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• Loan to wind farm operator may be last act for ‘green bank’ – The Age

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• Why Companies Founded By College Dropouts Rarely Hire College Dropouts – LinkedIn Today

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• Hanger seeking governor’s post with wonkery, little money – Philly.com

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• NEF continues funding: Where did the money come from? – Financial Mail

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• A call for greener investments – Boston Globe

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• Bill Lueders: State cool to climate-change action – Capital Times (blog)

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• MARKET PULSE-Apple, Goldman Sachs, ChemoCentryx, Xenoport, Polycom – Reuters UK

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• Riverton Council work session to study grant applications for a land purchase … – County 10

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• Commissioners make tax increase, new budget official – Mineral Wells Index

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• Direct Energy and SolarCity Sign Multimillion Dollar Deal to Provide Solar … – Wall Street Journal

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• Colorado Local Govts Struggle in Wake of DOE’s Abound Solar Bankruptcy – National Legal and Policy Center

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• Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—US jobs report, G20 Syria wrangling … – Quartz

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• Coalition’s plans to remove the carbon price will cost more than $6bn – The Guardian

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• Coalition energy document focuses almost entirely on fossil fuels – The Guardian

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• Opening Bell 6 September | Asian markets drop ahead of US jobs data – Livemint

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• Gold falls on expectations of Fed tapering – Herald Sun

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• Australia is ready for Tony Abbott to be prime minister – Herald Sun

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• Key Differences in Solar ETFs: KWT vs. TAN – ETF News And Commentary – NASDAQ

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• SoCalGas Establishes $1M Innovation Fund To Speed Development Of Clean … – Wall Street Journal

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• SunEdison Partners Raise $63.7M for Projects in California – Clean Energy Authority

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• Sept. 3, 2013 Ann Arbor Council: Final – The Ann Arbor Chronicle

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• SunEdison secures $67.3MM investment for utility-scale solar power projects – PennEnergy (press release)

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• FIFTH DISTRICT RACE: Karen Spilka calls for rebuilding of electric grid – Wicked Local

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• Ex-Im Bank Chairman Talks Satellite Investment Strategy – Satellite Today

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• Obama admin praises fracking – Daily Caller

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• Fall River pushes to lure life sciences, tech – Boston Globe

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• A Bet on the Environment – New York Times

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• UN downsizes high-profile special envoy amid signs of donor fatigue – Fox News

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• Tesla’s Elon Musk on the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf: Meh – Digital Trends

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  Tesla's Elon Musk on the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf: Meh Digital Trends So it comes as no surprise that in an interview on ABC's Nightline program, Elon Musk, the Tesla Motors founder and space taxi/solar power tycoon, wasn't about to laud the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf, two cars which, in some ways, are competitors to his … and more »

• Susan Waite’s passion for trash can be contagious – GazetteNET

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• Tight Budget? Congress Can Save $42 Billion by Eliminating Bad Government … – Heritage.org

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• Susan Waite’s passion for trash can be contagious – Amherst Bulletin

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• Vermont nuclear power plant to close in 2014 – Boston Globe

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• Filner’s Promises: The Mayor’s Final Report Card – Voice of San Diego

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• Construction Begins On Massive Nevada Solar Plant That Will Power 80000 … – ThinkProgress

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• SD Reservations Rally for Financial Sec. – Indian Country Today Media Network

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• Whitewater board hires new middle school principal – Daily Union

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• Solar developer: Lost land for food production is ‘peanuts’ – This is Cornwall

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  Solar developer: Lost land for food production is 'peanuts' This is Cornwall The comments from the London-based company, which is backed by the £2.5billion fund management company Octopus Investments, comes less than two weeks after it submitted plans for a 32-acre solar farm, outside Exeter. The five megawatt (MW) application …

• Our View: Voters should renew levy for Kirkwood Community College – Iowa City Press Citizen

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• Obama’s plan to fund pre-K will run itself out of money – Daily Caller

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• Boost for Coastal Communities Fund – Express.co.uk

  Boost for Coastal Communities Fund Express.co.uk The fund, created by the coalition in 2012, is used to invest in seaside towns and villages. The Treasury said it believed the cash already approved should deliver 5,000 jobs and 500 apprenticeships. The fund is paid for by channelling money equivalent … Coastal communities fund to run until 2016Public Sector Executive Seaside towns regeneration fund to be extendedBBC News Seaside Towns Given More Government CashSky News 4-traders (press release) –Specification Online all 28 news articles »

• EPA employee stole $886K from the agency – Daily Caller

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• How SD Public Policy Changed Since November – Voice of San Diego

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• Gov. Inslee dedicates OutBack Power’s new facility in Arlington | SLIDESHOW – Arlington Times

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• Limbaugh to leave flagship WABC in NYC, but stay on other Cumulus stations – Daily Caller

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• 4 Lessons Learned From Solar Crowdfunding – Greentech Media

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• Power Brokers IV, Pacific Northwest: The Most Tribes, But Few Legislators – Indian Country Today Media Network

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• NW: Most Tribes, Fewer Legislators – Indian Country Today Media Network

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• San Francisco’s Green Power Plan Still Stalled by Corporate Interests a Decade … – Truth-Out

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• Tenacious Milne walks the thin green line – The Age

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• Solar Energy Crowdfunding’s Lessons Learned – Energy Collective

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• Elementary School Students Building A Real Spacecraft – RedOrbit

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• Panda Power Funds announces it has purchased the Moxie Energy plant – Towanda Daily Review

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