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Watchdog Alert: Tracking Energy Loan Guarantees [1]

The topic of federal loan guarantees for energy projects has become prime media territory with the bankruptcy of the solar company Solyndra after it received one of these loans. As of September 30, 2011, DoE has issued about $40 billion for solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, nuclear, energy efficiency, energy storage, battery storage, or transmission projects.
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TipSheet [2]
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Government [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Many Are Claiming Health Problems Caused by Smart Meters [6]

Numerous allegations of health damage from people in the US and around the globe, the common threads in the descriptions of health damage (often appearing to involve the neurological, immune, and/or endocrine systems), and the evidence from thousands of published studies that address a wide range of electrical, magnetic field, and radio-frequency impacts suggest this could be a major public health issue that warrants coverage.

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TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Health [7]
People & Population [8]
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Public [5]
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Report: Canada Has Hot Geothermal Prospects [9]

The Geological Survey of Canada states the best prospects are in British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon, and the westernmost portion of the Northwest Territories, with some good potential also in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, and modest prospects in many other parts of the country.
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TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
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Canada [10]
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TVA Public Relations Staff Edited Engineer's Report on Failed Coal-Ash Dam [11]

Dam inspections began before the Dec. 2008 spill incident of 5.4 million cubic yards of coal-ash slurry in Tennessee. Afterward, the initial draft engineer's report of the pre-spill inspection noted several eroded areas needed to be fixed "immediately;" the word was subsequently struck from the report.
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WatchDog TipSheet [12]
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Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
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Public [5]
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BP Blowout: Lessons from Gulf Oil Disaster [15]

Everything from the social media’s importance to the need for a detailed disaster plan — Robert A. Thomas, professor and director of the Center for Environmental Communication, School of Mass Communication at Loyola University in New Orleans, outlines 17 take-away lessons for journalists.

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Backgrounders [16]
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Disasters [13]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
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Are Fed Energy Grants to Farmers Pork, Or Money Well Spent? [17]

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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TipSheet [2]
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Environmental Politics [18]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Public [5]
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New Data Site Maps "Dirty Energy Money" [19]

Oil Change International invites you to look up campaign donations from energy companies to members of Congress with data sourced from the Center for Responsive Politics and the Federal Elections Commission.
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WatchDog TipSheet [12]
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Government [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Economy & Business [20]
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Projects in 6 States Selected To Help Pioneer 3 Biofuels [21]

USDA continues to expand its Biomass Crop Assistance Program that provides financial incentives for producers of various biomass products with the latest selected project areas for growing camelina in CA, OR, WA, and MT, poplar trees in OR, and switchgrass in KS and OK.
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TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Region:
California [22]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [24]
Northwest (OR WA) [25]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [26]
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EPA To Issue Long Overdue Standards for Oil & Gas Facilities [27]

Two and a half years after being sued, EPA is under a twice-extended court deadline to release by July 28, 2011, proposed standards which will address air toxics from oil production facilities and natural gas production, processing, transmission, and storage facilities.
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TipSheet [2]
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Laws & Regulations [28]
Energy & Fuel [4]
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Central U.S. Is Home to Miscanthus Biomass Crop Projects [29]

The US Dept. of Agriculture is providing financial support for farmers to grow the grass in four project areas in four states. The goal is to substantially increase production of the crop, and USDA estimates about 4,000 jobs will be created.
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TipSheet [2]
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Energy & Fuel [4]
Agriculture [30]
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Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [23]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [31]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [32]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [14]
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