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Recycling Center gets solar system
dbrock@amnews.comSo-called “green” energy companies tend to spend more time assessing overall environmental impact, but the insect-sized carbon footprint of the job Alternative Energies of Kentucky completed Friday will be tough to match. The Danville company...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Energy, Economy, Business and Finance
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Gas prices projected to be lower than last summer
SOUTH BEND — Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer, a season with typically higher gas prices. It’s also a heavy travel weekend. And this Memorial Day weekend, about nine out of ten holiday travelers will take to the nation’...
Tags: Human Interest, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Joliet, Petroleum Industry, Memorial Day
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Chevy Spark EV lease highlights electric-car price cuts
General Motors is joining the electric-car price war with a lease deal on the Chevrolet Spark EV at $199 a month. The deal, announced this morning, follows the recent offerings of $199 leases on Nissan’s Leaf – a big price drop after two...
Tags: Nissan, Fuel-efficient Vehicles, General Motors Corp., Vehicles, Environmental Issues
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USDA funds studies of weather and climatic variability impact on cattle
MADISON, Wis. - On May 7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $19.5 million to support research, education and Extension activities associated with climate solutions in agriculture aimed at the impacts of climate variability and change on...Tags: Ecosystems, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Consumer Goods Industries, Weather, Beverage Industry
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Tesla Repays Government Loan
KickingTiresElectric carmaker Tesla Motors has repaid in full a U.S. Department of Energy loan, according to the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company. Tesla said the $451.8 million wired today represented the balance, plus interest, of a $465 million loan awarded in......Tags: Tesla Motors, Inc., George W. Bush, Ford Motor Co., Tesla, Ford
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AAA: Fear of Unknown Fuels Aversion to EVs
KickingTiresIf U.S. car shoppers were more informed about the capabilities and advantages of electric vehicles, they'd be more inclined to buy one, according to AAA. Despite technological advancements and thousands of available charging stations that make EVs far...Tags: Fuel-efficient Vehicles, Vehicles, AAA, Passenger Cars, Hybrid Vehicles
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GWP smart-meter fix almost done
Since the massive rollout of roughly 120,000 digital utility meters that began in 2010, Glendale Water & Power officials now have just 53 of them to tweak, down from 919 in September of last year. The drop comes about five months after the utility began...
Tags: Electronics, Accounting and Auditing, Google Inc., Science and Technology
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Fracking's risks greatly overstated
In a recent letter to the editor ("Fracking is not the answer for U.S. economy," May 7), David Wagenheim relies on outdated and previously debunked talking points in an attempt to convince readers that hydraulic fracturing harms groundwater,...Tags: Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Petroleum Industry, Lisa P. Jackson, Catonsville
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ABORTION BAN-ARKANSAS Group asks to intervene in Ark. abortion case LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An anti-abortion counseling organization in Arkansas is asking to intervene in the federal case over a state law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into...Tags: Canoeing and Kayaking, Health (music group), Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues
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UA students with startup company win $250,000 in MIT's clean energy business competition
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A team representing the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville took home $250,000 in prize money after winning the MIT Clean Energy Prize. Four UA students developed methods to make solar panels more efficient and less...Tags: Energy, Awards and Prizes, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Education, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Coda Becomes Latest EV Start-Up to Short Circuit
KickingTiresLos Angeles-based start-up Coda announced today that it is declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy and pulling the plug on its electric vehicle. The news echoes other recent high-profile struggles for EV start-ups like Aptera and perhaps most notably Fisker,...Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Congress, Financially Distressed Companies, Nissan, Bankruptcy
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UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce bio-fuels
Once celebrated as an economic mainstay, the tobacco industry has been hard hit by health concerns, bans, lawsuits and the social stigma of cigarette smoking. Now, UC researchers are testing the plant’s potential to be genetically modified in...
Tags: Medical Research, University of Kentucky, Medical Procedures and Tests, Research, Genetic Engineering
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