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<title> Ludington power plant gets $800M upgrade, overhaul</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan's leading electrical utilities say they'll spend $800 million over 10 years to maintain and increase the capacity of their joint power storage plant on the Lake Michigan shoreline. 

CMS Energy Corp. and DTE Energy Co. announced Monday that they're undertaking the work starting in 2013 at the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant. The utilities co-own the plan. 

At nigh ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[  WZZM (ABC) CH 13 Grand Rapids ]]></category>
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<title> Biggest solar plant in NM to be built in Luna County</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The state Land Office announced Wednesday that First Solar Inc. will build New Mexicos largest solar power plant  --  a 50 megawatt facility  --  on state trust land in Luna County.   The project, which will provide enough power for about 18,000 average home, will create 300 construction jobs and provide a steady stream of revenue for public schools, universities and hospitals, State Land Commissi ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Albuquerque Journal ]]></category>
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<title> AUB ready to gas &amp; go</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Photo by Autumn Hughes
Robert Patterson, president of PBG Energy, explains how the CNG station works following Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony.											
					



					Wednesday, June  5, 2013
					
					



					Autumn Hughes




News Editor
					
					
					

Athens Utilities Board is leading the region in alternative fuels innovation with the grand opening of its compressed natural gas (CNG)  ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Athens - Daily Post ]]></category>
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<title> Editorial: Power up New York</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The first hot summer weather has arrived, and the sudden pools of perspiration making sleeping uncomfortable spur the use of air conditioning. The demand for electricity rises along with the temperature, exposing one of New York state??(tm)s great vulnerabilities ??" an inadequate supply of electricity and an antiquated distribution system.
			
        	
				

New York??(tm)s electric supply has t ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Batavia Daily News ]]></category>
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<title> New Skillings Mining Review Magazine Announces June 2013 Issue On Iron Ore Projects</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BigNews.Biz - Jun 05,2013 - Walnut, California, June 4, 2013 -- In this month?s feature, iron ore coverage looks at projects from Alderon Iron Ore corporation and WorleyParsons Canada, Golden West, Fortescue, and PolyMet, from giants like Rio Tinto and Vale, to juniors such as WPG Resources and Aquila Resources in Australia. This month?s issue also analyzes the views being taken on the forecast fo ]]></description>
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<title> And the sign said jobs, jobs, jobs - Twinkle (opinion from Pat Byington)</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Pat Byington

 

It has been eight months since Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh was elected president of the Alabama Public Service Commission over Lucy Baxley. But  last week, I was reminded of her election and the important position she holds when I saw one of her last remaining Jobs, Jobs, Jobs political signs hanging on a telephone pole outside Birmingham near an off ramp onto I-65. 

During the  ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Birmingham AL.COM Everything Alabama ]]></category>
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<title> NRG, National Grid differ on Dunkirk plant's future</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A National Grid report said the most cost-efficient solution to maintaining electric reliably in the southwestern portion of the state ??" in the wake of the announced shutdown of the Dunkirk power plant ??" is to reinforce the region??(tm)s transmission system at a cost of around $63 million.


The utility provided its findings to the New York State Public Service Commission on May 17.


NRG Ener ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Buffalo Business First ]]></category>
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<title> Referendum Tuesday to sell Pratt water system</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ PRATT, W.Va. -- Voters in the town of Pratt will decide next Tuesday whether they want to sell the town&amp;#39;s ailing water system and retire their crumbling water plant.

&amp;quot;This is past a Band-Aid,&amp;quot; said Pratt Mayor Gary Fields.

A vote on whether to sell the water system is on Pratt&amp;#39;s municipal election ballot Tuesday, along with elections for city officials and a referendum on exten ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Charleston Gazette ]]></category>
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<title> Experts: Duke undervaluing assets</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ CRYSTAL RIVER &amp;mdash; This time they're prepared.


	Citrus County Property Appraiser's Office officials, who say they were caught off guard late last year when Duke Energy's tax payment came in $16 million short of expected, now say they have the experts on hand and are ready to do battle if necessary.


