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• Tulalip tribal program teaches students skills in construction – HeraldNet

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• Dunn County Datebook – Chippewa Herald

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• Observer Ethical Awards 2014 winners: Lancaster Cohousing – The Guardian

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• State land earns record revenue – Las Cruces Bulletin

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• Clean energy trends that Australia chooses to ignore – RenewEconomy

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• Vermont in the middle of crucial electricity supply and demand – Brattleboro Reformer

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• District 15, Delegate: Vote Tuesday, June 24; Early Voting Starts June 12 – Virginia Connection Newspapers

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• Weakness on the Sensex, Nifty to persist: Wednesday closing report – Moneylife

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• Tanzania: Mothers Light Up Homes in Rural Tanzania – AllAfrica.com

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• The Federal Budget delivers a “gloomy” prognosis for rural health – Crikey (blog)

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• NCSU building one of world’s oddest libraries: A catalog of dyes – News & Observer

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• Science and technology show way for farming in the future, debate hears – Western Morning News

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• Stock bulls go with the Fed’s easy flow – MarketWatch

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• THEIR VIEW: EPA emissions plan is vital first step to clean air – Bristol Press

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• Talk of ‘Yankee imperialism’ rankles US Embassy in San José Drug trafficking – Tico Times

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• Greg Penner Emerges as Heir to Wal-Mart’s Chairmanship – Bloomberg

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• Ontario Votes: Election issues cheat sheet – Ottawa Citizen

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• These Women Won’t Let the Clean Energy Revolution Pass their City By – Environmental Defense Fund (blog)

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• Bay Area’s China connection – SFGate

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• Ontario Political Parties Respond to Ag Issues – Farms.com

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• Grappling with the climate rules fine print OMB held litany of meetings before … – Politico

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• Ten Days in Kenya With No Cash, Only a Phone – Businessweek

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• Trina Solar Announces Pricing of Offering of 8800000 American Depositary Shares – MarketWatch

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• Friday, June 6: Today in Gold and Silver – TheStreet.com

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• Wingate Expands Affordable-Housing Footprint – Wall Street Journal

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• Hilo Medical Center cutting staff, canceling improvement plans – Hawaii News Now

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• Rabbitt reelected; Other Sonoma County results – KTVU San Francisco

  Rabbitt reelected; Other Sonoma County results KTVU San Francisco Fudge said she has helped protect open space, make Sonoma County a leader in solar power and energy efficiency and helped farmers and vineyards get water they need. Fudge has served on the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District's board of directors … and more »

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• SunEdison Announces Proposed Offering Of $500 Million Of Convertible Senior … – Wall Street Journal

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• Will one man’s millions tilt Pa. race? – Philly.com

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• Projects kickstart SA’s renewable energy future – Citizen

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• America: The Come Back Story – FrontPage Magazine

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• EPA rules offer opportunity for Texas energy providers – Houston Chronicle

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• John Boehner Uses Shinseki Resignation To Blame President Obama For the … – PoliticusUSA

  John Boehner Uses Shinseki Resignation To Blame President Obama For the … PoliticusUSA Fund Veterans benefits. Fund tax credits for businesses that hire Vets at a living wage. Quit the nonsense about Postal Workers' pensions being 100% funded before the Postal Workers (many of whom are Vets) retire. Fix our roads and bridges and water … and more »

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• Conservative groups bid to wreck Obama’s proposals on carbon emissions – The Guardian

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  Conservative groups bid to wreck Obama's proposals on carbon emissions The Guardian It would create more than 274,000 jobs for roofers and electricians installing solar panels and new energy-saving technologies, the analysis said. The NRDC said the plan could cut carbon pollution by about 35% from 2005 levels, or the equivalent of up … 7 Groups Attacking The President's Plan To Cut Carbon Pollution, Even Though …ThinkProgress Watch Obama's coal rules to gauge his faith in green innovationGreenBiz.com (blog) all 465 news articles »

• Indiegogo Campaign Wants Cars to Drive on ‘Solar Freakin Roadways’ [Watch] – BostInno

