"China-U.S. Group Plans to Build Texas Wind Farm"
"A consortium of Chinese and American companies announced a joint venture on Thursday to build a 600-megawatt wind farm in West Texas, using turbines made in China."
Source: NYTimes, 10/30/2009
Economy & Business
Report Documents Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farm Lands
Foreign ownership of privately-held US agricultural lands, on the rise for the second year in a row, can affect the local economy, politics, culture, foreign investment in the US, food security, and agricultural subsidies.
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Feds Begin To Quantify Hidden Climate Change Costs
As debate over climate legislation rages, reporters will encounter many confusing and seemingly contradictory statements about the costs of changing US energy practices. You may help your audience with an understanding of how incomplete the cost figures cited by companies and politicians often are.
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"Sustainable Prisons Project"
"Prisons probably aren't the first place you'd expect to find organic gardens or beekeeping. But in some prisons in western Washington, inmates are being taught new skills and getting involved in conservation work."
Source: Environment Report, 10/13/2009
"Green Shoots Rise From Brownfields"
"Uncle Sam looks to eliminate the biggest hurdle to expanding renewable energy – the need for suitable sites to place commercial-scale wind and solar farms – by reusing hundreds of old mines, landfills and industrial sites."
Source: Daily Climate, 10/08/2009
"Where's the Next Boom? Maybe in `Cleantech'"
"Silicon Valley investors are pointing to something called cleantech -- alternative energy, more efficient power distribution and new ways to store electricity, all with minimal impact to the environment -- as a candidate for the next boom."
Source: AP, 10/07/2009
CRS Publishes Cost-Benefit Analysis of House Climate Bill
A report prepared by the Congressional Research Service is likely to be one key focus of an upcoming Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
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"Solar Panel Tariff May Further Strain U.S.-China Trade"
"HONG KONG -- Companies that import solar panels to the United States are facing up to $70 million in unexpected tariffs."
Source: NYTimes, 10/02/2009
"PV Module Production Doubles in 2008"
"Solar photovoltaic module production world-wide almost doubled in 2008, according to the European Commission's Joint Research Centre's eighth Annual Photovoltaics Status Report."
Source: Renewable Energy World, 10/01/2009
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