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Duke Energy transforming South Texas ranch lands into wind farms

2014-12-29 14:53:14| Energy - Topix.net

Duke Energy is in the process of building a new wind farm in South Texas that will generate 200 megawatts of renewable power for Austin Energy . The latest wind farm is known as the Los Vientos III project, and cranes and wind turbines are sprouting like weeds in the ranch lands of deep South Texas.

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125M ha degraded lands identified forest-friendly agricultural expansion

2014-12-19 22:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: A team of researchers has identified 125 million hectares (309 million acres) of land suitable for agricultural expansion that won't come at the expense of tropical forests. The study, published in Conservation Letters, argues that shifting agricultural expansion away from forests to these "degraded lands" would avoid 13 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions that would be released were forests converted for plantations, pasture, and croplands. Those emissions are roughly equivalent to the amount...

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Cheniere lands 20-year natural gas deal in Portugal

2014-12-18 19:01:09| Chemicals - Topix.net

Cheniere Energy landed a 20-year contract to supply natural gas in Portugal, sending shares up 8 percent in early trading. The natural gas boom in the U.S. has led to a rush by major producers to put into place the infrastructure to ship overseas.

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The Pitch: VentureSpur grad 5 Screens Media lands contract with AT&T for sponsored data

2014-12-16 22:47:53| Telecom - Topix.net

VentureSpur graduate 5 Screens Media has landed a contract with AT&T that will allow businesses to cover data costs of its mobile applications and creations with AT&T customers. This is the second major announcement the former New Jersey-based startup has made in the past three months.

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