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		<title>Environmental group&#8217;s report says greenhouse gas emissions fall slightly in Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Mcfarland</dc:creator>
		
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Report: Texas greenhouse gas emissions down

DALLAS — While Texas maintains a firm grip on the dubious title of the nation&#8217;s most prolific industrial polluter, an environmental group&#8217;s report Thursday found that wind power and other cleaner energy sources have helped cut emissions linked to global warming in the state.
Environment Texas analyzed the most recent U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texas Gov. Perry tells renewable energy industry cap-and-trade bill would hurt state</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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Texas Gov. Perry: Cap-and-trade would harm state

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Rick Perry told renewable energy industry officials that a cap-and-trade climate bill in Congress would increase taxes and devastate the state&#8217;s energy sector.
Perry, contending that the climate bill would mean &#8220;economic disaster&#8221; in Texas, said the state is encouraging alternative energy sources while improving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With bill at standstill, 3 senators with differing politics join forces on climate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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Three senators join forces to rescue climate bill
WASHINGTON — Three senators with differing political views are working behind the scenes to rescue troubled climate legislation.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., together with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Sen. Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, said Wednesday they would work with the White House to patch together [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers growing electricity still rare, but grants and tax credits building numbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Barnard</dc:creator>
		
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Farmers growing electricity along with their crops

WIMER, Ore. — Vern and Gianaclis Caldwell do a lot of the typical things that make a small farm self-sufficient.
Besides the 40-some dwarf Nigerian goats they milk to make artisanal cheeses, they also raise chickens for meat and eggs, a steer for beef, horses to ride and vegetables for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese commercial banks to fund $1.5B for 600 megawatt wind farm in Texas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chinese-commercial-banks-to-fund-15b-for-600-megawatt-wind-farm-in-texas-211347/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dirk Lammers</dc:creator>
		
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Chinese banks to fund $1.5B Texas wind farm

China took a big leap into the U.S. renewable energy market Thursday, putting up $1.5 billion for a 36,000-acre wind farm in Texas with the power to light up 180,000 homes.
The project is a joint venture with U.S. Renewable Energy Group, a private equity firm, Austin, Texas-based Cielo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama and team cite US leadership in push for climate bill, as Senators tussle over cost</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Obama team: US needs bill to lead in clean energy
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration warned on Tuesday that the U.S. could slip further behind China and other countries in clean energy development if Congress fails to pass climate legislation, as early signs of a rift emerged among Democrats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators tussle over cost of climate bill; Obama calls it a path to a &#8216;new energy future&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Senators: action on climate, clean energy urgent
WASHINGTON — Senators tussled over the cost of climate legislation Tuesday with the leading author of the bill maintaining that while energy prices will increase, inaction on global warming would cause even worse economic and security problems.
&#8220;Are there some costs? Yes sir, there are some costs,&#8221; said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste into Utah takes small step forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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Bill to ban foreign nuke waste makes small advance

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill designed to keep foreign countries from disposing their nuclear waste in the United States is taking a small but significant step toward getting a U.S. House committee vote for the first time.
On Thursday, the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act will undergo a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western state lawmakers consider regional collaboration on technology for carbon storage</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Neary</dc:creator>
		
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Western lawmakers focus on regional collaboration

JACKSON, Wyo. — Lawmakers from many western states agreed Monday that they should consider collaborating on developing technology to capture and store the carbon gas that&#8217;s generated from burning fossil fuels.
The state of Wyoming invited lawmakers from around the West to Jackson for an energy and environment symposium that wraps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kerry: Climate legislation will create jobs despite higher energy prices; action essential</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Kerry: US leadership at stake in climate debate

WASHINGTON — Senators tussled over the cost of climate legislation Tuesday with the leading author of the bill maintaining that while energy prices will increase, inaction on global warming would cause even worse economic and security problems.
&#8220;Are there some costs? Yes sir, there are some costs,&#8221; said Sen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternative energy companies say climate bill would create jobs, boost Arkansas economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bartels</dc:creator>
		
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Ark. energy companies make case for climate bill

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An industry group said Monday that alternative energy companies need Congress to pass the climate bill so they will be assured of a long-term market, one that will ultimately lower energy costs and employ 25,000 in Arkansas by 2020.
The bill, which is before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House members express concern that ocean policy will block offshore development</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Pemberton</dc:creator>
		
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US reps worry ocean policy will block development

