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Report: Carbon capture won't save Midwest, East Coast coal plants

While federal and state governments are providing incentives to promote carbon capture technologies for coal plants, those efforts won't be cost-effective, according to a Department of Energy study.

By Greenwire . 23 August 2013
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Lawsuit: Missouri defying voters on renewable energy law

Environmental groups in Missouri have sued the state government, alleging interference with a voter-approved renewable energy standard passed in 2008.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 22 August 2013
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Q&A: How hospitals can help fight climate change

Dr. Jeff Thompson and his team at Wisconsin-based Gundersen Health System are on track to be energy independent by 2014.

By Bob Herman . 21 August 2013
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EPA CO2 rules will face patchwork of state policies

If President Obama's climate road map goes into force as planned, the EPA will be tasked with crafting power plant rules that match the uneven terrain of different states' previous efforts to cut carbon.

By ClimateWire . 20 August 2013
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Trees vs. transmission: Utility arborist group seeks better approach

A group of utility and conservation groups is now trying to convince the industry to give up the one-size-cut-it-all approach to tree trimming for a more holistic one known as “integrated vegetation management.”

19 August 2013
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By Ken Paulman . 19 August 2013
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Work begins as oil sands pipeline gains fast-track approval

Bulldozers have begun moving dirt to build a 600-mile pipeline across several Midwestern states that will carry crude oil from tar sands in Canada and North Dakota shale destined for refineries along the Gulf Coast.

By Karen Uhlenhuth . 16 August 2013
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IBM expert says utilities should become 'energy malls'

Home energy management is still a small market, but it’s steadily growing and could help shore up balance sheets as utilities’ traditional business models face mounting pressures

15 August 2013
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Unfair share: How oil and gas drillers avoid paying royalties

Manipulation of costs and other data by oil companies is keeping billions of dollars in royalties out of the hands of private and government landholders, an investigation by ProPublica has found.

By ProPublica . 14 August 2013
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Q&A: ALEC's new tactics to weaken renewable laws

Following ALEC's annual meeting in Chicago, Gabriel Elsner explains how new model legislation proposed by the organization will undercut efforts to develop local renewable energy.

By Kari Lydersen . 13 August 2013