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By Tim Bradner, The Juneau Empire
Gov. Sean Parnell had a pleasant surprise for legislators in Juneau Feb. 2: A $2.2 billion state budget surplus.
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By Stateline.org Staff
TODAY'S TAKE: President Obama on Wednesday (Feb. 3) told a group of 11 governors — including those from coal-friendly states — that the United States must move aggressively toward a clean energy economy.
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CA: Foreign energy firms getting windfall of U.S. stimulus funds
By Brooke Williams, Watchdog Institute, The San Diego Union-Tribune
Of the more than $2 billion the federal government has given out to boost the economy and create green-energy jobs, more than three-quarters has gone to foreign-owned companies that dominate the global wind-power industry. This latest finding by the Investigative Reporting Workshop, a nonprofit at American University in Washington, D.C., is illustrated clearly in San Diego County, where about a dozen commercial wind developers have offices.
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CT: Three investigations launched into power plant explosion
By Rob Varnon, Connecticut Post
A day after a deadly explosion rocked a power plant in Middletown, a state panel and federal and criminal investigators began searching for the cause of the blast and looking at a list of safety issues that could have contributed to the tragedy.
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CT: Will energy plant explosion mean higher electric rates?
By Mara Lee, The Hartford Courant
The idea behind the Kleen Energy plant was straightforward even though getting the project started was complex.
Once the plant and better high-voltage transmission lines to power-hungry Fairfield County were open, the combination would drive old, dirty, expensive-to-run power plants out of business.
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FL: Claims of misconduct at FPL prompt investigation
By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald
State utility regulators and Florida Power & Light's parent company said Monday they would investigate anonymous allegations that FPL managers broke the law and committed fraud by forcing employees to provide inaccurate and misleading information to regulators and shareholders.
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IL: Caterpillar buys into the FutureGen Alliance
By Herb Meeker, Herald & Review (Decatur)
MATTOON, Ill. -- Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of mining and construction equipment, plans to join a coalition of companies planning to build an experimental clean-coal power plant known as FutureGen near Mattoon.
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IL: SIU Board to discuss wind power project
By Stephen Rickerl, The Southern Illinoisan (Carbondale)
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees will decide Thursday whether to take the next step toward bringing wind power to the Carbondale campus.
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MD: Study boosts notion of offshore wind production
By Timothy B. Wheeler, The Sun (Baltimore)
Offshore wind energy can furnish Marylanders with as much as two-thirds of the electricity they currently use, and if aggressively developed, could turn the state into a net exporter of power, a new report by the Abell Foundation says.
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MS: House approves ban on nitrous oxide
By PhIl West, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis)
House members overwhelmingly approved legislation Monday that bars nitrous oxide, which one legislator called "like a vehicle on steroids," in memory of a state trooper killed last May while chasing a Pontiac Trans Am equipped with the gas.
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NJ: N.J. cleaning up one snow, preparing for more
By The Associated Press, The Record of Bergen County
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Snowed-in southern New Jersey on Monday was still dealing with the aftermath of one major snowstorm as it prepared for another big one expected to arrive late Tuesday.
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OH: More green-energy stimulus aid sought
By Mark Niquette, The Columbus Dispatch
Federal stimulus dollars are helping Ohio companies make components for wind, solar and other energy production, but some "clean energy" advocates say that more assistance is needed to continue creating green manufacturing jobs.
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SD: Study -- Standard would aid wind industry
By Thom Gabrukiewicz, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
South Dakota's wind industry is beginning to shift from a gale to a gentle breeze, but a national Renewable Electricity Standard (RES) would allow for a burst of new investments, according to a study released last week.
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SD: PUC chief criticizes cap-and-trade costs
By Thom Gabrukiewicz, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
A comprehensive energy policy that retasks America's thirst for carbon-emitting power is possible, Public Utilities Commissioner Dusty Johnson said, but two bills before Congress largely are political behemoths that would harm South Dakota consumers.
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TX: A fact check of the Democratic governor debate
By James Drew and Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News
THE CLAIM: Farouk Shami said that over the past few years, the state has executed a few people who were innocent. He then added, "We have killed lots of innocent people in the state of Texas."
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UT: Depleted uranium -- Both sides sound off
By Judy Fahys, The Salt Lake Tribune
The state's plans for stricter depleted uranium controls has sparked a war of words, with EnergySolutions Inc. calling the proposal a violation of state law and the company's critics saying Utah should close the gates to the stuff forever.
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WA: Major polluter tax bills introduced in Olympia
By Jim Brunner, The Seattle Times
The big environmental bill of the legislative session -- a proposal to triple the tax on oil, pesticides and other chemicals and devote the money to storm water cleanup -- was formally introduced today in the state House and Senate.
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WY: 'Take your cue from the private sector'
By Joan Barron, Casper Star-Tribune
Gov. Dave Freudenthal pushed for his wind energy package, called for more money for school capital construction and repeated his admonition to leave the state's reserve funds alone during his message to the Legislature on Monday.
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WY: Restrictions slow state government hiring
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, Casper Star-Tribune
The rate of state government hiring has slowed significantly since falling energy revenues prompted Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal to impose restrictions last spring, state records show.
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