US and International Breaking Green Energy and Environmental News:

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Sun, 20 May 2012 19:17:30 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Ed Davey: Green energy tax will hit household bills
Telegraph.co.uk
He said it was “very important” to develop green energy policies and move away from relying too heavily on gas supplies from around the world. The floor price scheme, which is due to be in place next year, is intended to encourage big companies, ...
Greens' concern for draft energy billBBC News
Europe's Other Power Crisis: EnergyFuelFix (blog)
Government backtracks on frackingThe Independent

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Sun, 20 May 2012 09:07:57 GMT

Green energy, sportsmen and public lands
Las Vegas Review - Journal
Notably, it is also the first large-scale project located on federal public lands to come online and is one of 29 industrial renewable energy projects that have been approved for public lands. This is good news, right? Renewable energy development is a ...
California missing out on 'green' manufacturing jobsSacramento Bee
Secretariat building to light solar power beaconTimes of India

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Sat, 19 May 2012 13:45:19 GMT

RedOrbit

It's Official: 100% Renewable Energy for Massive Apple Data Center
CleanTechnica
News has slowly been leaking out about renewable energy plans for Apple's data center in Maiden, North Carolina, and now the whole shebang is up on the Apple website. Apple has confirmed that the gigantic facility will run entirely on renewable energy.
Apple Once Again Announces Green Energy PlansRedOrbit
Apple says Prineville data center will open with 'green' energyOregonLive.com
Apple's iCloud data center to use 100% renewable energy by end of yearApple Insider
eWeek -ZDNet (blog) -Reuters
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Sun, 20 May 2012 08:28:49 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Green energy policy 'will cost us dearly'
Power Engineering Magazine
HOUSEHOLD electricity bills will rise by as much as a quarter to pay for wind farms and other "green" energy sources, a report claims. The study challenges the Government's claims that bills will fall in the next eight years because of energy ...
Electricity bills set to rise to pay for wind farm subsidiesTelegraph.co.uk

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Sun, 20 May 2012 20:50:11 GMT

CEPT finds place in Indo-US consortia on green energy
Indian Express
The three-year project would cover all the possible aspects of green energy and environment,” said Prof R Parthasarathy from Faculty of Planning and Public Policy at CEPT University. He is leading the project. Under CoE, CEPT University aims to go ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 19:56:27 GMT

Yingli Green Energy Responds to U.S. Department of Commerce's Preliminary ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BAODING, China, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE:YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ...

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Sat, 19 May 2012 07:07:43 GMT

Denmark aims low with green energy policy
The Republic
As holder of the EU presidency until the end of June, the Danes are championing energy saving and green growth in the region, but convincing others can be a problem. In principle, all 27 EU nations have backed a target to cut energy use by 20 percent ...

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Sun, 20 May 2012 07:15:51 GMT

Obama put eagles on green-energy altar
Korea Times
But Team Obama's response is completely different: It wants to give wind-power companies long-term permits to butcher bald eagles on the altar of green energy. The dirty secret about "clean" wind power is that its turbines are giant, whirling machetes.

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Sun, 20 May 2012 08:47:29 GMT

The Express Tribune

For a green economy: Experts stress on equal gender participation, renewable ...
The Express Tribune
Industrialists and experts discussed challenges and possible solutions for enviromental issues facing the country at the conference titiled “National Consultation on Green Economy”. The subjects covered included investing in renewable energy, ...
Green Economy: Creating a bridge towards sustainable prosperityUtility Products
National consultation on green economy concludesThe News International
Planning Commission for improving energy mix: Time has come to revisit ...Business Recorder (blog)

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Mon, 21 May 2012 01:25:43 GMT

Green gadget giveaway aims to spur public into action
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
asked Zaheen Hussain, 24, a green energy guru at Larimer's GTECH Strategies, as he strolled door to door handing out gift bags. Inside reusable sacks donated by the East End Food Co-op and Whole Foods Market were "smart" surge protectors provided by ...

Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:56 GMT

ILG Energy Helps in New Green Energy Initiatives
Albany Times Union
While the common stereotype is that energy companies and environmental activists are mortal enemies, always working at cross-purposes, the reality is that there are energy professionals all over the world, working tirelessly to promote green energy ...

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Sun, 20 May 2012 11:27:23 GMT

The Eastmain Hydropower Project Provides Renewable Energy for Northern Quebec ...
Einnews Portugal
In a report in Construction Digital, the Societe d'energie de la Baie James describes how its Eastmain hydropower project is creating renewable energy with minimal environmental impact. SAN DIEGO, CA, May 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In development ...

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Sun, 20 May 2012 17:21:46 GMT

Press Herald

Conn. subsidies seen spurring home solar power
Boston.com
But he shrugs it off because the green energy appeals to his environmental concerns. Donskoy, a software developer in Prospect, said he was motivated to go solar after Connecticut officials killed a wind turbine proposed for the town last year.
Solar Panels, the Power Generators' Biggest Nightmare Studies Confirm a ...SBWire (press release)
NJ looking to rescue ailing solar industryphillyBurbs.com
Robot To Wash Solar Panels Among Winning Student InventionsEarthTechling

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Sun, 20 May 2012 07:09:14 GMT

RT

China rejects US ruling in solar dumping case
HeraldNet
The two governments have pledged to cooperate in developing renewable energy but accuse each other of violating free-trade pledges by subsidizing their own manufacturers. "The US ruling is unfair, and the Chinese side expresses its extreme ...
China looks to sidestep solar tariffsFinancial Times
Green-blind? US wages war on Chinese solar panel makersRT
Will Conservatives Support American Companies... Or Chinese Companies?Huffington Post
Wall Street Journal
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Thu, 17 May 2012 10:28:23 GMT

Denmark aims low with green energy policy
Chicago Tribune
SAMSO, Denmark (Reuters) - Over a beer or two, Danes like to tell a story that goes like this: One night the energy ministers of the countries around the North Sea got together to divide up its oil and gas wealth. The Danish minister got very drunk, ...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 00:01:56 GMT

Belfast Telegraph

UK green plan too reliant on voluntary action-MPs
Reuters
Without a clear policy, Britain is unlikely to attract the billions of pounds of investment needed to develop cleaner energy sources and reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuels, the Environmental Audit Committee, a cross-party group of Members of ...
MPs: Government's lack of vision is 'stalling' the green economyBusiness Green
Get greener to boost jobs, MPs warn David CameronMetro

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Fri, 18 May 2012 10:30:18 GMT

ILG Energy Helps in New Green Energy Initiatives
PR Web (press release)
While the common stereotype is that energy companies and environmental activists are mortal enemies, always working at cross-purposes, the reality is that there are energy professionals all over the world, working tirelessly to promote green energy ...

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Sat, 19 May 2012 23:01:26 GMT

Leading article: No easy answers to green energy
The Independent
This will come as a relief to the green-minded, worried that new supplies of cheap carbon-based fuel would compound climate change. Unfortunately, however, environmentalists are just as capable of making unrealistic claims of exciting new energy ...

Mon, 21 May 2012 00:32:32 GMT

Inhabitat's Week in Green: NY Design Week, a hybrid Porsche and recycled ...
Engadget
Speaking of promising news for renewable energy, a study led by researchers from Yale and Harvard shows that Americans are willing to pay slightly higher electricity bills for clean energy, meaning that Americans are ahead of Congress when it comes to ...

Sun, 20 May 2012 23:07:43 GMT

Energy giants urge government to boost heat pump market
Business Green
The report sets out a number of recommendations to help boost the market, including linking heat pumps to the Green Deal energy efficiency loan scheme, despite the fact that their high cost means they are unlikely to meet the golden rule requiring any ...
Green Heat 2environmentalresearchweb (blog)

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