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• The Wandering Life of the Electric Horseman – The Atlantic

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• Chevron Retreats on Clean Energy After Renewables Hit 20% Margin – Businessweek

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• After Years of Gridlock on Climate Change, Obama is About to Play His Trump … – Newsweek

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  After Years of Gridlock on Climate Change, Obama is About to Play His Trump … Newsweek Rather than a top-down mandate that states upgrade plants in a specific way, the plan encourages innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions by, for example, increasing energy efficiency or ramping up energy production through solar or wind. NRDC … and more »

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• Chevron Dims the Lights on Green Power – Businessweek

  Chevron Dims the Lights on Green Power Businessweek This includes the renewable power group, which invested in or built utility-scale solar and geothermal projects with margins of 15 percent to 20 percent or more, according to a dozen people who worked on the projects. … According to five people …

• iHub’s Accelerator Campus poised for $2.2M makeover – The Desert Sun

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• Utility Players: How Google Could Become Your Next Power Company – Moneynews

  Utility Players: How Google Could Become Your Next Power Company Moneynews Google Inc. with its recent purchase of Nest Labs Inc.; Comcast Corp. with a pilot project to sell electricity with its cable packages; AT&T Inc. entering the smart thermostat business — they and others are moving into positions that portend a … and more »

• Solar Roadways Sets Record for Number of Contributions to Single Campaign – Crowdfund Insider

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• Deals of the day: South Korea’s ‘Amazon’ grabs $100 million – Fortune (blog)

  Deals of the day: South Korea's 'Amazon' grabs $100 million Fortune (blog) Sequoia Capital and Sequoia Heritage co-led the round, and were joined by return backers Greenoaks Capital Management, Rose Park's Disruptive Innovation Fund and LaunchTime. ExtraHop, a Seattle-based provider of real-time wire data analytics, has …

• Technarians at the Gate: How Google Could Become Your Next Power Company – Businessweek

  Technarians at the Gate: How Google Could Become Your Next Power Company Businessweek The problem for the utility industry, said James Marston, vice president for U.S. climate and energy for the Environmental Defense Fund, is that “these days technology is far outpacing the utility industry's movement toward change even though some … and more »

• Fair & Expo solar installation celebration – Albany Democrat Herald (blog)

  Fair & Expo solar installation celebration Albany Democrat Herald (blog) Eight-year-old Brooke Johnson was excited Wednesday morning as she flipped on a giant electrical switch to start power flowing through 300 solar panels at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center. A student in Karin Heley's third-grade classroom at Oak … and more »

• Linn County, Pacific Power celebrate fairgrounds solar panels – Albany Democrat Herald (blog)

  Linn County, Pacific Power celebrate fairgrounds solar panels Albany Democrat Herald (blog) Eight-year-old Brooke Johnson was excited Wednesday morning as she flipped on a giant electrical switch to start power flowing through 300 solar panels at the Linn County Fair & Expo Center. A student in Karin Heley's third-grade classroom at Oak …

• US seeks to fund Alcoa’s bet on automotive aluminum – Automotive News

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  Street crew breaks San Diego Source (subscription) (AP) — Los Angeles city leaders are looking into claims that some city street crews were taking extended breaks on the job instead of repairing potholes and sidewalks. The Los Angeles Times reported that the city council last week ordered an … The … and more »

• South Bay, Peninsula schools seek taxes and bonds for teaching, materials … – Contra Costa Times

  South Bay, Peninsula schools seek taxes and bonds for teaching, materials … Contra Costa Times Bond moneys also will go toward rerouting traffic around schools in the Union district, solar technology in Cambrian, music classrooms in Los Gatos-Saratoga, and heating and ventilation upgrades at several districts. The bonds also fund technology. In … South Bay, Peninsula schools seeks taxes and bonds for teaching, materials …Vallejo Times-Herald all 3 news articles »

• Candidate Profile: Pat Murphy – Iowa Public Radio

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• Missionary family continues God’s work in Nicaragua – The Salem News