	Property Appraiser Geoff Greene announced last week that a first-time appr ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Citrus County Chronicle ]]></category>
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<title> Atkinson, Cordell, Mazyck: Energy efficiency programs can boost state</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Columbia, SC  South Carolina has the opportunity to start transforming our market for energy efficiency while at the same time creating economic opportunities for our citizens. While utilities should continue to promote energy efficiency, other strategies need equal and urgent attention now. Urgent because families face unaffordable energy bills resulting from inefficient homes, high energy use an ]]></description>
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<title> 'Above-normal' hurricane season arrives</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climate Prediction Center predicted an above-normal hurricane season for 2013. Military communities in the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast should assess how vulnerable they are, and review their emergency plans to ensure they weather the storms safely.

There are resources around the Web that can help Families prepare for worst- ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Columbus Bayonet ]]></category>
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<title> PSC to take public comments in Big Rivers rate case</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ KENTUCKY PRESS NEWS SERVICE


The Kentucky Public Service Commission will offer 
opportunities next week for members of the public to provide comments on
 a request by Big Rivers Electric Corp. to increase rates.





A public meeting will be held on the afternoon of June 13 in 
Henderson, followed that evening by a video conference linking a public 
meeting in Owensboro with a site in Paducah.


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<category><![CDATA[ Crittenden Press Online ]]></category>
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<title> Wind farm's 60-day appeal term expires</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ CUMBERLAND &amp;mdash; 
	OAKLAND &amp;#8212; The proposed Fourmile Ridge wind project in eastern Garrett County has gone beyond the 60-day appeal process for the Federal Aviation Administration&amp;#8217;s interim decision in?February that all 24 proposed wind turbines are presumed to be a hazard to air navigation.



	Project developer Synergics hasn&amp;#8217;t resubmitted the project to the FAA, according to J ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Cumberland Time News ]]></category>
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<title> Dalton gets a look at alternative fuel vehicles</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 07:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Lights. Sirens. Propane tank?



	Norcross-based Force 911 specializes in converting gasoline-powered vehicles to propane, and it has converted the fleets of more than a dozen law enforcement agencies across Georgia.



	&amp;#8220;We got started in the law enforcement business, but we now work with all sorts of fleets,&amp;#8221; said Director of Marketing Amy McChesney.



	Force 911 and its partner All ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Dalton Daily Citizen ]]></category>
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<title> DEARBORN: Water bills to increase by 6 percent</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ DEARBORN &amp;mdash; For the first time in at least five years, water rates in the city will increase by more than what the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is charging the city.The City Council is scheduled to vote on the second and final reading of the increase at its meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 13615 Michigan Ave. It approved the first reading 7-0 on May 28.The reason why the in ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Deaborn Press &amp; Guide ]]></category>
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<title> State's largest solar farm coming to county</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ SANTA FE >> New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced Wednesday that First Solar, Inc. will soon begin construction on the state's largest solar power plant to be located on State Trust Land in Luna County.   "This 50 megawatt solar power project will provide about 300 jobs during the construction phase, which is a huge boost to New Mexico's ailing construction industry, and it will  ]]></description>
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<title> Hickenlooper signs bill to double rural renewable-energy requirement</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ In  a move to boost renewable-energy   generation in Colorado,  Gov. John Hickenlooper   on Wednesday signed a controversial bill doubling the renewable-energy target  for rural electric cooperatives.

"No question that the country as a whole is looking for, wanting cleaner fuels," Hickenlooper said.

The governor said, however,  the bill  was "imperfect" and issued an executive order to review it ]]></description>
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<title> Alaskans wonder whether natural gas dreams will materialize as export talk heats up</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ At a time when international competition is heating up to export liquefied natural gas into Asia, Alaska is scrambling to become a major player in foreign export markets, while also giving state consumers access to local fuel.


America's northernmost state wants to commercialize the 34 trillion cubic feet of natural gas available on its North Slope, roughly a tenth of all U.S. natural gas reserve ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Alaska Dispatch ]]></category>
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<title> Japan wants Alaska natural gas, but do Big Three care?</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Japanese consortium wants to invest in the latest mega-proposal to ship and sell Alaska's lucrative natural gas -- and promises to look for buyers in Japan -- bringing unprecedented opportunity to the long-sought proposal, state officials said.


