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       <title>Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Obama fills key posts on ...</title>
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       <description>Obama named more than a dozen people to craft policy positions and monitor the Bush administration’s efforts at U.S. EPA and the Agriculture, Energy, Interior and Transportation departments, with former Clinton Deputy Interior Secretary ...
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       <title>Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Thrilla in Vanilla’s latest ...</title>
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       <description>scored a slim opening round win today in his bid to take the gavel of the House Energy and Commerce Committee from Chairman John Dingell (D-Mich.). Waxman captured  a majority of support from the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, ...
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       <title>Falling gas prices, tattered economy may stifle alternate energy ...</title>
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       <description>Falling gas prices, tattered economy may stifle alternate energy progress. Nov 6, 2008 12:18 PM, By Hembree Brandon Farm Press Editorial Staff. Over the past several weeks, gasoline at service stations in our town has fallen more than ...
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       <title>Weekly Clean Energy Roundup: November 19, 2008</title>
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       <description>The updated action plan  encourages investment in low-cost energy efficiency programs and shows the progress that the states are making toward their goals, while identifying areas for additional progress. The report is accompanied by two ...
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       <title>California Energy Initiatives Rejected | Use Celsias.com - reduce ...</title>
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       <description>However, opponents of the proposition were concerned that the initiative would drastically increase electricity rates and hinder the state #39;s current progress on clean energy. Both environmentalists and public utilities workers stood ...
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       <description>take over as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee   Think Progress found this 13 hours ago on www.nationaljournal.com. take over as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee ...
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       <title>NC Regulators Approve Progress Energy Transmission Line Route</title>
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       <description>The North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved Progress Energy Carolinas #39; selected route for a 64-mile, 230-kV electric transmission line between Richmond and Cumberland counties in the North Carolina Sandhills.
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       <title>Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Schwarzenegger mandates 33 ...</title>
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       <description>Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday signed an executive order that would speed up renewable energy development and require 33 percent of utilities’ electrical power to come from renewable sources by 2030. ...
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       <description>And it will not only help us bring about a clean energy future, saving our planet. It will also help us transform our industries and steer our country out of this economic crisis by generating five million new green jobs that pay well ...
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       <title>Turn swine waste to energy? Progress will help try ...</title>
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       <description>Progress Energy has joined with North Carolinas electric cooperatives to pursue alternative energy projects designed to turn swine-farm waste into electricity.The effort was announced Wednesday by Progress and GreenCo.
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       <description>This entry was posted on Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 at 6:15 pmand is filed under Climate Progress. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. ...
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       <description>The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee voted 25-22 earlier today to recommend House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) to take over as chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee from Rep. ...
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       <description>Recognition. Time Magazine Cover - Top Fifteen Websites for Green Living Climate Progress selected as one of Time Magazine #39;s Fifteen Favorite Websites for the Environment. Categories. Best PPTs (1); Climate Progress (412) ...
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       <description>Apollo Update, 5/16/08: Renewable Tax Credit, Colorado Green Energy Progress. October 25, 2008 By Keith Schneider Apollo News Service. Legislation to renew billions of dollars in tax breaks for solar, wind, biomass and other renewable ...
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       <description>Progress Energy does that  helping out by collecting donations for its ‘Energy Neighbor’ fund. It then gives that money to Wake County Human Services to administer as that agency sees fit. And because of the economy this year, ...
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       <description>The action plan outlines critical steps for state policy makers to take toward the goal of increasing the nation’s investment in low cost energy efficiency. The plan also shows the progress states are making toward these goals. ...
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       <description>President-elect Barack Obama plans to move quickly to implement his campaign promises on energy and global warming after taking office in January, Obama’s transition co-chairman, John Podesta, said today. ...
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       <description>I was skeptical that House Democrats would be pushed in the direction of progress, but with Waxman #39;s former chief of staff, Phil Schiliro, in the Obama White House, some pressure may be coming down from the top. ...
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       <description>BPI Energy Holdings, Inc., an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, production and commercial sale of coalbed methane (CBM) in the Illinois Basin, today announced that it has signed an agreement for the development, ...
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       <description>Photo by Suzi Carter/Daily Journal United Way of Richmond County Executive Director Michelle Parrish (left) demonstrates new donation tracking software to Andy Honeycutt, community relations manager for Progress Energy. ...
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       <description>Unlike Raleigh #39;s Progress Energy Center and Charlotte #39;s Blumenthal, DPAC isn #39;t designed to support resident companies. The four-venue Progress Energy Center, in addition to its Broadway South Series, is home to such local (and less ...
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       <description>Why no National Energy Education Act today? Chris is a contributing editor to Science Progress, senior correspondent for The American Prospect and author of two books, including the New York Times bestselling The Republican War on ...
