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Bats need trees as maternity wards, to save us from bugs
The abandoned Durham Iron Mine in upper Bucks County once belonged to William Penn and, in 1999, it served as the winter hibernation home for up to 17,000 bats, after they had dined on nearly 12 tons of airborne bugs in warmer months. Nine years later,...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Landforms, Bucks County, Science and Technology, Wildlife
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Wind power needs infrastructure
Renewable energy showed fantastic growth in 2012, accounting for 55% of new electricity generating capacity built last year. The energy produced is keeping pace with the price of fossil fuels, and shows potential to become even cheaper in the future....Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
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PUC vote reflects possible change ahead in philosophy for energy-efficiency incentives
One member of the state Public Utilities Commission voted Tuesday against the energy-efficiency programs of a gas and electric utility. A second member cast the decisive vote in the 2-1 decision for their approval but said she might be on the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Religion and Belief, Elections, Energy Saving, Politics
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Easter a time to renew — and for renewable wind energy
Easter's message of hope and new life is a universal and much-needed one throughout the world, but particularly for Marylanders this year as we celebrate the passage of the offshore wind bill by the Maryland General Assembly. I'm filled with thanks to...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Religion and Belief, Catherine E. Pugh
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Maryland can spur commercial investment in wind energy
As one of Maryland's manufacturing companies, we enthusiastically support The Sun's position on the offshore wind legislation now before the state Senate ("Wind picks up steam," Feb. 25). The Sun's position provides a realistic description of the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Renewable Energy
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Wind picks up steam
Would you pay a little bit more on your monthly utility bill to help build a wind farm generating as much as 200 megawatts of electricity 12 miles or more off the coast of Maryland? That's really all Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed offshore wind bill...Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Global Change, Global Warming, Ecosystems
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Renewable energy: We're using more of it
Wind energy. Renewable energy. Alternative energy. The amount of energy Michiganders use that has been produced by wind and other renewable sources has increased substantially in recent years. When someone flips a switch to turn on a light in their...Tags: Alternative Energy, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Electricity Production and Distribution, Business
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Lake Effect Energy enlisted for downstate wind project
HARBOR SPRINGS -- Lake Effect Energy Corp., a Harbor Springs business specializing in wind energy projects, has been enlisted as a subcontractor to help with partial engineering and construction of a $1.4 million wind power project in Ann Arbor. The...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy
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$300 million transmission line project to be discussed
One of the largest electrical transmission line projects proposed in years will be discussed at five open house meetings this week. The line from Big Stone City to Ellendale, N.D., would cover 150 to 175 miles and cut across land owned by several...Tags: Environmental Issues, Groton, Renewable Energy, Otter Tail Power Company
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House passes wind energy bill
Over the objections of Republican lawmakers, the House of Delegates on Friday approved Gov. Martin O'Malley's bill to create incentives for development of a wind energy project off the coast of Ocean City. The measure, a top item on O'Malley's...Tags: Environmental Issues, Politics, Martin O'Malley, Renewable Energy
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Jonathan Lesser: Measuring the full cost of Md.'s wind farm subsidy
With the approval of Maryland’s legislature, Gov. Martin O’Malley will soon sign into law new state subsidies to lure power companies to build windmill generators off the coast of Ocean City. The legislation will raise electricity bills, but...Tags: Environmental Issues, Alternative Energy, Prices, Plant Openings, Electricity Production and Distribution
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Legislation encourages wind farm, but hurdles remain
After three years of trying, Gov. Martin O'Malley has won approval of legislation that aims to spur construction of towering wind turbines off Maryland's Atlantic coast. Now comes the hard part. Daunting regulatory, political and financial hurdles...
Tags: Plant Openings, Hampton Roads, Executive Branch, Martin O'Malley, U.S. Department of the Interior
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