But don't get your hopes up, Alaskans. Efforts to tap the state's giant natural gas fields and diversify its oil-addicted economy have dragged on for d ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Alaska Dispatch ]]></category>
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<title> NJNG lowers rates 4.3%</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ WALL  Just in time for a heat wave, New Jersey Natural Gas customers will see their monthly bills go down 4.3 percent starting Saturday.

On Wednesday, the Wall-based company notified the state Board of Public Utilities that it will lower the price customers pay for wholesale natural gas.

The utility said its aggressive strategy to buy and store wholesale natural gas allows it to lower rates to r ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Asbury Park Press ]]></category>
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<title> New Mississippi Power CEO faces tough questions</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ GULFPORT -- Ten days after the announcement that G. Edison Holland Jr. was elected the new president and CEO of Mississippi Power, the Public Service Commission is questioning his conflicting statements on cost overruns at the Kemper power plant and independent monitors at the site question whether the plant can fire up on schedule.

The April report by Burns and Roe Enterprises, an independent mo ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Biloxi Sun Herald ]]></category>
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<title> Alabama Power PSC meeting in June moved from Montgomery to Tuscaloosa</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ File.MONTGOMERY, Alabama --Alabama Power's second informal hearing before the Public Service Commission has been moved to a different city.
Alabama Power was previously scheduled to appear before the PSC in Montgomery, on the ninth floor of the RSA Union building, on June 18. The date of its second hearing has not changed, but the location has been moved. The company is now slated to appear at the ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Birmingham AL.COM Everything Alabama ]]></category>
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<title> NWE buys natural-gas field; Increases natural gas ownership in MT</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Z By Mike Dennison of The Standard State Bureau  Montana Standard 3 minutes ago ?  By Mike Dennison of The Standard State Bureau HELENA ? NorthWestern Energy, the state?s biggest natural gas utility, says it will buy a large natural-gas production field in northern Montana, expanding ownership of the gas it supplies to Montana customers to 37 percent. NorthWestern announced late Tuesday it has agr ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Butte Montana Standard ]]></category>
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<title> Pennsylvania offers $10 million in natural gas vehicle incentives</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ HARRISBURG - State environmental officials are offering $10 million worth of incentives to companies, government agencies and nonprofits for the purchase of cars or light trucks that run on natural gas or to convert lighter-weight vehicles that now use gasoline.



The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection launched the program Wednesday in a bid to generate demand for natural gas veh ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Chambersburg Public Opinion ]]></category>
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<title> Dollar Energy Fund, W.Va. Power team up for utility aid</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A nonprofit organization that provides utility assistance to the needy is teaming up with the West Virginia Power to help raise funds for the program this summer. 

Representatives of the Dollar Energy Fund of West Virginia are hoping to raise money during the baseball season to provide utility assistance to families with income of up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Charleston Daily Mail ]]></category>
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<title> EPA holds all the high cards in this game</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ West Virginia has joined with a number of other states in the legal fight against the EPA&amp;#39;s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions.

It&amp;#39;s a worthwhile fight against the EPA&amp;#39;s overreach, but one that&amp;#39;s going to be difficult to win.

So far, everything has gone the EPA&amp;#39;s way.

In 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, authorized the EPA to use the Clean Air Act to regula ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Charleston Daily Mail ]]></category>
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<title> Oil below $93 ahead of US crude inventory data | CharlotteObserver.com</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BANGKOK    The price of oil fell Thursday as traders awaited the latest U.S. crude inventories data.
    

Benchmark oil for July delivery was down 56 cents to $92.57 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.88 to close at $93.13 a barrel on Wednesday, hit by concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may ease up on its s ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ Charlotte Observer ]]></category>
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<title> Buffett's MidAmerican Energy to buy Nevada utility</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ I'll see your ketchup maker and raise you a power company.  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Warren Buffett is betting on Nevada. 

 MidAmerican Energy, the energy subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, Fortune 500), announced plans Wednesday to buy NV Energy (NVE), which provides electricity and natural gas to roughly 1.3 million customers in Nevada.     

 MidAmerican has agreed to acquire NV Ener ]]></description>
<category><![CDATA[ CNN.com ]]></category>
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<title> Fracking is Pitting OPEC Members Against Each Other. It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Bunch of Cartel Members.</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ OPEC meets in Vienna on Friday, a meeting that will, according to the Wall Street Journal, be a mite testy. ?The last few years have been flush for the cartel, with oil prices well above their historical average. ?Now fracking is changing all that--and hammering open fissures in the cartel that been temporarily plugged with huge wads of petrodollars. ?