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       <description>Duke Energy Carolinas will partner with Progress Energy Inc. and the nonprofit Advanced Energy for a trial of new technology for plug-in electric cars.
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       <title>Accelerating Future » The Available Matter and Energy</title>
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       <description>Some, like environmentalist Bill McKibben — have said “Enough”, enough technology, enough life, enough progress. Unsurprisingly, I disagree. Looking back from the perspective of a world more than 20 times lusher and Nature-filled than ...
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       <description>The NC Utilities Commission has approved Progress Energy Carolinas #39; selected route for a 64-mile, 230-kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line between Richmond and Cumberland.
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       <description>But several prominent party officials said  they believe the GOP’s message is fundamentally sound when it comes to energy policy, pointing to that issue as one of the few political bright spots in recent years. ...
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       <description>Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! front page  archives  about  RSS. Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! header image 2. Blogroll. Air America: Green  Coal is Dirty. Energy ... Home Energy Diet. Power of Poop. Freedom From Oil. W3. W3Counter Web Stats ...
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       <description>Or as put by Paul Sadler, executive director of The Wind  Coalition, the decision solves the infamous ‘chicken and egg’ issue that stymies wind energy growth. The resource needs transmission to grow, but transmission owners do not want ...
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       <title>The &quot;Big Three&quot; Automakers Bailout</title>
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       <description>Energy   Capital editor Chris Nelder argues that instead of stepping backward to bail out the Big Three automakers, we should step forward to the next generation of auto makers.
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       <description>Forward Casey Nogueira earned MVP honors in leading the women #39;s soccer team to its 19th ACC Tournament championship and is the Progress Energy Tar Heel Performer of the Week for November 3-9, 2008. Nogueira, a junior from Raleigh, ...
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       <description>On Monday, the Center for American Progress released a report (pdf), Partnership for Progress: Advancing a New Strategy for Prosperity and Stability in Pakistan and Region. We argue that the United States has failed to focus on the ...
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       <description>Some clean-energy companies, investors and economists worried that cheaper oil will slow the growth of the state #39;s green industries and smother the political will to pass new incentives when the Legislature meets in 2009. ...
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       <title>The Road Ahead in Afghanistan - Council on Foreign Relations</title>
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       <description>But Afghanistan #39;s neighbors are also seen as impediments to progress. Iran, for one, has been accused of supporting proxy attacks (Guardian) against coalition soldiers (though the level of Iranian involvement is unclear).  ...
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       <description>The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area Duke Energy Carolinas will partner with Progress Energy Inc. and the nonprofit Advanced Energy for a trial of new technology for plug-in electric cars. Twelve Toyota Priuses will be ...
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       <title>A Green Prosperity Path</title>
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       <description>The average clean energy investment generates nearly four times as many jobs compared to spending on fossil fuels, according to "Green Recovery," a recent study by the Center for American Progress and the Political Economy Research ...
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       <description>Such actions do not and will not constitute change; they will simply veto recent progress and starve our economy of the stimulus it needs for a full and fast recovery. From the creation of good jobs to strengthening demand for U.S. ...
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       <title>Progress Plans Solar Water Heating Program - Renewable Energy World</title>
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       <description>Progress Energy Carolinas has filed three new energy-efficiency programs, including a residential solar water heating pilot program, with the North Carolina Utilities Commission. The programs are designed to help residential, ...
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       <description>And it must be said, the fact that a solar energy company has made a takeover play for a piece of an ailing US auto giant has to be, at the very least,  a sign that we are entering an era of change in the world energy economy. ...
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       <description>I suppose that Obama needs to minimize rancor as much as possible; he will need everyone he can get if he is to get anywhere with his healthcare and energy agendas. From this point of view, perhaps Lieberman can be useful. ...
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       <title>A New Day, and a New Tone</title>
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       <description>Science Progress contributing editor Chris Mooney surveys the interactions between science, politics, and culture from Los Angeles, California. He is author author of several books, including The Republican War on Science and the ...
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       <description>James Jones, CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce #39;s Institute for 21st Century Energy, will present the "Blueprint for Securing America #39;s Energy Future" in Fort Collins today at 1:30 pm to address clean and sustainable technology in the ...
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       <description>Recognition. Time Magazine Cover - Top Fifteen Websites for Green Living Climate Progress selected as one of Time Magazine #39;s Fifteen Favorite Websites for the Environment. Categories. Best PPTs (1); Climate Progress (411) ...
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       <description>"The energy, it was different," says Riddick. "  #39;B #39;Day #39; was a bunch of dance tracks and it was a lot of fun records, party records, and this is more reflective and personal. (She #39;s) just showing a more mature side of her and music." ...
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       <description>Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. http://www.progressenergycenter.com. Annie. 11/18/2008 - 11/23/2008. Leapin’ lizards! ... Location:. Memorial Auditorium at Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. URL: ...
