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Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla. - Yahoo! NewsFor nearly a year, construction workers and engineers in this sleepy Florida town of citrus trees and cattle farms have been building the nation's largest solar panel energy plant. Testing will soon be complete, and the facility will begin directly converting sunlight into energy, giving Florida ...
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Where Are All the Green Jobs? | Culture Buffet | Fast CompanyDuring the 2008 campaign season, voters heard a lot about green jobs that were going to help reverse slipping employment numbers while reducing American dependence on foreign oil. America, it was said, would lead the world in creating a green economy that would triply silence threats to our ...
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Labor sec'y says green jobs hiring will pick up | Business | Star-Telegram.comLabor sec'y says green jobs hiring will pick up Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS -- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said Monday that she believes hiring in the alternative energy industry will pick up in the next 12 months, but it will take longer than that for so-called green jobs to become a ...
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Wind, solar, other green jobs bring hope to hard-hit Bend | KATU.com - Portland, Oregon | TechnologyBEND, Ore. (AP) - There's only so many windy patches of Earth - and even fewer patches close to transmission lines. So for the next five to 10 years, the wind power industry is going to be running full steam ahead, said Mike Costanti, principal with Western Community Energy. "This industry ...
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Van Jones just tapped for senior White House Council positionNow that it is official I can post the details. The AP wire went out tonight from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Van Jones will be senior adviser to Nancy Sutley who is the Chairwoman of the council. (Read MNN's in-depth profile of Van Jones.) The word ‘czar’ is nowhere in the ...
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Sen. Reid pushing for climate change bill - Capitol Hill- msnbc.comSaying it's time to "take a whack" at climate change, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he plans to push for Senate action on global warming by the end of summer. The Nevada Democrat in an interview with The Associated Press said the Senate will take up energy legislation in a couple of ...
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Canada, US partner on environment and energyUS President Barack Obama (L) speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a meeting on … OTTAWA (AFP) – Visiting US President Barack Obama and Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper agreed on Thursday to cooperate on environmental protection and energy security , said Harper. "Pre...
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Thousands Negotiate New Climate Treaty | LiveScienceScientists studying the changing nature of the Earth's climate say they have completed one crucial task — proving beyond a doubt that global warming is real. Now they have to figure out just what to do about it. "It is critical for us to get a much better understanding of the impact of climate ...
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SPRINGS’ RENEWABLE ROLE IS STILL A DREAMIf you’d like to discuss how renewables might fit into your ideas about the future of the Pikes Peak region, go to dreamcity2020. com. Dream City: Vision 2020 is a communitywide discussion about the future of our city. inside • Details about projects planned or under way. • More about wind ...
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