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Redondo Beach woman awarded $4 million in Edison lawsuit over stray electricity
2013-03-20 10:11:20| Energy - Topix.net
A Redondo Beach woman was awarded $4 million in a lawsuit against Edison over stray electricity from this substation.
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Los Angeles Halts Using Electricity From Coal Plants
2013-03-20 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Los Angeles will become the biggest U.S. city to abandon coal-fueled electricity after the taxpayer- owned utility said it will support renewable sources, boost energy efficiency and build a new natural-gas fired plant. The citys Department of Water and Power, the nations largest municipal-owned utility, will phase out the electricity it imports from the Navajo Generating Station in Arizona and Intermountain Power in Utah, according to a statement yesterday. The two coal plants provide 39 percent...
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Wind Powers Unprecedented Contribution to Electricity Generation in 2012
2013-03-18 02:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Defying conventional wisdom about the limits of wind power, in 2012 both Iowa and South Dakota generated close to one quarter of their electricity from wind farms. Wind power accounted for at least 10 percent of electricity generation in seven other states. Across the U.S., wind power continues to strengthen its case as a serious energy source. The U.S. now has 60,000 megawatts of wind online, enough to meet the electricity needs of more than 14 million homes. A record 13,000 megawatts of wind...
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DOE TEF project finds US can eliminate petroleum and reduce GHG by more than 80% in transportation by 2050; less use, more biofuels, expansion of electricity and hydrogen
2013-03-15 18:30:13| Green Car Congress
Tribes rejects payment from electricity company behind destructive Amazon dam
2013-03-14 06:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Leaders of more than two dozen Kayapó indigenous communities have rejected a $9 million offer from Brazilian state energy company Eletrobras to fund development projects in their region due to the the firm's involvement in the construction of the Belo Monte dam, reports Amazon Watch, an activist group fighting the hydroelectric project. Eletrobras had offered the money over a four year period, during which it is planning to proceed with the dam, which will redirect the flow of 80 percent of the...
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