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DEEP Addresses Concerns About 'Cart Before Horse' On Renewable Energy Study
The Hartford CourantEnergy industry watchers made comments Thursday on the state's plan to change how it categorizes renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydropower at a public hearing in Hartford. The plan — out as an energy department study and pending...Tags: Renewable Energy, Energy Saving, Washington, DC, Energy, Environmental Issues
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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: National Government, International Military Interventions, Barack Obama, Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Defense
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Nuclear blows away wind
The primary motivation among environmentalists for developing wind energy is legitimate concern about the effects of climate change. Wind is alleged to provide important relief from the emission of carbon dioxide from electricity production. But without...
Tags: Global Warming, Renewable Energy, Chernobyl Disaster (1986), Global Change, Energy Resources
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Wind picks up steam
Would you pay a little bit more on your monthly utility bill to help build a wind farm generating as much as 200 megawatts of electricity 12 miles or more off the coast of Maryland? That's really all Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed offshore wind bill...Tags: Renewable Energy, Barack Obama, Energy Saving, Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Phoenix's too hot future
If cities were stocks, you'd want to short Phoenix. Of course, it's an easy city to pick on. The nation's 13th-largest metropolitan area crams 4.3 million people into a low bowl in a hot desert, where horrific heat waves and windstorms visit it...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Phoenix (music group), Droughts, Global Change, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Researchers study two bat hibernacula in northern Lower Michigan
Winter steelheaders may not know it, but just yards above their drifting spawn bags or swinging flies, between 18,000-20,000 bats are resting quietly through the winter. The structure in which the bats are hibernating — called a hibernaculum...
Tags: Renewable Energy, Science and Technology, Wildlife, Eastern Michigan University, Environmental Issues
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Pakistan, Iran launch controversial gas pipeline project
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Work formally began Monday on a controversial pipeline that would feed energy-starved Pakistan natural gas from Iran, a project that has drawn stern warnings from the U.S. of possible sanctions against Islamabad if the South Asian...
Tags: Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of State, Pakistan, Energy Resources, Iran
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Group: Syrian missiles kill at least 141 in Aleppo
BEIRUT (AP) — At least 141 people, half of them children, were killed when the Syrian military fired at least four missiles into the northern province of Aleppo last week, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The international rights group said the...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Renewable Energy, Military Equipment, Turkey, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Cambria Somerset Authority wait on federal permits for hydro project
Staff writer, @DA_AmberRThe Cambria Somerset Authority board members are waiting for federal permits on a proposed hydroelectric project. This project is still in the early stages of development. Authority officials visited potential sites with associates from Kleinschmidt,...Tags: Renewable Energy, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Politics, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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UPDATE: Threat of dam failure in Wythe County decreases
According to Appalachian Power and the National Weather Service, the threat of a dam failure at the Byllesby/Buck hydroelectric dam on the New River has been downgraded. Officials in Wythe County warned residents of a potential dam failure earlier...
Tags: Appalachian Power Company, Structural Failures, Renewable Energy, National Weather Service, Floods
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UPDATE: Appalachian Power says dam situations improve across the region
Assignment ManagerAccording to Appalachian Power and the National Weather Service, the threat of a dam failure at the Byllesby/Buck hydroelectric dam on the New River has been downgraded. Officials in Wythe County warned residents of a potential dam failure earlier...Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Appalachian Power Company, Oceans, Renewable Energy, National Weather Service
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Appalachian Power gets the OK to reduce outflows from Smith Mountain Hydroelectric Project
Because of the dry conditions, Appalachian Power has asked for and received approval to reduce its outflow from the Smith Mountain Hydroelectric Project. Appalachian Power asked for permission from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality on...
Tags: Appalachian Power Company, Renewable Energy, Environmental Issues
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Mar 13, 2013
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Mar 11, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Dec 21, 2012
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