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    Start-up aims to streamline biomass transactions
    In the early days of the U.S. biomass industry, it's sometimes taken considerable energy just for buyers and sellers to find one another. There's a sense that the market will need to become better organized before it can grow to maturity. A Minnesota start-up hopes to play a role in streamlining the process.

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    Reporter: no "news blackout" at Nebraska plant
    Is the White House covering up one of the worst nuclear accidents in U.S. history? That’s the allegation made in a long-winded report by Pakistani newspaper The Nation, which claims the Obama administration has ordered a “news blackout.”

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    Analyst: 65,000 megawatts of coal likely retired by 2017
    We've seen a handful of headlines from around the Midwest lately about utilities retiring coal-fired power plants rather than pay for upgrades to comply with new EPA pollution regulations. These stories aren't likely to go away anytime soon, according to at least one energy analyst.

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    Dropping sunspots! Lunar eclipses! Oh, my!
    Today's big news is all about the great big sky. Not that it's falling, but for some alarmists and reactionaries, it might as well be. That's because the big science news on Wednesday was that there's a serious halt to sunspot activity, which might potentially impact the world's climate and climate-change initiatives, including renewable energy projects.

    By Molly Priesmeyer  . 

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    Ethanol subsidies: A uniter among Midwest rivals?
    Senate Democrats and Republicans agree on little these days, save for the fact that the sun rises and sets. (Although where it rises and sets still might be up for debate.) However, a group of Midwest senators agree on one thing: Subsidies for ethanol should be extended.

    By Molly Priesmeyer  . 

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