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Virginia study to look at public health impact of coal mining
May 22 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Debra McCown | Bristol Herald Courier , Heather Provencher Bristol Herald Courier, Va. - Coal mining opponents increasingly cite a series of recent studies that draw a link between mining and poor public health, but not everyone is convinced of their validity. More...
IDNR: Turbines threaten species
May 21 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - David Giuliani Daily Gazette, Sterling, Ill. - A company's plan for wind turbines in southeastern Whiteside County would likely harm endangered species, a state official says. More...
Energy expert challenges cadets to become new energy leaders
May 21, 2012 -- DEFENSE DEPARTMENT DOCUMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS/ContentWorks - It's a question everyone's heard more than once, paper or plastic? If the right response is the environmentally responsible one, which would it be? More...
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Environmental school's 'green' record enviable
May 16 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - George Wilkens Tampa Tribune, Fla. - "It's not easy being green," lamented Kermit the Frog in a song first performed more than 40 years ago during the opening season of the children's TV program "Sesame Street." More...
Black & Veatch to design, build $627M air quality control additions to Wisconsin Power and Light Company's Columbia Energy Center
Black & Veatch - Black & Veatch has been selected to engineer, procure and construct air quality control retrofits to the Columbia Energy Center, co-owned and operated by Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT). more...
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Sierra Club Unrealistic?

By Mark Wooldridge - Sierra Club president on Obama, Santa Cruz and the problem with natural gas - Outgoing Sierra Club board president Robin more...

Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine -> I Spy Radio program +energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,elections

By Da Roberts - Hear Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine on the I Spy Radio program talking energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,Elections 2012 This Week more...

What about the greenhouse gas impact of backup power??

By Mark Wooldridge - NREL Narrows Energy Tech Emissions Estimates - The question of which energy technologies generate the most greenhouse-gas emissions - cradle more...

Energy Expert Dr. Daniel Fine -> I Spy Radio program +energy speculation, Shale Gas&Oil,elections

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Tax Swap

By Mark Wooldridge - Public split over elimination of U.S. energy subsidies, poll finds - The American public is divided about whether to eliminate more...
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The Impossible Dream? Why Renewables Won't Reduce CO2 Emissions by Much

By Herbert Inhaber
The solution to looming global warming? Easy. Reduce man-made emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by cutting down on the use of fossil fuels -- coal, petroleum and natural gas. Leave them in the ground. The more...
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Extreme Cold Weather in Europe a Clear Consequences of Climate Change

By Shehu Khaleel
Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week.

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Energy Strategy

By Jim Hartung
Challenges create opportunities. The world has experienced numerous energy challenges in the past 40 years. Many new technologies have been developed in response to these challenges.

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Gas Molecules and Dust in the Atmosphere Cool the Earth!

By Bob Ashworth
Many meteorologists have blamed water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for warming the earth. Below is an excerpt from a paper1 written by meteorologists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "Water more...
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The Climate Change Challenge -- Can we turn the Titanic before it's too late?

By Peter Meisen
We've seen the movie and we know the outcome. The unsinkable Titanic hits the iceberg and two-thirds of the ships passengers and crew were lost. What if the captain had ample warning of the danger more...
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