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Senate Weighs Final Push to Move Climate Bill
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February 21, 2010 - Reuters
| | Washington -- A last-ditch attempt at passing a climate change bill begins in the Senate this week with senators mindful that time is running short and that approaches to the legislation still vary widely, according to sources.
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Defections Shake Up Climate Coalition
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February 17, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal
| | Three big companies quit an influential lobbying group that had focused on shaping climate-change legislation, in the latest sign that support for an ambitious bill is melting away. Oil giants BP PLC and ConocoPhillips and heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Tuesday they won't renew their membership in the three-year-old U.S. Climate Action Partnership, a broad business-environmental coalition that had been instrumental in building support in Washington for capping emissions of greenhouse gases.
| | | By Stephen Power and Casse Lman © 2010 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
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In Utah, Company Aims to Store Energy in Air
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February 7, 2010 - ABC News
| | A Utah company plans to dig a series of underground caverns that it hopes to one day fill with compressed air, releasing it to generate electricity by turning a turbine and solving one of the most vexing problems facing the clean-energy industry — how to store power.
| | | By Paul Foy © 2010 The Associated Press © 2010 ABC News Internet Ventures
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High Hopes for Clean-Energy Jobs
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February 4, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal
| | The U.S. could add hundreds of thousands of jobs if Congress requires that part of the nation's electricity be derived from renewable sources, according to a study released Thursday. The study, by Navigant Consulting, said a renewable-energy standard requiring utilities to produce between 20% and 25% of their energy from wind, solar and other renewable sources would create between 191,000 and 274,000 jobs.
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Study Says Mich. Climate Plan Would Boost Economy
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January 4, 2010 - ABC News
| | Michigan could gain a significant economic boost and thousands of new jobs by reducing emissions of gases that cause climate change, according to an analysis released Monday. The report by the Center for Climate Strategies said a plan devised last year for battling global warming in Michigan would help limit the state's heat-trapping gas emissions over the next 15 years. But more than the environment would benefit, the nonprofit group said. It projected gains of 129,000 jobs, a $25 billion uptick in the gross state product and lower prices for home energy sources such as electricity, oil and natural gas.
| | | By John Flesher © 2010 The Associated Press © 2010 ABC News Internet Ventures
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Bad Year For Biofuel Ends On A Dour Note
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January 1, 2010 - CBS News
| | Oklahoma City -- A federal tax credit that provided makers of biodiesel $1 for every gallon expired Friday. As a result, some U.S. producers say they will shut down without the government subsidy.
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EPA Questions New York State Plan to Drill for Shale Gas
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December 31, 2009 - Scientific American
| | Philadelphia -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has "serious reservations" about allowing shale gas drilling in New York City's watershed, warning of a threat to the drinking water for 9 million people.
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Climate Talks End with Eye on Next Year
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December 19, 2009 - Yahoo! News
| | Copenhagen -- A historic U.N. climate conference ended Saturday with only a nonbinding "Copenhagen Accord" to show for two weeks of debate and frustration. It was a deal short on concrete steps against global warming, but signaling a new start for rich-poor cooperation on climate change.
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