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<title> Dow Jones average pulls back from latest record</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK &amp;#8212; Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as investors cut their holdings of high-dividend stocks they favored at the beginning of the year.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is near the highest it's been in 13 months. That's giving investors who want steady income an alternative to dividend-rich stocks like utilities.

The Dow Jones industrial average lost 106 points to close at 1 ]]></description>
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<title> Grey Mountain's Affiliate Company, Bolttech Mannings, Inc., Acquires Red Flame Industries Inc.</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 06:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ RED DEER, Alberta --
		

Bolttech Mannings, Inc. (Bolttech Mannings), an affiliate company of Grey Mountain Partners ("Grey Mountain"), has acquired Red Flame Industries Inc. (Red Flame or the Company). Headquartered in Red Deer, Alberta, Red Flame provides specialty plant, pipeline, and engineering and certification services for the oil, gas, petrochemical, and renewable resource industries.

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<title> Gadsden reaps savings from clean fuels</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The city of Gadsden will save about $100,000 annually in fuel costs and taxes, while helping the environment and reducing dependence on foreign oil, by going to biofuels for much of its fleet, city officials said Wednesday.
  
  

  
        
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    

Gadsden Mayor Sherman Guyton discussed the savings at a press conference at the Public Works Department. The city&amp;#8217;s fuel  ]]></description>
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<title> DEP Announces Opening of Natural Gas Vehicle Grants for Medium to Light-Weight Vehicles</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ HARRISBURG ? The Department of Environmental Protection has announced that its Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant (AFIG) Natural Gas Vehicle program is now open. The program will provide an estimated $10 million in grants to help companies and organizations purchase or convert medium to light-weight natural gas vehicles.    ?During last year?s natural gas vehicle seminars, we heard from many munici ]]></description>
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<title> TradeTheNews.com EU Market Update: Europe exhibits calm despite Nikkei sell-off; Swiss Q1 GDP beats expectations</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 08:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ ***Notes/Observations*** - Brazil again hikes Selic Target Rate to confront inflation - Japanese markets saw another volatile session; Nikkei closes down over 5%; 10-year JGB 0.89% - (JP) Japan investors sold ?1.1T (**second week of net sales after 4 weeks of buys) in foreign bonds -RBNZ Gov Wheeler said that that NZD is significantly overvalued and that he wants to diminish perceptions of NZD as  ]]></description>
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<title> Exxon chief: Weaning world off oil will have unintended impacts</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ DALLAS &amp;#8212; The CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. says there's no quick replacement for oil, and sharply cutting oil's use to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would make it harder to lift 2 billion people out of poverty.

"What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?" CEO Rex Tillerson said at the oil giant's annual meeting Wednesday.

Tillerson jousted with environmental activists who propose ]]></description>
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<title> NV Energy to be acquired by Warren Buffett</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ By JENNIFER ROBISON
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL   

Nevada??(tm)s corporate community got a big jolt Wednesday when the world??(tm)s best-known investor dropped a few billion bucks on the local power company. 

Warren Buffett??(tm)s Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. announced plans to buy NV Energy in a $10 billion deal. About $5.6 billion in cash will go toward buying all of the utility??(t ]]></description>
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<title> Harry Reid lambastes PUC for standing in the way of NV Energy bill</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ U.S. Sen. Harry Reid lambasted the Nevada Public Utilities Commission this week, accusing the energy regulators of trying to scuttle a bill before the state Legislature that would require NV Energy to stop using coal to produce electricity.


Reid and his staff have been deeply involved in Senate Bill 123, a 10-year plan that would speed up NV Energy??(tm)s closure of coal plants in Southern Ne ]]></description>
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<title> Chevron touts strong year, skeptics question company's environmental record</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ SAN RAMON -- During a contentious annual meeting Wednesday, Chevron executives touted the company's $26 billion in annual profit and robust production efforts, but skeptics peppered management with pointed questions about its environmental practices.

