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READER SUBMITTED: Greenskies Seeks Partners In Advance Of Energy Credit Auction
MiddletownGreenskies Renewable Energy LLC, a Middletown solar energy company, is seeking to form partnerships with corporate and municipal clients in Connecticut interested in reducing their energy costs and enhancing their green footprint by installing highly...Tags: Environmental Issues, Connecticut Light & Power Company, Middletown, Energy Saving, Solar Energy
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Sens. Warner, Kaine hope to end offshore drilling ban
U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced legislation Wednesday that would lift the federal ban on exploration and drilling for natural gas and oil off the coast of Virginia. The moratorium, which lasts through 2017, was put in place by President...Tags: Environmental Issues, NASA, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Navy, Oil Spills
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West Hartford Wins Two Power Of Change Awards For Energy Efficiency Efforts
The Hartford CourantThe town and school district received top honors at Tuesday's Power of Change municipal awards ceremony for their energy-saving efforts. The town earned "Top Town Hall" and the schools took first in the Innovation category in the first year of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Arts and Culture, Conservation, Alternative Energy, Human Interest
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Time for greens to embrace nukes
For too long, many environmentalists have been ambivalent about nuclear energy. It conjures fears: meltdowns, cancers, Chernobyl, Fukushima, overtones of nuclear bombs. Yet, we also know that nuclear power provides 70 percent of all the greenhouse gas-...
Tags: Earth Day, Environmental Issues, Johns Hopkins University, Mountains, Conservation
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Offshore winds focus of Virginia meeting
An authority promoting the development of wind power off Virginia's coast is scheduled to meet in Richmond. The Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority is meeting Thursday. The agenda includes a discussion of an agreement to protect the rare...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Wind Power
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Front & Center: Ethanol critic: End state mandate
Florida legislators passed a bill this year to repeal the state law that requires most gasoline sold in the state to include 10 percent ethanol. The bill, awaiting action from Gov. Rick Scott, would be largely symbolic, because federal law still...Tags: Environmental Issues, Biofuels, Petroleum Industry, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Rick Scott
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Adding Hydropower To State Energy Mix Makes Sense
A good bill to get more clean energy into Connecticut has been held up in the House. That's too bad. The House should pass the bill, which has already passed the Senate. It would likely lower Connecticut's sky-high electric rates while decreasing the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Hydroelectricity, Global Expansion, Electricity Production and Distribution, Natural Resources
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Afghan women's rights in peril, group says
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for "moral crimes" has risen by 50% in the last year and a half, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan government's need to step up efforts to protect women'...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Sex Crimes, Human Rights, Rape
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Ill. Senate overrides Quinn veto of smart grid rate hike
Tribune reportersRejecting Gov. Pat Quinn's plea to not increase power rates to help improve some of the state's electrical grid, the Illinois senate voted to override his veto of a bill that bulks up the revenue Commonwealth Edison will receive as it modernizes the...Tags: Sales, Environmental Issues, Exelon Corp., Pat Quinn, Government
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Majority thinks global warming, clean energy should be priorities
WASHINGTON – Global warming and clean energy should be priorities for Congress and the president, a majority of Americans said in a recent survey. In the survey, released Tuesday by Yale and George Mason universities, 70% of American adults say...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Keystone XL Pipeline, U.S. Congress, Global Warming, Energy Saving
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'Solar tree' proposed for training academy in Glenview
Is it urban art or just a new gadget for collecting solar power? Some say it's both. Glenview officials recently got a look at a miniature version the "solar tree" that the Northeastern Illinois Public Safety Training Services Academy wants to erect...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Energy Saving, Solar Energy, Arlington Heights
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Champaign wind farm decision nears
Springfield News-Sun, OhioThe Ohio Power Siting Board may decide this month whether the second phase of the Buckeye Wind Project will move forward after more than a year of debate and rising tensions between some Champaign County neighbors and the company in charge of the project....Tags: Environmental Issues, Champaign County (Illinois), Wind Power, Solar Energy, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)
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