"New Brunswick Power to Close Coal-Fired Plant and Strip Mine"
"New Brunswick Power announced today that the company will close its coal-fired Grand Lake generating station when its operating license expires in June 2010."
Source: ENS, 09/30/2009
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"Met Office Warns of Catastrophic Global Warming in Our Lifetimes"
"Unchecked global warming could bring a severe temperature rise of 4ºC (7ºF) within many people's lifetimes, according to a new report for the British government that significantly raises the stakes over climate change."
Source: Guardian, 09/29/2009
"Exelon to Quit Chamber Over Climate Bill"
"Exelon, one of the country’s largest utilities, said Monday that it would quit the United States Chamber of Commerce because of that group’s stance on climate change."
Source: NYTimes, 09/29/2009
Harkin Backs Off on Biofuels Amendment
"Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) yesterday backed off efforts to block EPA from weighing contested ethanol emissions after Administrator Lisa Jackson pledged that biofuels rules will reflect uncertainty around international indirect land-use change emissions."
Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2009
"Obama Admin Releases Initial 'Smart Grid' Standards"
"The Commerce Department unveiled the first 77 'smart grid' standards today aimed at removing a major barrier to the implementation of digital grid technologies."
Source: NYTimes, 09/25/2009
"Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Expected Next Wednesday"
"After weeks of waiting, it now looks like the Senate will see a climate bill next week after all. At an event in Pittsburgh ahead of the G20 summit, bill cosponsor John Kerry (D-Mass.) announced that the bill will be released next Wednesday."
Source: Mother Jones, 09/25/2009
"G20 Agrees To Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Draft"
"The Group of 20 will agree to phase out subsidies on oil and other fossil fuels in the 'medium term,' but will not set a firm timetable for the move aimed at combating global warming, a draft statement said."
Source: Reuters, 09/25/2009
"Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries"
"The oil industry has been on a hot streak this year, thanks to a series of major discoveries that have rekindled a sense of excitement across the petroleum sector, despite falling prices and a tough economy."
Source: NYTimes, 09/24/2009
Plug-in Maker Gets $529-Million Loan from Obama Administration
"In its latest bid to help finance the car of tomorrow, the Obama administration said it would lend more than $500 million to Irvine-based Fisker Automotive Inc. to develop a pair of plug-in hybrids."
Source: LA Times, 09/23/2009
"White House Rolls Out Auto Fuel Economy, Emissions Standard"
"The Obama administration ... released details of its national suite of auto standards that would mandate increased fuel economy and impose the first-ever greenhouse gas standard on the nation's cars and trucks."
Source: Greenwire, 09/23/2009
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