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Dozens of U.S. representatives sent a letter Monday to the head of the President&#8217;s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force with concerns that the policy will block offshore energy development and cost jobs.
Sixty-nine House members, including Alaska Rep. Don Young, signed the letter in which they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian leaders see green energy as spark to region&#8217;s economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/appalachian-leaders-see-green-energy-as-spark-to-regions-economy-206616/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:15:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan Sewell</dc:creator>
		
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Appalachian conference studies energy help

CINCINNATI — Appalachian leaders are seeking ways to use alternative energy initiatives to spark the 13-state region&#8217;s long-sluggish economy.
The annual Appalachian Regional Commission conference, held in Athens, Ohio, will focus this week on giving the struggling area a big role in the push for more use of sources such as solar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear energy to play pivotal role in Senate&#8217;s debate over climate legislation.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Nuclear energy becomes pivotal in climate debate

WASHINGTON — Nuclear energy, once vilified by environmentalists and facing a dim future, has become a pivotal bargaining chip as Senate Democrats hunt for Republican votes to pass climate legislation.
The industry&#8217;s long-standing campaign to rebrand itself as green is gaining footing as part of the effort to curtail greenhouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA: Senate climate bill would add about $100 a year in energy cost for typical household</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/epa-senate-climate-bill-would-add-about-100-a-year-in-energy-cost-for-typical-household-205910/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Senate plan to tackle global warming would add about $100 a year to the energy costs for a typical household, according to an analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The analysis released late Friday by the office of Sen. Barbara Boxer, who heads the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, generally mirrors the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA estimates Senate climate bill would have modest impact on household energy costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — An analysis by the Environmental Protection Agency says a proposed Senate bill to combat global warming would add around $100 a year to a typical household&#8217;s energy costs.

The analysis released late Friday by Sen. Barbara Boxer&#8217;s office generally mirrors the cost projected by the EPA when it examined similar legislation passed last summer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina&#8217;s Graham says dealing with warming, new energy must go together in new bill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/south-carolinas-graham-says-dealing-with-warming-new-energy-must-go-together-in-new-bill-205231/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Smith</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLESTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., drawing fire from energy industry group after saying he would seek bipartisan consensus on energy and global warming, said Friday reducing pollution and energy independence go together.

The lawmaker told reporters he wants a bill to do both.
An energy industry group, the American Energy Alliance, started running radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama says opponents trying to sink energy bill with &#8216;cynical claims&#8217; disputing global warming</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-says-opponents-trying-to-sink-energy-bill-with-cynical-claims-disputing-global-warming-205185/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Elliott</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — President Barack Obama said Friday that opponents of his energy bill are disputing the evidence of global warming in a cynical ploy to undermine efforts to curb pollution and steer the nation to greener energy sources.

Obama said some opponents &#8220;make cynical claims that contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence when it comes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subsidies and a glut of panels; in some places, solar&#8217;s never been cheaper</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/subsidies-and-a-glut-of-panels-in-some-places-solars-never-been-cheaper-202564/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Kahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Jillian Lung says she&#8217;s no environmentalist. Still, she couldn&#8217;t pass up a chance to install a carpet of solar panels atop her co-op in Queens.

&#8220;At these prices, why not?&#8221; Lung said.
The government has plowed so much cash into the solar industry that it&#8217;s effectively pulled the luxury tag off of home solar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy and water spending bill clears for Obama&#8217;s pen, homeland security bill next</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Taylor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday approved a bill to basically freeze spending on energy and water projects next year after pouring tens of billions of dollars into them as part of last winter&#8217;s economic stimulus plan.

The 80-17 vote on the compromise House-Senate plan cleared the measure for President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature. The bill is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House bill allows states to get rid of investments in firms involved in Iran&#8217;s energy sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Abrams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday sent a message to Iran that pursuit of nuclear capability will not go unpunished, approving legislation that allows state and local governments to curtail investments in international corporations doing business in Iran&#8217;s energy sector.

The legislation also protects from shareholder lawsuits those investment managers who divest funds from companies that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: New Russian military doctrine to allow preventative nuclear strikes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Nowak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MOSCOW — A top Russian security official says Moscow reserves the right to conduct pre-emptive nuclear strikes to safeguard the country against aggression on both a large and a local scale, according to a newspaper interview published Wednesday.

Presidential Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev also singled out the U.S. and NATO, saying Moscow&#8217;s Cold War foes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico project would link nation&#8217;s 3 power grids to move alternative energy farther</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Clark</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Officials announced an ambitious project in New Mexico on Tuesday that would allow energy to flow more freely across the nation&#8217;s three massive power grids, breaking down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States.

