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Green Jobs Offer Hope In Blue Economy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/01/2009

While Detroit’s automakers are begging for $17.4 billion from taxpayers to prevent their collapse, 80 miles northwest of the city, Hemlock Semiconductor Corp announced a $3 billion expansion that could add 500 more jobs to its current workforce of 1,400, Los Angeles Times reports.The announ ...

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Duke’s Solar Program Regulated By N.C. Utilities Commission

Posted by Environmental Leader on 05/01/2009

The N.C. Utilities Commission has attached conditions to their approval of Duke Energy Carolinas’ proposed $50 million rooftop-solar energy initiative, Charlotte Business Journal reports.The main restriction included in the commission’s approval is a limitation on the amount of money ...

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Toyota Reported To Be Developing Solar-Powered Car

Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/01/2009

Toyota Motor Corp is secretly developing a solar powered green car, the Nikkei reports (via AP).The electric vehicle is expected to get some of its power from solar cells on the vehicle and can be recharged with electricity generated from solar panels on home roofs. Eventually, the automaker hope ...

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Colorado Solar Panel Installations Decline With Economy

Posted by Environmental Leader on 02/01/2009

Last summer, solar thermal electricity generation was one of the hottest sectors for investing. But after two years of unprecedented growth at 50 percent or more for solar panel installations, sales of residential solar systems have dropped 7 percent in the past three months. Many residential cus ...

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To Close or Not to Close: PGE Ponders Fate of Oregon Coal Plant

Posted by Environmental Leader on 31/12/2008

Portland General Electric is facing a “dirty dilemma,” as Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality has revived the 28-year-old issue of one of its main sources of power, the Boardman Generating Station.Situated about 150 miles east of Portland, the coal-fired plant uses 330 ...

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