

Romney wants utilities to pay for energy saving (Boston Globe: Fri, 22 Dec) Governor Mitt Romney's administration asked state utility regulators to investigate requiring Massachusetts utilities pay for millions of dollars in energy-efficiency measures as an alternative to building power plants. The proposal by Romney economic adviser Ranch Kimball calls for utilities such as NStar and National Grid by 2013 to have paid for electric conservation or demand-reduction ...
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City saves energy with LED lights (Coppell Gazette: Fri, 22 Dec) As Americans are making the switch to environmentally-friendly hybrid cars and cleaner-burning ethanol fuel, now, even the white lights of Town Center are going green. The traditional incandescent light strands have been replaced with LED lights, a brighter, energy-saving alternative.
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Kenya: Support the Search for Other Energy Sources (AllAfrica.com: Thu, 21 Dec) Government and corporate sector pronouncements on the need to develop alternative sources of energy are laudable and should be supported by all. I am particularly impressed by the ambitious programme by Mumias and Chemilil sugar companies to produce electricity from molasses (sugarcane residue).
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New Energy Plant to Rochester (R News: Thu, 21 Dec) Alternative energy advocates tout cellulosic ethanol as the next big thing. The Rochester area is ready to be part of it. Governor Pataki delivered $25.2 million in state funding for a new cellulosic ethanol plant.
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