Black Carbon: A Key Cause Of Warming Not Well Recognized
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Cash for Clunkers Legislation Rolls Closer
Two competing bills before Congress would pay people to scrap old, inefficient vehicles. But some say the proposed legislation is not as green as it looks and other factors need to be taken into consideration.
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Developing Credibility Is Key In Local Nuclear-Plant Coverage
By TOM HENRY
America has 103 nuclear plants.
Chances are, especially if you work east of the Mississippi River, there's one in your circulation area or one close enough to pose a risk.
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WA State Secret Deal on Coal-Plant Emissions Raises Ire
Seattle Times lets the cat out of the bag with an April 7, 2009, story describing the secret agreement between the administration of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and Canada-based TransAlta.
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Covering Coal Country: Overcoming The Obstacles To Reporting In Rural America
By AL CROSS
Many if not most environmental stories have their roots in rural places. Those are the places where extractive industries do almost all their extracting, where America ultimately puts much of its solid waste, where farm fields get the fertilizers that create dead zones in the sea.
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Energy Dept. Maps, Lists Efficiency Aid for U.S. Cities
The Energy Department is listing state and local grant allocations from the stimulus bill on its website. Find out what your area of coverage is slated to receive in aid.
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Consent Decree Forces Regs on Selected Gas and Diesel Engines
Restrictions would be placed on many types of stationary diesel and gas-fired engines under a proposed EPA rule.
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New Science Reports on Climate Change and Energy
Watch for the National Academies to release more climate change and energy reports this month, on alternative liquid transportation fuels, energy efficiency, renewables and economic impacts of greenhouse gas mitigation.
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Transmission Superhighway May Carry Coal Power to Northeast
SolveClimate founder David Sassoon explains March 24, 2009, how energy policies and East-West differences in power transmission needs are quietly leaving the door open for the cheapest, dirtiest coal power to flood the Northeast under plans for what is intended to be a green transmission superhighway.
Author contact information: David Sassoon
Author contact information: David Sassoon
03/25/2009
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"Some See Daylight at Last for U.S. Feed-In Tariffs"
"With Congress and President Obama championing green energy, the solar industry sees an opening to pursue a goal it long considered unattainable: European-style subsidies for sun-generated power. The national trade group for solar manufacturers is discussing whether it should push for a national feed-in tariff, a funding mechanism that forces utilities to buy green power at premium prices. Popular in Germany and Spain, feed-in tariffs have gained little traction in the United States. But that is changing.
Source: Greenwire, 03/25/2009
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