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First Biodiesel Pipeline Starts Operations
New York Times
A commercial shipment of biodiesel has
moved through a pipeline in the United
States for the first time, according
to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a
pipeline company.
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7/2
BP Shuts Alternative Energy HQ
The Gaurdian
BP has shut down its alternative
energy headquarters in London,
accepted the resignation of its clean
energy boss and imposed budget cuts in
moves likely to be seen by
environmental critics as further signs
of the oil group moving "back to
petroleum".
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Reversing Bush, Obama Allows California's Greenhouse Gas Rules to Take Effect
San Jose Mercury News
In a major victory for
environmentalists and Gov. Arnold
Schwarzenegger, the Obama
administration on Tuesday granted
California permission to set the
nation's first rules requiring
automakers to reduce global warming
emissions from new cars, minivans,
pickups and SUVs.
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GridPoint Acquires Lixar, Canadian Energy Management Firm
Clean Edge News
GridPoint, Inc., a smart grid company,
recently announced that it has
acquired Lixar's energy business, an
Ottawa company providing energy
management solutions that offer user
interfaces and support multiple
communications protocols and devices.
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6/30
Department of Interior Announces 'Fast-Track' Initiatives for Solar Energy Development on Western Lands
Clean Edge News
Under initiatives announced recently
by Secretary of the Interior Ken
Salazar and U.S. Senator Harry Reid,
federal agencies will work with
western leaders to designate tracts of
U.S. public lands in the West as prime
zones for utility-scale solar energy
development, fund environmental
studies, open new solar energy
permitting offices and speed reviews
of industry proposals.
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6/29
America's Climate-Change Bill: In Need of a Clean
The Economist
The headline is a big one: for the
first time, America's House of
Representatives agreed, by 219 votes
to 212, on Friday June 25th to cap
emissions of carbon dioxide, the main
greenhouse gas.
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