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"Funding Rules to Aid Renewables Unveiled" [1]

"The Treasury and the Energy Department today unveiled long-awaited new rules under which the government will pay up to 30 percent of the cost of renewable energy projects."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 07/10/2009

"'Cash for Clunkers' Wins Over U.S. Drivers, Dealers" [6]

Consumers are attracted to the "cash-for-clunkers" program that gives them several thousand dollars to trade in old gas guzzlers for more fuel-efficient cars.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Reuters [7], 07/10/2009

"A Muscle Car to the Rescue for General Motors" [8]

GM will emerge from bankruptcy, after a 50-billion taxpayer bailout, with the 22 mpg Camaro muscle car as its star performer.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [9], 07/10/2009

"Oil Prices Weaken as Recovery Hopes Falter" [10]

"Oil prices briefly fell under $60 a barrel on Thursday after nearly two weeks of uninterrupted declines, as traders and investors acknowledged that a global economic recovery would take longer than hoped."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
International [11]
Source: NYTimes [12], 07/10/2009

"Pickens Still Gung-Ho On Wind Farm Despite Delay" [13]

T. Boone Pickens postponed a plan to create the world's largest wind farm in Texas. The billionaire had spent $60 million advertising his plan to combat what he calls the United States' addiction to foreign oil.
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NPR [14], 07/09/2009

"Pennsylvania To Regulate Salt Discharges" [15]

"The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is working to regulate salt discharges that result from natural-gas drilling."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [16]
Source: ES&T [17], 07/09/2009

"Enviros Sue Over Energy Transmission Across Federal Lands" [18]

"A coalition of environmental groups is suing federal agencies in an effort to change the location of corridors to transmit energy across Western lands."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [19], 07/09/2009

Alaskan Gas Pipeline: Would-Be Operators Vying For Routes, Funding [20]

The proposed $20-40 billion natural gas pipeline would transport natural gas over 2000 miles from AK's North Slope natural gas reserves to the Midwestern US. Or would it?
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [22]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Region: 
Canada [23]
National (U.S.) [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [24]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

Feds Focus on 24 Solar Sites in 6 Western States [25]

Good solar potential, relative proximity to existing or potential energy transmission corridors, and the perception of the fewest conflicts with existing land uses and the natural environment were factors in site selection.
SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [21]
Topics on the Beat: 
Planning & Growth [26]
Energy & Fuel [2]
Government [27]
Region: 
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [28]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [29]
California [30]
Visibility: 
Public [3]

"Smart Grid: Digging The Foundations" [31]

"President Obama's energy team is mandating up-front standards for smart grid technology to ensure that what is built by the disparate forces involved works and is efficient."
Energy & Fuel [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: SolveClimate [32], 07/07/2009

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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/funding-rules-aid-renewables-unveiled [2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [3] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81 [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/09/funding-rules-to-aid-renewables-unveiled/ [6] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cash-clunkers-wins-over-us-drivers-dealers [7] http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE5683IA20090709 [8] https://www.sej.org/headlines/a-muscle-car-rescue-general-motors [9] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/10/business/10auto.html?em=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1247223630-mb4K5KrxKMKnsITE%204CD/Q [10] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oil-prices-weaken-recovery-hopes-falter [11] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [12] http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/energy-environment/index.html [13] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pickens-still-gung-ho-on-wind-farm-despite-delay [14] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106397688 [15] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pennsylvania-to-regulate-salt-discharges [16] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [17] http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es901934m [18] https://www.sej.org/headlines/enviros-sue-over-energy-transmission-across-federal-lands [19] http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/08/environmentalists-sue-over-energy-transmission-across-federal-lands/ [20] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/alaskan-gas-pipeline-would-be-operators-vying-for-routes-funding [21] https://www.sej.org/category/sej-publication/tipsheet [22] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change [23] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/canada [24] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii [25] https://www.sej.org/publications/tipsheet/feds-focus-24-solar-sites-6-western-states [26] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/cities-towns [27] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government [28] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mountain-west [29] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [30] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/california [31] https://www.sej.org/headlines/smart-grid-digging-the-foundations-0 [32] http://solveclimate.com/blog/20090706/smart-grid-digging-foundations [33] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1099 [34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1096 [35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1097 [36] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1098 [37] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1101 [38] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1102 [39] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1103 [40] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1104 [41] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy?page=1115