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Alternative Energy News Friday March 2nd 2007

Alternative energy fuels path to future
(The Echo: Thu, 01 Mar) The Advanced Transportation Technology Institute (ATTI) is working with UTC to bring the future of alternative energy sources to Chattanooga. The ATTI partnered with UTC to develop clean fuels and energy and apply them to both consumer and industrial systems, according to Dan Simpson, head of the program.

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.

State takes steps to increase renewable energy
(WZZM 13 Grand Rapids: Wed, 28 Feb) The Michigan Public Service Commission approved staff recommendations that call for the improvement of electric interconnections between independent power producers and public utilities.

Gander's lights to go 'green' in five states
(Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune: Fri, 02 Mar) Gander Mountain Co. is goosing its efforts to go green by committing to buy all of the electricity it uses in five states from renewable sources. The retailer of hunting, fishing and other outdoors products said it will buy renewable energy credits from Renewable Choice Energy to offset all of the 17 million kilowatt hours it uses in its stores in Minnesota, North Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and ...

Czech power company admits radioactive leak at Temelin plant
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Thu, 01 Mar) Around 2,000 litres (520 gallons) of mildly radioactive water escaped from the Czech Republic's controversial nuclear power station, Temelin, on Monday night when a tap was left open by mistake, power company CEZ announced on Thursday.

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