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Bats need trees as maternity wards, to save us from bugs
The abandoned Durham Iron Mine in upper Bucks County once belonged to William Penn and, in 1999, it served as the winter hibernation home for up to 17,000 bats, after they had dined on nearly 12 tons of airborne bugs in warmer months. Nine years later,...
Tags: Agricultural Research and Technology, Caves and Caverns, Landforms, Wildlife, Solar Energy
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Questions Persist For Power Couple; Rep. Esty Returns More Campaign Funds
The Hartford CourantAn unusual cocktail of politics, electricity and matrimony gives a provocative flavor to the story of an environmental group's lawsuit over wind-turbine developers' illegal clear-cutting of 2.5 acres of state forest on Canaan Mountain in 2010. The suit...Tags: Solar Energy, Crime, Law and Justice, Lobbying, Parties and Movements, Justice System
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Blown away by the attacks on wind-power subsidy
To hear business leaders and political candidates talk, proper industrial policy comprises only three elements: a fair tax system, a level playing field and "certainty." So why is it that all three are about to be thrown out the window as a sop to oil,...
Tags: Barack Obama, David Koch, Korean War (1950-1953), Solar Energy, Tax Credits
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Colebrook Wind Farm Opponents Lose, In a Flawed System
The Hartford CourantOpponents of the planned wind farms in Colebrook have lost their case in state Superior Court, as a judge said their claims that the six turbines, as tall as a 40-story building, would not unduly hurt the environment or harm the neighbors. The two...Tags: Landforms, Solar Energy, Crime, Law and Justice, Alternative Energy, Justice System
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Wind turbine construction begins in Madison, Tipton Counties
In Madison County, there is something popping up in the fields along with this year's corn crop. Wind turbines are being planted across 81 square acres in Madison and Tipton Counties. "At the end of the day, they can show it to their parents, their kids,...
Tags: Indiana Michigan Power Company, Solar Energy, E.ON AG, Environmental Issues, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Paperwork for wind turbines filed in Tipton County
Wind turbines will soon be sprouting up in Tipton County. White Construction recently filed the paperwork for 25 building permits in eastern Tipton County. The Terre Haute-based company plans on building wind turbines there for a big wind farm that's in...
Tags: Solar Energy, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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No safety violations found in death of Ivy Tech teacher
The Indiana Department of Labor found there were no safety violations in the death of an Ivy Tech Community College teacher.
Craig Porter, 37, fell 65 feet from a tower on the Lafayette campus in early November. The tower is used to train students how...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Solar Energy, Environmental Issues, Health, Renewable Energy
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Goldberg: America's 'green' quagmire
It was a massive flatbed truck, flanked by smaller vehicles brandishing "oversized load" banners, carrying a huge white thing.
I think the first one I saw was in Ohio. But I know that by the time I passed Grand Island, Neb., I'd lost count.
What was it?...Tags: Barack Obama, Solar Energy, Democratic Party, Jimmy Carter, Maxine Waters
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Ivy Tech faculty member dies after fall from tower
An Ivy Tech Community College faculty member died Wednesday after he fell from a tower on the Lafayette campus. As a result of the accident, classes at the school were canceled.
According to a story on the Journal-Courier website, Craig Porter, 36, was...Tags: Solar Energy, Health and Safety at School, Environmental Issues, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Renewable Energy
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Wind turbines and bird deaths
Planet Florida - Orlando Sentinel(Washington, D.C., February 2, 2011) American Bird Conservancy (ABC), the nation’s leading bird conservation organization, said today that the build-out of wind energy proposed by the federal government to meet a Department of Energy target of... -
L.A. council endorses back-to-back DWP rate hikes
L.A. NOWAfter months of community meetings and public hearings, a two-year package of DWP electricity rate hikes totaling 11.1% won preliminary approval Tuesday from the Los Angeles City Council. The council voted 10 to 4 to back the increases, which are expected... -
Wilmette residents divided over paying a little more for ‘green’ electricity
TribLocal - Wilmette & Kenilworth » NewsWith Wilmette looking to find a new electric supplier for residents, one decision left to be made is how much renewable energy to require as …...
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