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Coal plants dominate list of Chicago's biggest polluters
Fed by a steady stream of coal barges, the aging power plants that loom over Chicago's Little Village and Pilsen neighborhoods are by far the city's largest industrial sources of climate change pollution.
No other polluter comes close to the 4.2...Tags: Alternative Energy, U.S. Senate, Global Warming, Politics, Global Warming
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Can a better cook stove make a better world?
There's an extraordinary environmental business experiment going on in the East African nation of Rwanda that involves cooking stoves, banana leaves, fuel pellets and a 22-year-old Connecticut man who wants to help change the world.
The project Eric...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Global Change, Forests
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Exelon lays out plans for new Baltimore headquarters
Exelon Corp.'s new headquarters in Baltimore is designed to be a glassy, 22-story skyscraper, similar in style to the Legg Mason tower, which would be a neighbor on the Harbor East waterfront, according to preliminary designs revealed Wednesday.
The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Sales, Companies and Corporations, Constellation Energy Group, Finance
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FULL TEXT: President Obama's State of the Union Address
The following are the remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Small Businesses, Alternative Energy, Osama bin Laden, Private Health Care
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Read: Full Text of Governor Brown's State of the State
Below is the full text, as prepared, of Governor Brown’s State of the State Address given on January 18th, 2012.
As required by the state constitution, I am reporting to you this morning on the condition of our state.
Putting it as simply as...Tags: Alternative Energy, Highway Transportation, Finance, Investment Service, Business
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Used fry oil is a hot commodity, here and around the country
Soaring prices have triggered a vicious, hidden conflict over oil. There have been midnight raids, deception, backstabbing, outright theft and criminal arrests. Only we're not talking about the Middle East or tanker hijackings, and petroleum isn't...Tags: Waste Management and Pollution Control, Crimes, Energy Resources, Dannel P. Malloy , Criminals
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Three freight trains collide in Indiana, 2 crew members hospitalized
Tribune reporterTwo crew members were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after three freight trains collided northeast of Valparaiso, Ind., this afternoon, according to sheriff’s authorities. About 1:15 p.m. multiple 911 calls were received...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Environmental Issues, Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, Health
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Dominion seeking offshore wind domination in Virginia?
Last week, Dominion Virginia Power offered some insight into its plans for Virginia’s coast. Mary Doswell, Dominion’s senior vice president for alternative energy solutions, told The Associated Press that the Richmond-based utility hopes to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Solar Energy, Companies and Corporations, Wind Power, Economy, Business and Finance
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Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell issues energy goals
RICHMOND – As part of his effort to make Virginia the "energy capital of the East Coast," Gov. Bob McDonnell issued his energy policy agenda for the 2012 General Assembly session on Thursday, including money to develop wind energy off the coast, a...Tags: Alternative Energy, Energy Resources, Regional Authority, Business, Politics
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The EPA maps Connecticut's greenhouse gassers
A decade ago, Connecticut nicknamed its dirtiest power generating plants the “Sooty Six.”
Those got cleaned up and by 2010, according to a new federal greenhouse gas report, we were down to a less-than-Fragrant Five big emitters.
Now one...Tags: Natural Resources, Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Yale University
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Grayson consultation will cost city $470,000
The City Council has reluctantly agreed to spend $470,000 on consultants to study rehabilitating an aging part of the Grayson Power Plant — a project that the city may ultimately be unable to afford.
Earlier this month, the council voted 4-1,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Energy Saving, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy
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2nd lawsuit challenges ethanol project in UP
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Critics of a refinery planned for the Upper Peninsula have filed a second lawsuit against the project. Larry Klein and the Sierra Club claim the U.S. Energy Department failed to follow federal environmental law when it...Tags: Laws, Environmental Issues, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice, Renewable Energy
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