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| Trusting science on climate change |
| CNNMoney.com |
Do climate change scientists really know what they're talking about? CNNMoney went beyond the climate scientists and put the question to a broader swath of scientific opinion. Read More...
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| Executive departures at clean energy firms |
| New York Times |
A worrisome spate of executive departures has hit renewable energy startups this week, with the president of SolarReserve, and the chief executives of Clipper Windpower and Aurora Biofuels stepping down. Read More...
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| Natural-gas group comes out against EPA rules |
| NASDAQ |
Natural-gas providers are lining up against planned Environmental Protection Agency rules to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, citing concerns that the regulations could make it harder to obtain permits needed to boost supplies.
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| Wyo., neighboring states bear burden of grouse 'candidate' listing |
| New York Times/Greenwire |
The Interior Department's decision last week to place the greater sage grouse on its "candidate list" for Endangered Species Act protection sent a shock wave through the Interior West, where resource-strapped state governments now must try to preempt a final ESA listing by adopting even tougher conservation policies. Read More...
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| Carbon Capture and Storage Coalition launched in California |
| PennEnergy |
Prompted by a study highlighting the importance of carbon capture and storage (CCS) to meet California's long-term target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, a group of energy companies with an interest in advancing CCS announced the launch of the California CCS Coalition. Read More...
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| Backlash on biofuels: Ethanol’s cost challenged |
| Yale Environment 360 |
Economics prof says growing food crops to produce ethanol is harmful to the environment and the world’s poor. notes that the Obama administration backs subsidies that put half the U.S.’s corn crop into biofuel production. Read More...
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| Group challenges sage grouse finding |
| Casper Star-Tribune/AP |
An environmental group is challenging plans by the Interior Department to classify sage grouse as merely a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act and not list the bird as threatened or endangered. Read More...
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| First Solar signs 300-MW PPA with PG&E |
| RenewableEnergyWorld |
First Solar has signed a 300-megawatt (MW) power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) with electricity from a utility-scale solar photovoltaic power facility that First Solar is developing in Southern California. Read More...
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| Trusting science on climate change |
| CNNMoney.com |
Do climate change scientists really know what they're talking about? CNNMoney went beyond the climate scientists and put the question to a broader swath of scientific opinion. Read More...
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| In Utah, a move to seize federal land |
| Los Angeles Times |
The state House passes a bill allowing the use of eminent domain to take protected land from the federal government. Utah wants to develop a stretch outside Arches National Park and other areas.
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