"We had a very strong year," Chevron's chief executive, John Watson, said during a question-and-answer session after the annual shareholders gatheri ]]></description>
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<title> Natural gas turbines fire up alongside Route 237 in Milpitas</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility, a wholly owned subsidiary of Calpine Corp., restarted two of its four gas-fired turbines at its plant on the San Jose-Milpitas border over the Memorial Day weekend in connection with the plant's conversion into a lower emitting combined-cycle power plant anticipated to come online this summer.?



During the restart over the weekend, a plume of smoke was visib ]]></description>
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<title> N.J. regulators approve PSE&amp;G's $446 million plan for solar farms atop landfills, brownfields</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ TRENTON  The state Board of Public Utilities today approved a plan that will allow New Jersey's largest public utility to invest more than $440 million in solar-power projects, primarily to go atop unused landfills and brownfields.


The board's decision to allow Public Service Electric &amp; Gas to move ahead with its Solar 4 All and solar loan programs came with key provisions that would add more st ]]></description>
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<title> Steel production rises 8,000 tons in Great Lakes states</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Raw steel production in the country's Great Lakes region was 675,000 tons in the week ending May 25, according to estimates from the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Production was up 8,000 tons from the week prior. The majority of raw steel production in the Great Lakes region occurs in Indiana and the Chicago area.

Production in the Southern District was estimated at 631,000 tons last week,  ]]></description>
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<title> Economic consultant: Quality of sites, not quality of life, attracts companies</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The three-martini lunch, 18 holes on the links or shipping a box of Christmas ginger snaps to your favorite business consultant no longer cuts it when creating jobs in an intensely competitive economic environment.
  
  

  
        
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    

Local political leaders learned on Wednesday that contemporary business recruitment depends largely on hard-nosed data-crunching that's  ]]></description>
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<title> Business news in brief</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 07:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Posted: 
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In the Region Rates of unemployment fall




Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 276 of 372 U.S. metropolitan areas, including the Philadelphia region, the Labor Department said. Rates reported by the government were higher in 78 areas and unchanged in 18 areas. The rate in the Philadelphia region fell to 7.7 p ]]></description>
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<title> Business Council, Environmental &amp; Citizen Groups Urge Cleaner, Cheaper Alternatives to Repowering</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ ALBANY, NY (05/29/2013)(readMedia)-- In comments filed today with the Public Service Commission (PSC), business, environmental and citizen groups jointly called for cleaner solutions to replace the outdated Dunkirk and Cayuga coal plants. The PSC is currently deciding whether to approve a costly repowering of the plants or replace the small amount of power generated with transmission upgrades. The ]]></description>
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<title> OPEC, in no mood for fight, weighs U.S. oil boom</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 9:00am BST * Set to leave output target unchanged * U.S. shale means hotter contest for Asia market * No resolution on secretary-general choice expected By Amena Bakr and Reem Shamseddine VIENNA, May 30 (Reuters) - OPEC oil exporters on Thursday were in no mood to fight over how much crude to produce and instead weighed the impact of rising supplies of U.S. shale and a looming turf war in Asia. Th ]]></description>
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<title> Buffett picks up Las Vegas-based NV Energy for $5.6 billion</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2013 04:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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              (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's  power production unit MidAmer ]]></description>
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<title> Significant Interest in voestalpine HBI From Texas</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 06:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ LINZ, Austria, May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --


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In March the decision was taken to locate the voestalpine Group's direct reduction plant on the La Quinta Trade Gateway in San Patricio County, just outside the city of Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 2 million tons of HBI (hot briquetted iron) and has direct deep-sea access to the Gulf of Mexico. There i ]]></description>
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<title> Industry standard</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 07:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ BURNHAM - It's been two years since Standard Steel was purchased by Sumitomo Metal Industries and Sumitomo Corporation. Since then, the company has remained relatively silent, with the exception of recent appearances before the Rotary Club of Lewistown and at Juniata Valley Chamber meetings. But Standard Steel is ready to open its doors, so to speak, and let the community in. 

Standard Steel CEO  ]]></description>
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<title> Milwaukee businesses need your donations for tornado relief</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several Milwaukee businesses have teamed up to bring relief to victims of the devastating tornado that occurred last week in Moore, Okla.

Mixx Night Club, Rusty's Old 50, Pat Oak Manor, Operation Locate Our Children and Jake &amp; T.J Dohlun Complete Heat Treating are accepting donations at five different locations Wednesday, May 29 through Saturday, June 1.

