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Canal Authority completes purchase of Sibley Mill

The Augusta Canal Authority completed its planned purchase Tuesday of the historic Sibley Mill, along with its hydropower plant, outbuildings and 20 acres..  More.

 

NYPA reinvests in WNY

New law will return Niagara Power Project profits to the local community..  More.

 

NYPA is reinvesting in WNY

Legislation signed by Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday will ensure that between $25 million and $40 million in New York Power Authority profits will be reinvested into Western New York..  More.

 

Emerson Awarded Automation Contract To Modernize 100 Hydroelectric Turbine Generators In Ukraine

UkrHydroEnergo, the main hydroelectric generating company of Ukraine, has awarded Emerson Process Management, an Emerson (NYSE: EMR) business, a US$28 million contract for automation systems to manage and control 100 turbine generators in nine hydroelectric power plants.  More.

 

Uganda Seeks Contractors for Karuma Hydropower Plant, Sets a Bid Deadline

Uganda is seeking contractors to build the 700-megawatt Karuma hydropower plant in the northwestern region of the country along the Nile River, the Energy Ministry said..  More.

 

Residential energy options beginning to emerge

Fewer than five months before electricity deregulation takes hold within PECO territory, two licensed alternative companies have emerged..  More.

 

Law sets aside profits from sale of unused power

Gov. David A. Paterson signed into law Tuesday a bill that will set aside profits from the sale by the New York Power Authority of unused hydropower earmarked for local industry to promote economic development in the region..  More.

 

Your iPad Or Mine?

Like Ray Kinsella’s baseball, dairy farming is the constant through Raymond Cross’ life..  More.

 

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Vintage Books’ charity Vintage Books in Russellville has adopted Equestrian Zone as its 2010 charity of the year. Proceeds from the annual charity book sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 2 will go to Equestrian Zone..  More.

 

Portugal Matures Into Formidable International Trendsetter With Sweeping Clean Energy Initiatives, Reports SBI

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 1, 2010) - As countries around the world scramble to create, deploy, and sustain clean energy adoption initiatives, few have done so with the gusto of Portugal. The country is quickly emerging as a "green" trendsetter due to its determination to reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels by channeling its wind, solar, and hydropower resources and by ....  More.

 

State glaciers shrink

A new computer model by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has confirmed what few will be surprised to hear. The giant glaciers that encase the mountains of western Washington in ice are melting. A study by the USGS shows that the mammoth mound of ice known as the South Cascade glacier has shrunk by more than a third. Like a canary in a coal mine, its demise signals dire implications for ....  More.

 

Houston Firm Floats Power to Venezuela

A Houston company has completed construction of a pair of power-generation barges that, when installed later this year in Venezuela, will become the world’s largest floating power-generation facility..  More.

 

Environmentalists stunned by failures of key measures in Legislature

Activists expected big gains, but a ban on plastic grocery bags, another on a chemical used in baby bottles and a bid to boost alternative energy fell short in the face of heavy industry opposition. Environmentalists were counting on big gains in Sacramento this summer, with a governor eager to burnish his green credentials in his final months in office. But by the time the legislative session ....  More.

 

More water, new challenges at Big Mac

World-Herald News Service HOLDREGE - Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District officials managed depleted water supplies for most of this decade to save every drop possible in Lake McConaughy..  More.

 

World Bank Calls For More Integrated Approach To Global Water Management

The World Bank on Tuesday issued a report (.pdf) calling for a more integrated approach to worldwide water management, PANA/Afrique en ligne reports (9/1). "We can't properly tackle global priorities of food security, renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, public health and urbanization unless we manage water better," Julia Bucknall, water sector manager for the World Bank, said ....  More.

 

Sen. Gillibrand held first 'listening session' with NY farmers Wednesday

Here's a news release from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's office. As Congress begins debate over the 2012 Farm Bill, Gillibrand -- the first New Yorker to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee in nearly 40 years -- began her statewide listening sessions on Wednesday to discuss new efforts to help New York farmers and farming communities. Senator Gillibrand plans to focus on key areas of the Farm ....  More.

 

Microsoft Quincy datacenter faces Ecology hearing

Microsoft's plans to expand its huge datacenter in Quincy will undergo a public hearing, giving people a chance to weigh in on the addition of 13 diesel backup generators planned for the complex..  More.

 

Gillibrand starts listening tour at Goshen farm

Debate over 2012 Farm Bill already under way in Congress.  More.

 

Gov. Gary Herbert vows help for Indian country

OGDEN — Gov. Gary Herbert told leaders of Utah's Indian tribes on Thursday that he is committed to help them improve....  More.

 

Fish fans pan dams

BRUNSWICK — Two nonprofit organizations have submitted 60-day notices of their intent to sue the owners of three dams on the lower Androscoggin River for what they characterize in the notice as “illegal ‘take’ of Atlantic salmon protected under the Endangered Species Act.”.  More.

 

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