"Nobel Winners Call on Obama to Reject Keystone XL"
A group of nine Nobel Prize winners called on President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline.
Source: Mother Jones, 09/08/2011
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"Surprising Areas See Growth In Green Jobs"
"When you think about Green Energy and its jobs, Albany, N.Y., probably wouldn't be the first city that pops into your head. But according to a report, the upstate New York region has the highest concentration of green jobs in the country. Another surprising area in the top 10: Cleveland and northeast Ohio.
Inside a factory in Willoughby, Ohio, Ashlawn Energy is teaming with a local utility and other partners to design and build flow batteries, which, when fully assembled, will be as big as a house."
Source: NPR, 09/06/2011
"Hundreds Arrested Protesting Keystone XL Oil Pipeline"
"Protesters hope to persuade President Obama not to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline that would run from Canada to Texas. But the State Department already says its safe, and supporters point to thousands of new jobs."
Source: Christian Science Monitor, 09/05/2011
Hydraulic Fracturing: Resources for Journalists
Contact Columbia University's Earth Institute scientists for expertise on basics of energy exploration and extraction; rock mechanics; contaminants in underground water; manmade earthquakes; and economic/political questions surrounding the practice.
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Are Fed Energy Grants to Farmers Pork, Or Money Well Spent?
The US Dept. of Agriculture will award more than 900 grants worth a total of about $11.6 million to individuals and companies around the country for projects such as installing photovoltaic solar panels for a barn, improving energy efficiency of greenhouses, and installing a geothermal system for an agricultural building.
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"China Benefits as U.S. Solar Industry Withers"
"HONG KONG — The bankruptcies of three American solar power companies in the last month, including Solyndra of California on Wednesday, have left China’s industry with a dominant sales position — almost three-fifths of the world’s production capacity — and rapidly declining costs."
Source: NY Times, 09/02/2011
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