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COLUMN-Tennessee Valley Authority to remain publicly owned: Kemp
ReutersBy John Kemp LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - For free-market purists, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a monstrous hybrid - part giant electric producer, part government agency. The Obama administration has announced a strategic review that could...Tags: Investment Service, Environmental Issues, Laws, Government, Barack Obama
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Boat barrier on Roanoke River damaged
Appalachian Power says the rain-swollen Roanoke River has damaged a boat barrier upstream from the company's Niagara hydroelectric dam in Roanoke County. Spokesman Todd Burns told the Roanoke Times the company hopes to have the barrier repaired as...
Tags: Appalachian Power Company, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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Iran says nuclear sites safe from earthquakes and cyber threat
Reuters* Fears over potential quake impact on nuclear sites * Environmental chief says highest standards observed * Says has mastered knowledge to thwart cyber attacks By Tom Miles GENEVA, May 10 (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear and hydropower facilities are...Tags: Symantec Corp., Environmental Issues, Security, Renewable Energy, Israel
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U.S. turns over troubled dam project to Afghanistan
KAJAKI, Afghanistan — After struggling for more than a decade to upgrade a huge hydroelectric plant in a volatile region that saw heavy American losses in fighting with the Taliban, the United States is trying a new approach: Let the Afghans take...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Technology, Government, Taliban, International Military Interventions
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Water war between Klamath River farmers, tribes poised to erupt
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — For decades this rural basin has battled over the Klamath River's most precious resource: water that sustains fish, irrigates farms and powers the hydroelectric dams that block one of the largest salmon runs on the West Coast....Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Natural Disasters, U.S. Congress
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Obama says U.S. natural gas exports could help Central America
Reuters* Closes out three-day Latin America tour * Obama administration mulling natural gas exports * Opposed by some U.S. interests By Steve Holland and Isabella Cota SAN JOSE, May 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said in Central America on Saturday...Tags: Energy Resources, Central America, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Business
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Canadian Power Would Undermine State Renewable Market
The Hartford CourantWith the passage of an energy bill in the state Senate this week, Connecticut consumers are now one step closer to being on the hook to pay billions of dollars for Canadian electricity. Thankfully, however, a broad and unique group of stakeholders —...Tags: New England Power Company, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Government, Politics
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Senate Passes Controversial Energy Bill
The Hartford CourantThe state Senate on Wednesday approved a renewable energy bill that would increase the percentage of electricity that must come from clean sources, such as solar and wind. But environmentalists said provisions of the bill could benefit giant power...Tags: Freedom of Information Act, Bob Duff, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy
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COLUMN-Need for energy storage offers hydropower revival: Wynn
Reuters(The author is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.) By Gerard Wynn LONDON, May 1 (Reuters) - Hydropower offers an effective way to balance grids that increasingly have to cope with variable renewable energy supply, and this may...Tags: Water Supply, Finance, Environmental Issues, Plant Openings, Marketing
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California nuclear shutdown offset lower natgas prices in 2012
ReutersHOUSTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Wholesale power prices per megawatt-hour in California dipped just 2 percent last year, barely reflecting a 30 percent drop in average natural gas prices, as the absence of two Southern California nuclear units, less...Tags: Standards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Southern California Edison Company
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State Clean Energy Study Changes Look At Hydropower And Biomass
The Hartford CourantThe state's energy department released a final version of its study recommending changes to how Connecticut supports clean energy Friday after weeks of public debate on the plan that initially blazed a wide path for large-scale hydropower to be included...Tags: New England Power Company, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Biofuels
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Malloy's Energy Chief Criticized For Conference Call With Investment Firm, Then Apologizes
The Hartford CourantEnvironmentalists are blasting state energy and environment Commissioner Dan Esty for briefing clients of an investment firm in a conference call Tuesday about state plans and pending legislation on energy that could benefit Northeast Utilities –...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, Politics
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