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Wind developer to pay $3.1M to local Wyoming governments
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming regulators have ordered a wind developer to contribute $3.1 million to the governments of Rock River, Laramie and Albany County to offset the impact on public services created by a $1 billion wind project on the border of Albany and Carbon counties. The Laramie Boomerang...
California outages ease after wind, fire danger move south
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The lights were back on Friday for most of the nearly 2 million Northern California residents who lost electricity when the state's largest utility switched it off this week in an effort to prevent wildfires. The threat of widespread outages loomed in Southern California after the...
Elementary school is first Green Ribbon School in SC
IRMO, S.C. (AP) — There are honeybees in the library, trout in the classrooms and vegetables in the yard at Dutch Fork Elementary. The school's focus on environment, sustainable practices and conservation education recently earned it the first Green Ribbon in South Carolina. The U.S. Department of...
With warming, get used to blackouts to prevent wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) — Expect more preventative power blackouts in California as the climate gets hotter and drier and the wildfire season gets nastier and longer, scientists say. The Golden State already is fire-prone with lots of dry plants and woodlands — but add high winds that can knock down power...
Mayor proposes statewide carbon pollution fee
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The mayor of Burlington, Vermont, joined by a coalition of environmental and business leaders, is proposing a statewide revenue-neutral carbon pollution fee that they say would help cut emissions by 37 percent by 2040. Mayor Miro Weinberger's proposal was shared Friday at the...
California utility faces gripes over deliberate blackouts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even as the winds gusted dangerously as forecast, California's biggest utility faced hostility and second-guessing Thursday for shutting off electricity to millions of people to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfires. Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized Pacific Gas & Electric and...
Nobel prize honors breakthroughs on lithium-ion batteries
STOCKHOLM (AP) — If you're reading this on a cellphone or laptop computer, you might thank the three winners of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry for their work on lithium-ion batteries. The batteries power cellphones, laptops, electric cars and countless other devices of modern life, and could become...
US nuclear, uranium mining industries hope for Trump bailout
WASHINGTON (AP) — A plea from uranium mining companies and nuclear power plant operators for tax breaks and other federal financial boosts is going before President Donald Trump, as his administration studies reviving the U.S. uranium industry in the name of national security. Trump is scheduled to receive...
Kalama methanol plant decision delayed
KALAMA, Wash. (AP) — A key permit decision for a methanol project in Kalama, Washington, is on hold after the state Department of Ecology announced it's pausing its review to ask for more information. The Daily News reports that Ecology issued a decision Wednesday and is requesting information from Cowlitz...
County imposes moratorium on new wind turbine installations
WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — A south-central Iowa county has imposed a moratorium on new wind turbine installations. Madison County supervisors voted 2-1 on Tuesday to adopt the moratorium, which will run through October 2020 unless superseded by a new ordinance. The moratorium also applies to new solar energy...
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