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Solar sails set course for a new journey into renewable energy
2015-03-22 20:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was as the moon hit the sails of his yacht in the Atlantic Ocean that the thought struck Perry Carroll. Youve got a sail and you have got some sun, you must be able to find a way to put those solar sails on that fabric, he said. Little over a decade later and that idea which first hit Carroll during a 635mile race between Rhode Island and Bermuda has developed into a business aiming to generate solar energy from awnings over car parks and on the tops of buildings where conventional...
Downed Power Lines Set Fence Ablaze in Goleta, Cause Outages at Hollister and Kellogg
2015-03-22 20:18:14| Energy - Topix.net
Santa Barbara County fire crews responded to some downed wires and a fence on fire on Kellogg Avenue Saturday evening. The live wires caught a fence on fire and for a while, kept firefighters from doing anything but watch it burn, witnesses told Noozhawk.
Shell oil driling in Arctic set get US government permission
2015-03-22 18:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The US government is expected this week to give the go-ahead to a controversial plan by Shell to restart drilling for oil in the Arctic. The green light from Sally Jewell, the interior secretary, will spark protests from environmentalists who have campaigned against proposed exploration by the Anglo-Dutch group in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off Alaska. Jewell will make a formal statement backing the decision as soon as Wednesday, the earliest point at which her department can rubber-stamp...
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Toyota set to approve $1 billion Corolla plant in Mexico within weeks
2015-03-22 14:43:49| Automakers - Topix.net
Toyota Motor Corp. is finalizing plans for its first car plant in Mexico, which could be approved by its board as early as next month, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The plant would make the popular Corolla compact sedan and begin production in 2019.
Obituary: A. James Clark, 87, Set Course for Building Giant's Transformation
2015-03-21 16:27:16| ENR.com: Headline News
Executive who led Clark Group's growth into a $4.5-billion Washington, D.C. fixture and national competitor, also shared his $1.4-bilion fortune.
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