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       <description>‘You find an oilfield, it peaks and starts declining, and you’ve got to find another one to replace it’, Pickens said. ‘It can drive you crazy. ... Read the rest here: Texas And Pickens Plan Making Wind Energy Progress.
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       <description>Previous reports by the Center for American Progress show such conversions are possible. In fact, many chemical facilities have already switched to safer, more secure alternatives, and frequently they saved money doing so. ...
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       <description>... and to overhaul the energy system. And that was during a talk whose subject was the fact that incremental health care reform isn’t good enough! That’s a lot of bold, ambitious policymaking and as long as we keep seeing progress ...
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       <description>The report also examines current competition policies of all 21 APEC Economies, highlighting the progress of Peru in preventing monopolies and best practices  in regulatory policies since the nineties. The president of the EC described ...
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       <description>Progress Energy has joined with North Carolina #39;s electric cooperatives to pursue alternative energy projects designed to turn swine-farm waste into electricity.
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       <description>Who leaves their system on all the time? Instead of going after consoles, maybe they should be putting more time into finding alternative fuel sources. Come to think of it, they wasted energy doing the report. ...
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       <description>James Jones, CEO of the US Chamber of Commerce #39;s Institute for 21st Century Energy, will present the "Blueprint for Securing America #39;s Energy Future" in Fort Collins today at...
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       <description>Under the European emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), energy intensive industries - that are responsible for half the region #39;s emissions - are given an allowance for the amount of carbon dioxide they produce. ...
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       <description>Project monitor reported that the west coast state of Gujarat, which has the highest wind power potential in the country, is finally making its presence felt on the wind energy map.
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       <description>Studies by Bracken Hendricks of the Center for American Progress and the University of Massachusetts have compared the effects of a traditional stimulus aimed at giving consumers more to spend with investment in energy-efficient ...
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       <title>Climate Progress » Blog Archive » “Oh My God, They Admitted It”</title>
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       <description>Other studies, such as the “Green Recovery” paper recently released by the Center for American Progress, also include the positive economic impact created by, for instance, lower energy bills as a result of more clean energy options. ...
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       <description>Heather Brooks led Carolina to a pair of ACC volleyball wins over Duke andWake Forest and is the Progress Energy Tar Heel of the Week for November10-16, 2008. Brooks, a junior from East Lansing, Mich., paced Carolina toits seventh and ...
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       <description>Recent searches: advantages disadvantages of nuclear deal Progress Energy nuclear security Teguh Sinar Abadi Teguh Sinar Abadi advantages disadvantages of nuclear deal advantages disadvantages of nuclear deal natural gas prices 2008 ...
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       <description>Nervous Energy Illinois Issues #39; Bethany Jaeger runs down the budget mess in Springfield, noting that Gov. Blagojevich #39;s icy relationship with the General Assembly could doom his four-point plan to fix the deficit. "So far," says  Jaeger, ...
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       <description>state added as much as 616 mw new capacity during the financial year 2007-08, the highest by any state in that year.
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       <description>... we never make any progress. It #39;s part of the addiction, all right. That has to be broken. Now is the time to break it. Change has come my friends--and in a big way. Plain and simple: Obama gets it when it comes to energy. ...
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       <description>North Carolina regulators have approved Progress Energy #39;s request to raise rates a total of $424 million to recover fuel and environmental costs, but directed that the recovery be spread over three years.
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       <description>Our guest blogger is Peter Juul, a Research Associate at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. iraq-occupation.jpg In a recent post, our good friend Ilan Goldenberg over at the National  Security Network recommended the “three ...
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       <description>Joseph Romm at Climate Progress calls it â€œeasily the best energy plan ever put forward by a nominee of either party.â€. Lie #2: “I’m actually-I’m the actually the only guy on the street with a plan.” Translation: I’m the only person ...
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       <description>During today’s OnPoint, Joseph Romm, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and a former Clinton energy official, discusses the prospects for climate legislation in 2009 and the importance of early action from the new ...
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       <description>During the campaign, Obama stood foresquare for major health care reform and major energy legislation. When events occurred that made  major economic stimulus seem desirable, he stood for that as well. Then for about a week on either ...
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       <description>Duke Energy Carolinas and Progress Energy, two major utilities in the Southeast, have partnered to test a fleet of smart-charging plug-in electric Priuses in what they say will be the country’s first interstate electric  car-charging ...
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       <description>For example, last week alone, Washington D.C. was introduced to three comprehensive plans to address economy, energy and climate. Two were issued by the Center for American Progress, headed by John Podesta, co-chair of President-elect ...
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       <description>project monitor reported that the west coast state of gujarat, which has the highest wind power potential in the country, is finally making its presence felt on the wind energy map. credit: update on wind energy progress in gujarat.
