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• Climate engineering: In from the cold – Harvard Gazette

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• Humor unleashed in the General Assembly – Island Free Press

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• The Problem with the Environmental Movement – The Equation: Blog of the Union of Concerned Scientists (blog)

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• President’s Budget Would Increase Funding for Renewable Technologies But … – Breaking Energy

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• Illinois legislators introduce groundbreaking clean energy bill – Midwest Energy News

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• Climate engineering no longer on the fringe – Phys.Org

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• Kasich’s ‘Forward To The Past’ Model Pales With Progressive ‘Whackadoodles’ – Plunderbund

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• RESTORE committee faces weighty decision – Pensacola Today

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• Child care advocates hold hopes high for new bill to unionize providers – 89.3 KPCC (blog)

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• D4.5 Million Water Project Commissioned At Keneba – AllAfrica.com

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• Start-up secures $1.35b for new UWI student residence – Jamaica Observer

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• Delaware’s expensive regulation will hit you soon – The News Journal

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• Peltz Hastens DuPont’s Divorce From Soulmate Wilmington – Bloomberg

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• Solar crowdfunding initiative to help homeless – Business Spectator

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• Hyperloop Is Real: Meet The Startups Selling Supersonic Travel – Forbes

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• Business digest for Feb. 11, 2015 – Washington Post

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• Markets Live: ASX turns red on CSL – Sydney Morning Herald

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• What would Confucius say about lack of trust in US government? – National Priorities Project

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• Watts of Love: Quietly Changing the World by Illuminating Lives to Eliminate … – Chicago Tribune

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• Hedge fund makes £100m bet on British solar power – Telegraph.co.uk

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  Hedge fund makes £100m bet on British solar power Telegraph.co.uk Elliott has hedged its bets by taking out short positions in five other renewable energy funds listed on the London stock market. It made its biggest bet against a firm last week, spending an estimated £9m to short 2.21pc of The Renewables … and more »

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• Safe-play stocks, bonds and gold sink after US hiring surge – KTVN

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  Safe-play stocks, bonds and gold sink after US hiring surge KTVN Jerry Brown. He cracked down on polluters, ended tax breaks for oil companies and promoted solar energy. …. Strategists say the January jobs report, as well as the November and December revisions, gives the Fed more ammunition to justify an interest … and more »

• Broad Coalition Coalesces for Clean Energy Jobs in Illinois – Energy Collective

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• Apple’s incentive slice: $12.5M just for energy tax breaks – Phoenix Business Journal (blog)

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• Ginna Nuclear Facility Provides Over $350 Million/Year for New York – GlobeNewswire (press release)

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• No Future For Clean Coal: $1 Billion Plug Pulled On FutureGen – CleanTechnica

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• ABB’s (ABB) CEO Uli Spiesshofer on Q4 2014 Results – Earnings Call Transcript … – Seeking Alpha (registration)

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• Banking on the environment – Boulder Weekly

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• P&Z committee grants initial OK for school zoning change – Lone Peak Lookout

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• Finger Lakes REDC Plans for Economic Growth Under Governor’s Agenda – WXXI News

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• Athlete of the Month: Karl Barkley – Swarthmore College The Phoenix Online

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  Athlete of the Month: Karl Barkley Swarthmore College The Phoenix Online For his class on environmental justice, Barkley worked with close friend and classmate, Ellen Bachmanhuff '15, to create four business plans for CCIP (Chester Community Improvement Project) to generate more revenue to fund other projects in the …

• Broad Coalition Coalesces For Clean Energy Jobs In Illinois – Forbes

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• State of the County address touts successes in 2014 – Herald-Mail Media

  State of the County address touts successes in 2014 Herald-Mail Media Expediting building permits and widening Interstate 81 were just a few of the topics discussed on Tuesday during Washington County's annual State of the County address. About 175 people gathered at Fountain Head Country Club on Tuesday morning to … and more »

• Obama’s Budget Calls For Billions In Climate Funding – Huffington Post

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• Obama’s budget would cut spending on Great Lakes and other local projects, yet … – cleveland.com

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• Sponsored: Energy Saving Fund announces 1000 new jobs to be created … – Scottish Daily Record

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• Meet the man who inspired Inspector Morse – Telegraph.co.uk

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• Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce announces awards finalists – Chapel Hill News

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