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Conn. AG proposes new environment-energy panel
Connecticut's attorney general proposed Thursday that a commission be formed to protect parts of Long Island Sound from development and find the best ways to meet the region's energy needs. Richard Blumenthal announced the plan at a regional energy...Tags: Conservation, New York, Connecticut, Energy Resources, Energy Saving
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We can't forswear use of fossil fuels
I think Mike Tidwell, the writer of the column "Let's make history again" (Commentary, July 23), is in dire need of a new prescription to cure his energy myopia. While it is surely a good idea to take as much advantage of offshore wind energy as...Tags: Renewable Energy
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Solar power from space
Picture this: a 6-mile-wide solar-power satellite orbiting 22,000 miles in space. Photo-sensitive panels on the satellite collect light from the sun and turn it into microwave radiation that an antenna beams down to a ground station, where it's...Tags: Defense, NASA, Renewable Energy, National Security, Petroleum Industry
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Columns on fuel crisis ignored T. Boone Pickens' suggestions for natural gas, wind power
On July 13, you ran two columns supporting expanded drilling for oil. The author of "Electric cars no answer to conserving energy," felt we were dangerously dependent on foreign countries. The author of "The slippery situation deserves action," was...Tags: Green and Hybrid Vehicles, North Dakota, Vehicles, Renewable Energy, Texas
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Hip, Hip, Hyundai!
MotherproofHere at MotherProof.com, we???re fond of Hyundai and its affordable and reliable vehicles that are more often than not stylish. Now we have reason to like it even more: The automaker has plans to sell its first hybrid car in July 2009....Tags: Green and Hybrid Vehicles, Hyundai, Automotive Equipment, Vehicles, Fuel-efficient Cars
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Weather towers off coast would test for wind power
Some energy companies may soon be able to find out which areas off New Jersey's shore are best for generating wind power. The U.S. Minerals Management Service hopes to lease the bottom of the sea in six areas off the coast by the end of the year....Tags: New Jersey, Renewable Energy
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For the record
Cargo traffic: An article in Wednesday's Business section on the success of a program to shift some of the cargo container traffic at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to nights and Saturdays quoted Craig Noble, described as a senior attorney at the...Tags: Green and Hybrid Vehicles, Los Angeles, Energy Saving, Environmental Pollution, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California)
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Rebates Make Sense
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will essentially impose a "green" tax on power plant operators based on greenhouse gas emissions from their fossil fuel-burning plants. This tax will be passed on to consumers in the form of higher electric bills....Tags: Jodi Rell, Global Warming, Consumers, Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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Lawmakers debating gas, energy prices again
Associated Press WriterState politicians agreed Tuesday that they need to do more to help Connecticut residents struggling with high energy costs. But they have yet to decide how best to do it. Republican lawmakers said they're collecting signatures to hold a special...Tags: Pollution, Jodi Rell, House, Conservation, Global Warming
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Renewable energy program could be a blank check for Florida Power & Light Co.
Every time Florida Power & Light announces a public interest program, it is sure to cost its customers, sparing FPL's shareholders. This time it is the renewable energy program in the name of energy independence. The only defense our jelly-spined...Tags: Boca Raton, Florida Power & Light, Renewable Energy, FPL Group, Energy Saving
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