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       <description>The latter category includes such technologies as wind, hydropower, geothermal, ocean current/wave energy, biomass (agricultural waste, spent pulping liquors, energy crops, etc. Progress Energy worked with policy makers, ...
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       <description>Progress Energy is going to “GOUGE” your electric bill by 25% at the beginning of the year. You will be REQUIRED to pay for nuke construction, fuel charges, and operational costs. read more.
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       <description>After years of steady growth, Progress Energy Florida said today it is beginning to lose customers.
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       <description>First major test of plug-in car infrastructure in the Southeast! Exciting.
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       <description>14 /CNW/ - Gran Tierra Energy, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: GTRE) today announced progress in the  drilling of the Ramon Lista-1001 well located approximately 10 kilometers north-west of the Palmar Largo Field in the Noroeste Basin of ...
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       <description>OCALA - The Florida Public Service Commission on Wednesday granted Progress Energy  an increase in its average monthly rates to cover its increasing fuel expenses and make environmental improvements to its existing power plants.
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       <description>The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will integrate regional clean energy progress into a coordinated, global effort. It will provide political recommendations, and identify funding for renewable technologies. ...
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       <title>Progress Energy Carolinas Again Seeking Renewable Energy Projects ...</title>
       <link>http://vip-vip-vip.net/.com-energy-progressvipvipvip/#88</link>
       <description>RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Progress Energy Carolinas is again seeking proposals for potential renewable energy projects and substitute energy providers, as part of the company #39;s balanced strategy for meeting the ...
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       <title>Solar-Hydrogen House Still a Work in Progress - Green Inc. Blog ...</title>
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       <description>Solar-Hydrogen House Still a Work in Progress. By Jared Flesher. Mike Strizki Mike Strizki, tinkerer extraordinaire, explains the “ReliOn” fuel cell used in his solar-hydrogen home energy management system. (Photo: Jared Flesher) ...
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       <title>European Tribune - Community, Politics &amp; Progress.</title>
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       <description>Art, Economics, Energy, Environment, EU Politics, Mech   Tech, By Country. Login. Username: Password: . Make a new account . Reset password. Display:. Threaded, Minimal, Nested, Flat, Flat Unthreaded, Dynamic Threaded, Dynamic Minimal ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Progress Energy gets 25 percent hike approval</title>
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       <description>Customers of Progress Energy Florida, Inc in central and north Florida will be getting a 25 percent rate hike. The Florida Public Service Commission ordered that the new rates go into effect in January.
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>The Progress &amp; Freedom Foundation Blog</title>
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       <description>There is no need, and little room, for differentiation or  progress. Your electricity service is essentially unchanged from 20 years ago, and will look the same 10 years from now. Broadband, on the other hand, requires constant ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Progress Energy and ProEx to merger, create mid-level gas player</title>
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       <description>CALGARY - ProEx Energy Ltd. (TSX:PXE) and Progress Energy Trust (TSX:PGX.UN) plan a merger to create a mid-level Canadian natural gas explorer and More...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Greenpeace USA: Saving the Economy by Saving the Planet</title>
       <link>http://vip-vip-vip.net/.com-energy-progressvipvipvip/#94</link>
       <description>Similarly, a report by the Center for American Progress estimates that investing $100 billion in the US green economy (just one-seventh the size of the Wall Street bailout) would create four times more jobs as the same amount invested ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Progress Update and Board Changes</title>
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       <description>Chairman of AFC Energy, Tim Yeo, commented “The new management appointments are further evidence of the continuing progress of AFC Energy towards commercialisation. The revised Board and additional senior management structure reflects ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Progress Energy sponsors new hydrogen exhibit at Orlando Science ...</title>
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       <description>Progress Energy Florida is sponsoring a new alternative energy exhibit at the Orlando Science Center. The exhibit, H2Now: the Great Hydrogen X-Change, explores the potential of hydrogen energy as an alternative power source. ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>OilVoice | Valiant Petroleum Provides Don Fields Development Update</title>
       <link>http://vip-vip-vip.net/.com-energy-progressvipvipvip/#97</link>
       <description>“We are very pleased with the offshore progress and the West Don well results which have arrived on prognosis, and we look forward to finishing the hook-up phase and achieving first production within the first quarter.” ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>Michigan Liberal::: Blogging from the Middle East: Day 4</title>
       <link>http://vip-vip-vip.net/.com-energy-progressvipvipvip/#98</link>
       <description>The projects they have underway include a local chocolate factory that is powered by solar energy, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and a Jordache Jeans factory -- the Millenium executives even had some delicious "solar chocolates" for us ...
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       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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       <title>RADAMISTO: IS MITTENS ROMNEY A SOCIALIST?</title>
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       <description>I believe Washington should raise energy research spending to $20 billion a year, from the $4 billion that is spent today. The research could be done at universities, at research labs and even through public-private collaboration. ...</description>
       <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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