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43 min ago | Examiner.com

Congress should reign in the Export-Import Bank

First Solar , a solar panel manufacturer, is by most standards a failing company.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

5 hrs ago | Athens Banner-Herald

Southern Co. team weighing changes from renewables

The Southern Co. is brainstorming ways it could more widely incorporate renewable energy, particularly solar power, into its traditional business model, CEO Thomas Fanning said this week.

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Related Topix: Energy, Southern, Alternative Energy, Solar Energy

9 hrs ago | KRMG-AM Tulsa

UMaine unveils offshore wind data buoy

A data-collection buoy that can be plopped in the ocean and used to determine the suitability of remote locations for offshore wind farms is ready for real-world testing, the University of Maine announced Friday.

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Related Topix: University of Maine, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy

13 hrs ago | Inside Bay Area

Climate change: Environmentalists question whether Gov. Jerry Brown's actions match his rhetoric

The world is fast approaching a tipping point after which the damage caused by climate change can't be undone, Gov.

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Related Topix: Jerry Brown, US Governors, Alternative Energy, Energy, California, UC Berkeley, Global Warming

17 hrs ago | St. Cloud Times

Gov. Dayton signs solar energy standard

Minnesota's investor-owned utilities will be required to get 1.5 percent of their power from solar energy by 2020 under legislation signed by Gov.

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Related Topix: Mark Dayton, US Governors, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Minnesota, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Energy

21 hrs ago | SouthCoastToday.com

Business groups take on Cape Wind in ads

In full-page newspaper ads Thursday, the Associated Industries of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership say the state already has expensive energy, and the project's above-market power costs will make it tougher to attract business.

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Related Topix: Deval Patrick, US Governors

Thu May 23, 2013

Manila Bulletin

Biofuels: Game-changer in aviation fuel?

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in November 2009 operated its first ever passenger flight powered by sustainable biokerosene.

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Related Topix: Transportation, Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Biofuel, Alternative Energy, Energy

StockMarketsReview.com

Energy - Balancing the Bonanza: Interview with Mark Thoma

If you want an objective view of energy, ask an economist, who can tell you what to expect to pay at the pump in the coming years, and why, as well as what to expect from medium- and long-term economic growth and what the real drivers will be.

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Related Topix: University of Oregon, Alternative Energy, Energy

This is Guernsey

Wind farm energy bill discount plan

People living close to new wind farms will receive at least A 100 off electricity bills under a scheme announced by a renewable energy company.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy

BBC News

Google acquires kite-power firm

The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Robots, Alternative Energy, Wind Power, Energy

Glenwood Springs Post-Independent

Carbondale to go greener?

Image courtesy of Sunsense Solar This illustration depicts two sites for proposed solar panels near Cabondale's Roaring Fork water treatment plant to help the town lower some of its utility costs.

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Related Topix: Carbondale, CO, Alternative Energy, Energy, Solar Energy

Canada.com

Stephen Harper's government withholds details of $16-million PR campaign for oil industry

The Harper government is declining to explain how and where it is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising to promote oil, gas and pipeline companies as well as other Canadian natural resources.

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Related Topix: Public Relations, Stephen Harper, North America, Canada, World News, Global Warming, Alternative Energy, Energy

The Guardian

Don't delay on renewable energy, government told

Committee on Climate Change says the sooner the UK invests in low-carbon power generation the cheaper it will be Many on the right of the Tory party have been clamouring for an end to onshore windfarms.

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Related Topix: Conservatives (UK), Alternative Energy, Energy

Wed May 22, 2013

BBC News

Solar plane sets off again across US

It took off at 04:47 local time from Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, bound for Dallas, Texas.

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Related Topix: Phoenix, AZ, Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A340, Airbus Aircraft, Alternative Energy, Energy

Seattle Times

Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government

Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.

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Related Topix: Tesla Motors, Startups, Alternative Energy, Energy

Bellingham Herald

College fossil-fuel divestment movement builds

The Fossil Free campaign argues that if it's wrong to pour pollution into the air and contribute to climate change, it's also wrong to profit from it.

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Related Topix: Activism, Environment, Science, Financial Markets, Alternative Energy, Energy, Stanford University

BBC News

Renewable energy's weakest link?

Scottish ministers have cleared plans for a major wave farm off the Western Isles.

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Related Topix: Energy, Alternative Energy, Eilean Siar County, Scotland, United Kingdom

Mountain Xpress

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Jon Snover thought he'd found his dream job at a fuel-cell company in 2001 - and that, as lead chemist for the company, he was going to change the world by developing advanced technology to solve society's energy crisis.

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Related Topix: Western Carolina University, Inventions, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Education

Rotten Tomatoes

Cape Spin: An American Power Stuggle

Cape Spin! An American Power Struggle tells the surreal, fascinating, tragicomic story of the battle over America's most controversial clean energy project.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Movie Reviews

ABS-CBN News

PH eyes to produce 10,000 MW from renewable energy

The government aims to generate 10,000 megawatts of power sourced from renewable energy by 2030, despite this being relatively more expensive than fossil fuels.

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Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Energy, Department of Energy

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