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• Wind giant Texas stands tall as rule change looms – FuelFix (blog)

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  Wind giant Texas stands tall as rule change looms FuelFix (blog) Rick Perry said EPA rules “will incapacitate — and possibly eliminate — critical sources of energy while stifling job creation and threatening American energy security.” Another renewable option, still largely untapped in Texas , is solar power. Kate …

• Jobs: The Number One Word Clean Energy Advocates Should Be Using – Energy Collective

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• Subsidy cash could be used better elsewhere – StarPhoenix

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• Water bill will benefit Louisiana ports – The Daily Advertiser

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• Wind giant Texas stands tall as emissions rule change looms – Houston Chronicle

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  Wind giant Texas stands tall as emissions rule change looms Houston Chronicle Rick Perry said EPA rules "will incapacitate – and possibly eliminate – critical sources of energy while stifling job creation and threatening American energy security." Another renewable option, still largely untapped in Texas , is solar power. Kate … and more »

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• Commentary: Anti-oil group spreads fiction about fracking – Elko Daily Free Press

  Commentary: Anti-oil group spreads fiction about fracking Elko Daily Free Press That's why the Environmental Defense Fund supports hydraulic fracturing. Why would the Center for Biological Diversity make such false and … There you have it. Erecting roadblocks to investment in Nevada's ability to create jobs and to supply its … and more »

• Dem PAC hits Brown over energy efficiency bill Land hits Peters on Steyer … – Politico

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• Big battery at Stanislaus-Merced line called a game changer in solar-energy … – Modesto Bee

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  Big battery at Stanislaus-Merced line called a game changer in solar-energy … Modesto Bee The battery provides long-duration storage of solar energy. ANDY ALFARO — aalfaro@modbee.com |Buy Photo · AA … A chunk of that money ended up being spent in Stanislaus County because Turlock's JKB Energy built the facility in the orchard, hiring … and more »

• Crowd-funded attempt to rescue abandoned 70s probe – New Zealand Herald

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  Crowd-funded attempt to rescue abandoned 70s probe New Zealand Herald But, as it nears Earth once more, some scientists want to return it to its original job, including Robert Farquhar, now in his 80s, who was responsible for hijacking it in the first place. Read more: • What in the world would we do without satellites … Mission to save lonely disco-era satelliteGulf Times all 80 news articles »

• Sonoma County schools turn to ballot to raise cash – Petaluma Argus Courier

  Sonoma County schools turn to ballot to raise cash Petaluma Argus Courier The push comes as school budgets are stabilizing after years of deep cuts that local officials said have delayed routine maintenance while educators have diverted funds from facilities to operational costs. Bonds — which many local districts will use …

• Dutch, RI develop new solar energy system – eco-business.com

  Dutch, RI develop new solar energy system eco-business.com Under the program, Twente University and local counterpart, the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), along with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and various local installers have worked together to develop the PV system in Papua over the past two years … and more »

• Gardner hits Udall after billionaire Steyer promises to help defend Senate seat – kdvr.com

  Gardner hits Udall after billionaire Steyer promises to help defend Senate seat kdvr.com Steyer, a hedge fund manager from California, plans to spend at least $50 million this election cycle to help seven Democratic U.S. Senate candidates, those who've made climate change and renewable energy a priority. … “This is a guy who is so far … and more »

• Outside groups shelled out $4.5M for agency officials’ travel – Environment & Energy Publishing

  Outside groups shelled out $4.5M for agency officials' travel Environment & Energy Publishing "What would be a problem — which is not what happened here — is if he were simultaneously negotiating for employment with Altenex while doing a trip, which was paid for by them. That would be a problem." Collison did not respond … Day sparked other …

• Long Beach City College awards $150000 to startup firms – OCRegister

  Long Beach City College awards $150000 to startup firms OCRegister “By also providing coaching and education to the entrepreneurs in addition to funding, we are confident that these companies will go on to create jobs, expand our regional economy and provide internship opportunities for our students,” said LBCC …

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