Farm in Fond du Lac County, Wis.

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Related Topix: Freeborn County, MN, Alliant Energy, Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Wind Power

Newkerala.com

How plants use nitrogen to invade and take over native plants

Washington, July 7 : A research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln , US, gives important new information on how plants can change 'nitrogen cycling' to gain nitrogen and how this allows plant species to invade and take over native plants.

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Related Topix: University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska, Energy, Biomass

South China Morning Post

ADB to aid mainland's wind farm

ADB to aid mainlanda s wind farm The Asian Development Bank is helping to finance a pioneering private-sector wind farm in Inner Mongolia, officials said on Tuesday.

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

Triangle Business Journal

Progress to build Raleigh solar farm

Progress Energy Carolinas , Southern Energy and NxGen Power will build, own and operate a solar energy farm on city of Raleigh-owned property at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plan.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Progress Energy, Solar Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy

WBT-AM Charlotte

Major economies to seek break on climate talks

Developing countries with big polluting industries are joining the world's wealthiest nations at the G-8 summit this week, trying to unblock troubled climate negotiations just five months before a deadline on limiting global carbon emissions.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, Italy, World News,

KIMT

MDU Resources to participate in power line

Bismarck-based MDU Resources Group Inc. says it is joining in the development of a high-voltage power line that would transmit wind energy from the Dakotas to homes in Chicago and other cities.

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

Tue Jul 07, 2009

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Report cites Missouri's potential for renewable energy

A national environmental group says Missouri is a prime candidate for greater development of alternative energy projects.

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

The News Tribune

Pickens calls off massive wind farm in Texas

In this May 6, 2009, file photo, legendary Texas oil and gas executive T. Boone Pickens discusses his energy plan at the American Wind Energy Association conference Wednesday in Chicago.

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

CBS News

Obama Officials Urge Senate To Act On Climate

Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and energy officials urged the Senate on Tuesday to pass legislation to reduce the pollution linked to the planet's rising temperature.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Energy

WFMY 2 Greensboro

North Carolina Bill To Regulate Location Of Wind Turbines

North Carolina senators are looking more closely at how to balance the growing demand for green energy with environmental protection, development and tourism.

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

New Jersey Herald

Christie calls for a greener New Jersey

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie laid out a renewable plan you might expect from a Democrat.

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Related Topix: Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Jon Corzine, US Governors

Appeal Tribune

Gov. Kulongoski might veto 2 energy-related bills

Gov. Ted Kulongoski may veto bills he worries could slow Oregon's efforts to boost the green economy and reduce global warming.

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Related Topix: Oregon Government, Oregon, Ted Kulongoski, US Governors, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Biomass

Mon Jul 06, 2009

Politico.com

VP delays on energy summit

Majority Leader Harry Reid is hosting a national clean energy summit in Nevada next month, with former Vice President Al Gore and oil mogul T. Boone Pickens scheduled to attend.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Alternative Energy, Energy, US Politics, US News, Al Gore

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