Items accepted include bottled water, ]]></description>
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<title> Japan's Kobe Steel to shut blast furnace in 2017/18</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 08:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Japanese Kobe Steel Ltd said on Wednesday it would shut a blast furnace and other upstream equipment at its Kobe Works plant in western Japan in the year starting April 2017 to turn around its loss-making iron and steel business. Kobe Steel's iron and steel operations posted an ordinary loss of 50.2 billion yen ($496.1 million) in the year to March 31, struggling against sluggish demand from shipb ]]></description>
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<title> RPT-UPDATE 1-Italy may name administrator for ILVA steel group-minister</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 17:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ 6:32pm BST (Repeats to additional Reuters clients) (Adds detail) BRUSSELS, May 29 (Reuters) - Italy is considering appointing a special administrator to manage steel group ILVA, hit by an environmental and corruption scandal at its plant in southern Italy, Industry Minister Flavio Zanonato said on Wednesday. The future of the plant, which accounts for some 40 percent of Italy's steel output, has b ]]></description>
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<title> Steel Production Returns to Lackawanna</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 May 2013 09:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ October 31, 2012
                
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LACKAWANNA, NY (WKBW) - Steel production is returning to the former Bethlehem Steel site. Welded Tube USA has finalized plans to buy 45 acres at the Lackawanna site. 
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<title> Are Lower Oil Prices on the Horizon?</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Read More : http://www.investmentcontrarians.com/stock-market/are-lower-oil-prices-on-the-horizon/2008/

The oil sheiks at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) must be at their wits? ends these days, with oil prices showing some downward pressure.

While the West Texas Intermediate (WTI) spot is in the mid-$90.00 range, there?s a sense we could see a downward move in oil pr ]]></description>
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<title> Leader of push for 2nd election on municipalization is new Boulder voter</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ RelatedXcel asks PUC for Boulder County customersBoulder residents launch effort to bring 2nd vote on municipalizationOpponents of municipalization in Boulder hint at new ballot measure Boulder's municipalization critics cite risks

The man leading an effort to force a second vote on municipalization moved to Boulder in March and registered to vote just two days before he filed paperwork with the  ]]></description>
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<title> Tomblin celebrates new gas pipeline law</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ SISSONVILLE, W.Va. -- Saturday marked five months since an explosion in a Columbia Transmission Corp. gas pipeline in Sissonville destroyed four homes and melted part of Interstate 77. 

On Monday, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Kanawha County officials held a ceremony Monday to acknowledge the state&amp;#39;s new pipeline safety law.

Tomblin signed the bill into law April 29, but held a symbolic bill sig ]]></description>
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<title> Duke Energy's Jim Rogers slips in ranking for utility CEO pay (Slideshow)</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Duke Energy?s Jim Rogers ranks eighth on SNL Energy?s list of the ten highest-paid power and gas utility executives in 2012, down five places from his 2011 ranking.


FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE:FE) CEO Anthony Alexander led the list in 2012 with compensation totaling $19.9 million. That is up 39 percent from $14.3 million in 2011, which topped that year?s list too.


SNL tracks 50 of the nation's lar ]]></description>
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<title> Why natural gas exports would benefit clean energy</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ U.S.-based industries and utilities that consume a lot of natural gas have been trying to figure out just how to respond to&amp;nbsp;proposals in Congress to allow expanded natural gas exports, a move that could significantly raise the price of one of their chief inputs.

		
  	

But, there is one segment of U.S. industry that ought to be cheering for such an outcome--though I doubt that its leaders w ]]></description>
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<title> Call about utility bill could be a scammer</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Attention Clark Public Utilities customers: A scammer wants inside your wallet.


The utility said Monday it has received more than 20 calls from customers over the past several weeks saying they've been contacted by someone who claims to represent the utility, asserts the customer hasn't paid a bill and then threatens to cut service unless the bill is immediately paid over the phone.


