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Alternative Energy News Wednesday February 28th 2007

FACTBOX - Some National Renewable Energy Targets
(Planet Ark: Mon, 26 Feb) A growing number of countries are targeting increased usage of renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, as they try to curb greenhouse gas emissions and source more energy from home rather than import coal and oil.

David Roberts: Nuclear Power is Not Rational or Forward-Thinking, Even If You Say So Over and Over Again
(HuffingtonPost: Tue, 27 Feb) Back when I first read Stewart Brand's Environmental Heresies , I wrote about it admiringly and, in retrospect, somewhat naively. Of the nuclear debate, I said that there's an array of great arguments against nuclear power, and one real argument in its favor: There's no other way to cut our CO2 emissions fast enough. That argument, I said, "strikes me as decisive if it's true." Since ...

Advocates see progress toward renewable energy
(WFMJ Youngstown: Sun, 25 Feb) CINCINNATI Advocates for renewable energy see light at the end of the tunnel _ a light powered by wind and sun.

Iran Earmarks $1.4 Billion Funding For Nuclear Power Plants - TV
(Nasdaq: Mon, 26 Feb) TEHRAN (AP)-Iran said Monday it has earmarked $1.4 billion for construction of nuclear power plants amid international pressure to abandon its nuclear program, state television reported.

Nuclear Energy for the Developing World
(Technology Review: Tue, 27 Feb) New reactor technologies offer poorer nations cheap, safe, efficient power. Sanctions designed to prevent the proliferation of weapons impede their use. What would a better policy look like?

Basin Electric Power Cooperative endorses renewable energy goal
(Addict 3D: Wed, 28 Feb) Basin Electric Power Cooperative is endorsing an initiative to get 25 percent of the nation's energy from renewable sources by 2025.

Renewable energy group formed in Warren
(Warren Times-Gazette: Thu, 22 Feb) The Committee for Renewable Energy for Warren, or CREW, held its first meeting a few weeks ago, establishing a mission statement and meeting dates. The committee will meet on the third Thursday of every month downstairs at the town hall, in the former senior center.

Crews douse transformer fire at Peach Bottom nuclear plant
(phillyburbs.com: Tue, 27 Feb) DELTA, Pa. - A transformer caught fire at the Peach Bottom nuclear power plant Tuesday morning, but the smoky blaze was confined to the non-nuclear side of the plant, company officials said.

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