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LETTER: Don't Give Canadian Hydro An Advantage
The Courant editorial on hydropower missed the reason Rivers Alliance opposes the energy bill as written [May 22, "Pass The Clean-Energy Bill"]. We do not oppose importing Canadian hydropower without limit. We oppose allowing it to masquerade as a Class I...Tags: Hydroelectricity, Environmental Issues
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LETTER: Forget Hydropower, Try Community Choice Aggregation
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's plan to raise $80 million by auctioning off the right to be the standard-issue retail electricity supplier is a clear admission that electricity market deregulation has failed. Why else would a company pay to provide the standard-...Tags: Auction Service, Hydroelectricity, Electricity Production and Distribution, Environmental Issues, Dannel P. Malloy
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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...Tags: Ethics, Authors, Oprah Winfrey, Martin Luther King Jr., Politics
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Stimulus fears haunt share markets, dollar recovers
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Global equity markets slipped on Friday over worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may curb a stimulus program that has lifted stocks, while the dollar recovered against the euro after better-than-expected U.S. durable goods data for...Tags: Malaysia, Taiwan, Ryanair Holdings Plc, BB&T Corp., Tiffany & Company
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Economic Development Agency Member In Canton Resigns
The Hartford CourantTensions between members of the economic development agency and the board of selectmen came to a head recently with the resignation of agency member Chris Budnick. Budnick resigned eight months after he was appointed by the board of selectmen. In a short...Tags: U.S. Senate, Economic Policy, Hydroelectricity, Environmental Issues
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Feds give wind farm a pass if turbine blades kill endangered condors
Federal wildlife officials on Friday for the first time agreed not to prosecute a developer if an endangered California condor is struck and killed by turbine blades at its proposed wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, about 100 miles north of Los...Tags: Solar Energy, Wind Power, Wildlife, Endangered Species, Punishment
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Leasing The Sun: Solar Panels For The Rest Of Us
The Hartford CourantThe same pathway that has put many in the seat of a new car — the lease — is taking off as a financial vehicle for homeowners who don't have tens of thousands of dollars sitting around to buy a rooftop solar-panel system outright. And in...Tags: Energy Saving, Energy, Economy, Business and Finance, Taxation, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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US Cash Grains-Soy bids drop 6th day on volatile futures, sales
ReutersMay 24 (Reuters) - Soybean spot basis bids fell sharply around the U.S. Midwest early on Friday, declining in many cases for the sixth straight session as dealers pulled back bids amid volatile swings in futures spreads at the Chicago Board of Trade. *...Tags: Biofuels, Environmental Issues, Ethanol
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China solar companies shun home market in pursuit of margins
Reuters(Reuters) - Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month peaks. Manufacturers such as JA Solar Holdings...Tags: European Union, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Asia, China
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Minn. ethanol makers hope to snap back this year
FAIRMONT, Minn. - Farmer Dwayne Ehlert remembers the moment last August when he delivered a truckload of corn to an ethanol plant here and sold it for a record $8.16 a bushel. "I knew it was good for me, and I knew it wasn't good for anyone else,"...Tags: Energy Saving, Alternative Energy, Dwayne Johnson, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Green Plains Renewable Energy Incorporated
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Bobby Likis: Use ethanol to meet clean air standards
On May 13 your editorial called for Gov. Rick Scott to sign HB4001, removing ethanol from the Renewable Fuel Standards. Many of the points on which you based your opinion are wrong. The governor should veto this jobs and investment-killing bill. For 42...Tags: NASCAR, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Rick Scott, Politics
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Solar plane completes second leg of cross-country flight in Texas
ReutersDALLAS (Reuters) - A solar airplane that developers hope to eventually pilot around the globe landed safely on Thursday in Texas, completing the second and longest leg of an attempt to fly across the United States powered only by the sun. The spindly...Tags: Solar Energy, Air Transportation Industry, Washington, DC, Kennedy Airport, Environmental Issues
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