The proposed Tres Amigas SuperStation in Clovis, N.M., would help route energy from isolated wind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil fuel stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Nestled in Ohio&#8217;s Amish country, Bill Belden&#8217;s 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region&#8217;s rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

Which he&#8217;s convinced that a climate bill being considered in Congress will end.
A cap-and-trade system forcing businesses away from fossil fuels, especially coal, will mean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate plan to shift businesses away from coal, fossil stirs Rust Belt debate on energy, jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SUGARCREEK, Ohio — Nestled in Ohio&#8217;s Amish country, Bill Belden&#8217;s 124-year-old family owned brick company has thrived on the region&#8217;s rich red clay and shale, and cheap energy from abundant coal.

Which he&#8217;s convinced that a climate being considered in Congress will end.
A cap-and-trade system forcing businesses away from fossil fuels, especially coal, will mean higher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: White House expands campaign for passage of global warming bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dina Cappiello</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s so-called green team has undergone a growth spurt.

The group of Cabinet secretaries and White House advisers who meet regularly to craft the president&#8217;s energy and environmental agenda now numbers 13, double what it was during the administration&#8217;s early days.
It&#8217;s just one of the signs that the administration is stepping up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2nd hearing on bill proposing ban on importation of foreign nuclear waste set for next week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brock Vergakis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — An effort to ban the importation of foreign nuclear waste has been given new life with a hearing set for next week in Washington, D.C.

The hearing for the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act was scheduled for Oct. 16. The bill&#8217;s sponsors, U.S. Reps. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, and Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., drew it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Executives urge senators to pass climate bill, argue it will spur new energy technologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Executives from about 150 companies, many involved in renewable energy technologies, heard a pep talk at the White House and then combed the halls of Congress on Wednesday to argue for passage of a climate bill that is facing an uphill fight in the Senate.

The executives in scores of meetings with senators and [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama&#8217;s top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year.

&#8220;That&#8217;s not going to happen,&#8221; the adviser, Carol Browner, said Friday.
Browner made the statement at a conference organized by The Atlantic magazine, just days after Senate Democrats introduced a major [...]]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — A London-based research firm says third-quarter investment in the clean technology sector fell 22 percent in the third quarter compared to a year ago.

New Energy Finance reported Friday that global investment in cleantech was about $25.9 billion in the third quarter and was hampered by tight credit markets.
The total is down 9 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research report says 3Q investment in global cleantech fell 22%; recovery forecast in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy Shore</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — New global investment in clean-energy companies fell 22 percent in the third quarter as government financing was offset by tight credit markets, according to new research released Friday.

From July to September, new global investment totaled $25.9 billion, down 22 percent from a year ago and off 9 percent from the second quarter, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New research shows cleantech sector mired in difficult overall financing environment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — A London-based research firm says third-quarter overall investment dipped for the clean technology sector which was hampered by a lack of access to credit markets.

New Energy Finance reported Friday that global investment in cleantech was about $25.9 billion in the third quarter, down 22 percent from the year-earlier quarter.
The total is 9 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sweden calls for more carbon taxes as European governments seek new income</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louise Nordstrom</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GOTEBORG, Sweden — Sweden urged other European nations on Friday to follow its lead in linking new taxes to greenhouse gas emissions as governments seek additional sources of income in the wake of the financial crisis.

Denmark, Finland and Slovenia already have taxes on household carbon emissions that can add costs to heating and electricity use. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With fight ahead, Democrats drop controversial &#8220;cap and trade&#8221; term and talk energy security</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats tried out a new catch phrase Wednesday to sell their global warming bill: pollution reduction and investment, or PRI.

But it&#8217;s just another name for cap and trade, a term derided by Republican critics as &#8220;cap and tax&#8221; because it will increase energy prices and which Democratic polls have shown faring poorly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proposed Senate climate bill calls for deeper, early pollution cuts than those in House bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A Senate climate bill will require a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gases by 2020, deeper than the reductions mandated by the House, but also include stronger measures to try to avoid energy price spikes, according to a draft of the bill.

The draft obtained by The Associated Press, remains subject to change. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Glad to be back,&#8217; Clinton restores US to nuclear forum, vows treaty push in Senate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — Saying America&#8217;s &#8220;glad to be back,&#8221; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday rejoined a U.N. conference on the nuclear test-ban treaty after a 10-year U.S. absence from the biennial meeting.

Clinton reported to the gathering of foreign ministers and other envoys from more than 100 nations that the administration of President [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Senate must mull &#8216;all the facts&#8217; on nuclear test-ban pact, says treaty chief</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles J. Hanley</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[UNITED NATIONS — This time around, U.S. Senate skeptics who killed the nuclear test-ban treaty a decade ago must take into account a new, $1-billion verification network underpinning the pact, the treaty chief said Wednesday.

