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Add Wind Power to Grid to Save Billions and Reduce Climate Chaos
2013-05-10 19:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Adding more wind power to the grid in the PJM region--Mid-Atlantic power pool consisting of 13 states and Washington, DC--can lower gas and coal consumption and reduce regional wholesale energy market prices, saving nearly $7 billion per year by the mid-2020s, according to a new study conducted by Synapse Energy Economics on behalf of Americans for a Clean Energy Grid (ACEG). The report found that doubling the wind generation already planned in the region would lower fuel costs and drive down...
Progress in introducing cleaner cook stoves for billions of people worldwide
2013-05-01 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: It may be the 21st century, but nearly half the world's population still cooks and heats with open fires or primitive stoves that burn wood, animal dung, charcoal and other polluting solid fuels. The article in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology describes impressive progress being made to remedy that situation and the obstacles that remain. Susan C. Anenberg and colleagues describe the health and environmental consequences of those old-fashioned energy sources. They...
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Food stamps pay for billions in junk food, but USDA won't say how much
2013-04-28 01:35:24| Beverages - Topix.net
Food stamp participation is at an all-time high, costing taxpayers $80 billion in 2012 alone, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture refuses to make public how much of that money pays for junk food.
Analysis: BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions
2013-04-22 09:16:10| Energy - Topix.net
BP Plc's attempt to get a U.S. federal court to pin at least a sizeable amount of the blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster on other companies may have saved it billions of dollars.
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Analysis: BP's legal gamble may trim spill bill by billions
2013-04-22 08:57:33| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
BP Plc's attempt to get a U.S. federal court to pin at least a sizeable amount of the blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster on other companies may have saved it billions of dollars.
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