That's not ]]></description>
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<title> Inergy's plans threaten us all</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elmira, N.Y. &amp;mdash; 
								 	
										
										
										   
										   
										   
										        
											        



	I spent almost every summer of my life on Seneca Lake. So did my mother, my grandparents and great-grandparents. My daughter still summers in Rock Stream. This lake is in my blood and the blood of my family.&amp;#160; Not just my family, but generations of people  ]]></description>
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<title> Energy exports power Texas' trade profile</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON ? Texas exports are boosting the economy, but mainly because of refined products and chemicals made from oil and gas. That?s less helpful for job growth in North Texas than foreign sales of the advanced types of manufacturing prevalent in the Dallas area.

Between 2009 and 2012, Texas exports grew from $163 billion to $265.4 billion, according to the U.S. Census Bureau?s Foreign Trade S ]]></description>
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<title> Natural Resources Public Lands Subcommittee Holds Hearing</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ From the Desk of Congressman Don Young


Natural Resources Public Lands Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Congressman Young?s Denali National Park Improvement Act


WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Last week, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation held a hearing on H.R. 586, the Denali National Park Improvement Act, introduced by Congressman Don Young earlier this year ]]></description>
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<title> How oil and gas innovation could lower U.S. energy costs</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ In their book "How the West Grew Rich," authors Nathan Rosenberg and L.E. Birdzell point out that the Western economies grew rich because they innovated. As I tell my students, we are not wealthier than the King of England in the 13th century because we have more wheat or tapestries than he had. We are wealthier because we have an untold amount of goods and services that did not exist in his time. ]]></description>
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<title> COMMODITY MCX TIPS ~ MARKET UPDATES TODAY 14 MAY 2013</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Panchkula,
Chandigarh,
India, Republic of
(Free-Press-Release.com) May 14, 2013 -- 
Gold prices fell by Rs 326 to Rs 26,929 per 10 gm in futures trade today as speculators trimmed their positions, tracking a weak global trend. However, token buying by retailers in the spot markets on the auspicious occasion of ???Akshya Tritya??? restricted the losses.


At the Multi Commod ]]></description>
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<title> Carl Pope: How Markets Fail</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ The big news at this year's CERES Conference, "Scaling Sustainability", was that General Motors had joined the growing number of corporations signing the CERES Climate Declaration which declares that bold action to tackle climate is "one of America's greatest economic opportunities of the 21st century." Most of the signatories to date are companies with obvious interests in protecting the climate, ]]></description>
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<title> United States Steel Corporation And Kobe Steel, Ltd., Of Japan Commission PRO-TEC Coating Company Continuous Annealing Line</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Information contained on this page is provided by an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations in connection therewith. If you have any questions or comments about this page please contact pressreleases@worldnow.com.

SOURCE  United States Steel Corporation

- Provides stronger, more formable steel grades to improve fuel economy and s ]]></description>
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<title> Minn. solar energy mandate closer to becoming law</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ ST. PAUL, Minn. &amp;#8212; 

Legislation mandating that Minnesota's largest utilities use solar energy is closer to becoming law, meaning less coal will be burned and utility bills will probably increase for many state residents.

The Senate solar energy mandate, which passed Friday, requires 1 percent of large utilities' power to be solar by 2025. The House version, which passed last Tuesday, includ ]]></description>
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<title> Compressed natural gas station headed to Dayton</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Fort Wayne-based company is preparing to break ground on a compressed natural gas fueling station in Tippecanoe County.

CNG Fuel Inc. plans to build the facility on Indiana 38 just east of Interstate 65 in the town of Dayton.

"It's a major commercial corridor," said Kris Kyler, CNG Fuel Inc. project manager. "All kinds of people drive through there."

Kyler said the company does not yet have a ]]></description>
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<title> Drought rates pass council; won't go into effect until emergency</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Lincoln is now prepared for the next serious drought, with a new water management plan, a new fine system for people who don't follow the watering restrictions and new drought water rates.

The City Council Monday unanimously approved??drought water rates that would promote conservation while keeping the city water department from losing money. ??

The council also approved the new civil fine syst ]]></description>
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<title> Feds investigate natural gas pipeline rupture in Kimball County</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than a week after an interstate natural gas pipeline ruptured near Bushnell, officials and residents of Kimball County are searching for answers and expressing concerns about public safety.

George Rider, general counsel for pipeline owner Tallgrass Energy Partners of Lakewood, Colo., said reports of an explosion are false.

"The only sound I am aware of was the hissing sound from high-pressu ]]></description>
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<title> Water district OKs 2013-14 budget</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ MARTINSBURG - With a unanimous vote, board members for the Berkeley County Public Service Water District approved the budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year. 