In 1999, &#8220;the system was a blueprint,&#8221; Tibor Toth said of the high-tech web of stations on alert for nuclear bomb [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. company&#8217;s spinning flywheels to store, pace electric energy and make grid greener</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Lindsay</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TYNGSBOROUGH, Mass. — Spinning flywheels have been used for centuries for jobs from making pottery to running steam engines. Now the ancient tool has been given a new job by a Massachusetts company: smooth out the electricity flow, and do it fast and clean.

Beacon Power&#8217;s flywheels — each weighing one ton, levitating in a sealed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP NewsBreak: Secret nuke agency report says Iran can make bomb, developing delivery system</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — Iran experts at the U.N.&#8217;s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.

The document drafted by senior officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House votes to expand government research on advanced technology vehicles</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:20:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Targeting more federal money to support the auto industry, the House on Wednesday approved an expansion of government-led research into making cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.

The House plan would allow the Energy Department to spend up to $200 million more each year on research and development for advanced-technology vehicles and auto parts. Lawmakers&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger signs order giving Calif. the nation&#8217;s most aggressive renewable energy rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday giving California the nation&#8217;s most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020.

Schwarzenegger said the order signed at a field of solar panels will reduce California&#8217;s dependence on fossil fuels and help clean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger to sign order boosting clean power; critics say lawmakers had better approach</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday is expected to sign an executive order giving California the nation&#8217;s most aggressive alternative energy standards, requiring utilities to get a third of their power from renewable sources by 2020.

The order comes three days after state lawmakers passed legislation mandating the same goal but in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schwarzenegger says he will veto Legislature&#8217;s renewable energy bills, impose his own order</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s office said Saturday that he would veto legislation requiring a third of California&#8217;s energy to come from renewable sources by 2020, choosing instead to mandate the change through an executive order.

The Democratic bills that passed the state Legislature just before the end of the legislative session Friday would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawmakers approve inmate reduction but fail to agree on major overhaul of water system</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers ended a legislative year dominated by an unprecedented fiscal crisis without an agreement on their top policy priority — an ambitious upgrade of the state&#8217;s water delivery and storage system.

Democrats and Republicans believed there was enough momentum to try again and vowed to continue meeting in a yet-unannounced special session. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill would give Calif. the nation&#8217;s most ambitious energy standards, but its fate is uncertain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Friday began approving legislation that would establish the nation&#8217;s most ambitious renewable-energy standards, even as some warned that the rules would increase energy costs and hurt the state&#8217;s economy.

The Senate and Assembly began voting on two companion bills that would require utilities to get one-third of their power from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawmakers seek deals on water, energy, prison spending on final day of their session</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California lawmakers on Friday agreed to reduce the state prison population by 16,000 inmates and appeared ready to pass the nation&#8217;s most ambitious renewable-energy standards but were falling short of their top goal — upgrading the state&#8217;s decades-old water system.

The flurry of activity on the last day of the regular legislative session [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California lawmakers consider tough rules requiring utilities to boost renewable energy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Young</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Increasing California&#8217;s use of renewable energy would seem like a relatively simple goal, but it has become one of the hottest legislative debates as lawmakers rush to finish their business for the year.

Democrats are pushing two bills that would require utilities to get a third of their power from renewable energy sources [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mich. governor joins auto, energy executives to share plans for converting closed Ford plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Karoub</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WIXOM, Mich. — Longtime environmental advocate and Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. on Thursday formally announced a massive recycling project — a $725 million plan to retool a plant that once made Thunderbirds into one that churns out storage batteries and solar panels.

&#8220;We&#8217;re recycling our Wixom facility and transforming it into what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>France&#8217;s Sarkozy pushes ahead with contested, ambitious plan to tax carbon emissions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Keller</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to tax carbon dioxide emissions by households and businesses, a measure aimed at helping France slash its output greenhouse gases over the coming decades — but viewed with skepticism by many.

In a highly anticipated speech on the subject, Sarkozy sought to convince his compatriots of the need for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEO of coal miner Massey Energy blasts climate bill, government at industry rally in W.Va.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOLDEN, W.Va. — The chief executive of coal mining giant Massey Energy blasted supporters of climate-change legislation and other environmental issues affecting the coal industry at a free Labor Day concert and rally in southern West Virginia.

CEO Don Blankenship said he wanted to show people at the event how government regulation is hurting the coal [...]]]></description>
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