Hodes: We must change how we generate power (Concord Monitor) Energy independence is essential to our long-term national security. We face significant challenges: major foreign policy issues in the Middle East, a middle class squeezed by the economy and the loss of jobs, and the threat of environmental degradation and global climate change.
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Clean vs. dirty is only part of renewable energy debate (Seattle Post Intelligencer) The final six turbines for the Puget Sound Energy Wild Horse Wind Project are nearing completion, with 127 turbines to be online by the end of the year. Higher electrical bills or utilities free to save ratepayers money.
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PM defiant over global warming (NEWS.com.au) John Howard has dug in over coal-fired power, nuclear energy and refusing to sign the Kyoto protocol in the face of an international report predicting a catastrophic economic cost of $9 trillion if nothing is done to stop global warming. Labor and conservation groups immediately labelled the Coalition a rogue nation on greenhouse gases for refusing to ratify the Kyoto agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
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Engineering with microreactors and nanoreactors (Engineer Live) Two new innovations show what the chemical reactors of the future could look like. One involves a microreactor that produces clean, safe energy, while the other is a nano-scale molecular cage - or nanoreactor - that can transport molecules to their site of use.
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