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LIPA’s Nuclear Hangover Proves Headache for Sandy’s Victims

Source: Firedoglake, Nov 27 2012, 8:50am CST

The decommissioned Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant still occupies a 58-acre site on Long Island Sound. (photo: Paul Searing via Wikipedia) As the sun set on Veterans Day, 2012, tens of thousands of homes on New York’s Long Island prep ...

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Obama to seek limit on existing power plant CO2 fumes

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 20 2013, 1:43am CDT

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- President Obama plans to limit existing U.S. power plants' carbon dioxide fumes, officials said, as Obama said slowing global warming required "bold action." Heather Zichal, White House ...

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State Expected to Drastically Reduce Role of L.I. Power Authority

Source: The New York Times  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:42pm CDT

The Long Island Power Authority would cede most of its control over the electric grid on Long Island and freeze rates for two years under a proposal that state lawmakers are expected to approve on Thursday. The plan calls ...

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Hawaiian Electric eyeing new solar, wind projects

Source: WAWS FOX 30  |   Jun 19 2013, 6:26pm CDT

Wind turbines of German alternative energy producer Energiequelle GmbH spin near solar panels on June 20, 2011 near Feldheim, Germany. (Sean Gallup, Getty Images) HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaiian Electric Co. is asking the Public Utilities ...

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Activists, union question LIPA reform bill

Source: Newsday  |   Jun 19 2013, 1:27pm CDT

ALBANY -- Pockets of opposition to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's LIPA reform bill are persisting on Long Island as negotiations to pass the law enter their final stages.Huntington Town has begun robocalls alerting res ...

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Will Summer Blackouts Doom The Texas Boom?

Source: Forbes  |   Jun 19 2013, 11:30am CDT

Texas has been an economic powerhouse in recent years. Gross domestic product in the Lone Star State, which hit $1.2 trillion before the recession, is now closing in on $1.4 trillion. The oil and gas industry has been booming. The housing mar ...

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Obama Sees Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons As Threats to Planet

Source: CNSNews.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:03am CDT

President Barack Obama waves to the crowd after the conclusion of his speech in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate in Berlin Germany, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Ob ...

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Georgia Power execs reject solar proposal

Source: Athens Banner-Herald  |   Jun 19 2013, 9:21am CDT

ATLANTA – Executives with the state’s largest electric utility told regulators this week they don’t need more generating capacity and that closing plants to add solar would boost consumers’ bills. The Georgia Power Co. executives also told the Public Ser ...

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Solar power chargers in NYC parks

Source: Mother Nature Network  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:25am CDT

After Superstorm Sandy left so many New Yorkers without power, New York City and phone provider AT ...

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Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements

Source: PhysOrg.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 8:05am CDT

Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster. The new requirements approved by the Nuclear Regulation ...

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Monmouth County solar panels as much about storm preparedness as environmentalism

Source: NJ.com  |   Jun 19 2013, 5:46am CDT

Board of Chosen Freeholders. “That is where the potential for solar-powered traffic lights comes in.” Monmouth County Freeholder Gary Rich spoke positively last week of a pilot program testing solar powered street lights in Freehold an ...

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