Paul Fisher, executive director for the water district, presented the budget to board members, stating that with few exceptions, most budget categories stayed close to the amounts budgeted for the current fiscal year. 

Fisher reported a total  ]]></description>
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<title> Power, Pollution and the Internet</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ SANTA CLARA, Calif. &amp;mdash; Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately. They were about to melt.         

 
The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space here with racks of computer servers that were needed to store and process information from members' accounts. The electricity pouring into the computers was overheating Ethern ]]></description>
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<title> Southern California Edison says power outages possible</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 09:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ CATHEDRAL CITY &amp;#8212; Southern California Edison is once again urging customers in the Coachella Valley and across the utility?s 50,000-square-mile service territory to start conserving energy now as it prepares for a second summer without its San Onofre nuclear power plant.

Co-owned by Edison, San Diego Gas &amp; Electric and the city of Riverside, the 2,200-megawatt nuclear plant  located near San ]]></description>
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<title> The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights:JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and U.S. Steel</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ PR Newswire CHICAGO, May 14, 2013 CHICAGO, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --? Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. (NYSE:JPM), Bank of America Corp (NYSE:BAC), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) ]]></description>
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<title> Tuesday's letters: Florida needs balanced energy portfolio</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Math guts nuclear myth and Editorial: High price of nuclear fantasies  | May 12


A balanced energy portfolio


As a state and a country, we need to have a balanced portfolio in order to sustain and secure our energy future and a broader understanding of our reliance on natural gas in Florida as the primary source of generating electricity.
Duke Energy Florida's Levy nuclear project remains cost e ]]></description>
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<title> It Doesn't Matter If We Never Run Out of Oil: We Won't Want to Burn It Anymore</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A man in Germany examines the solar panels on his roof, making power he can resell at an excellent financial return. Germany recently installed more solar cells in a single month than the United States did in all that year. (Reuters)



Charles C. Mann is a great storyteller, but "What If We Never Run Out of Oil?" tells the wrong story and is marred by bloopers.


Mann's story is entirely about qu ]]></description>
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<title> Obamaspeak Takes Failure to New Highs</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 03:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new language was introduced in Washington when President Obama began his first term in office. For a time, it flummoxed his observers, including many Republicans, who were caught off-balance by the combination of the Presidents soaring rhetoric and his Chicago-style politics.

	The language is newspeak. Introduced by George Orwell, it is characterized by using familiar words and phrases in unfam ]]></description>
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<title> Proposed water-rate increases topic at 2 final Tucson town halls</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 07:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tucson Water will host town halls tonight and Wednesday to present the three rate-increase options it's proposing for next fiscal year.

Average residential customers can expect an increase of between $2.91 and $3.68 on their monthly water bill.

The town halls start at 5:30 p.m. The presentation on rates, fees and options begins at 5:45 p.m. City staff and members of the Citizens Water Advisory C ]]></description>
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<title> FOX 5 Investigates: Smart meters spark controversy</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON -
			Millions of homes now have smart meters and if you don't have one yet, you probably will.Power companies are swapping out old meters -- for newer "smart" versions. The devices allow utilities to read your meter wirelessly without sending a meter reader.But opposition is growing here and across the country warning of health and safety concerns. Some smart meters have overheated and  ]]></description>
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<title> Universal Stainless Achieves Nadcap Heat Treat Accreditation for Bridgeville Facility</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Universal Stainless &amp; Alloy Products, Inc. (Nasdaq:USAP) announced today that it has achieved Nadcap Heat Treat accreditation at its Bridgeville, Pennsylvania facility. Nadcap (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) is the leading worldwide cooperative accreditation program of major companies and their suppliers designed to manage a cost-effective con ]]></description>
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<title> Research and Markets: New Report Forecasts that World Refractory Production will Rise to 46 Million Tonnes by 2017, With a Value of 29 Billion</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/hnlmsd/the_refractories) has announced the addition of the "The Refractories Industry Worldwide 2012-2017: A Market / Technology Report" report to their offering.Over 400 pages long and featuring 275 tables and figures, the report forecasts market growth to 2017 and in doing so highlights the growing importance of developing economie ]]></description>
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