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The Legislature first told the PUC to boost solar power and other nonwind renewable energy sources in 2005, and the agency is now taking steps to implement

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The Legislature first told the PUC to boost solar power and other nonwind renewable energy sources in 2005, and the agency is now taking steps to implement

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The state Renewable Energy Transmission Authority presented its first statewide transmission report to an interim legislative committee.

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Nov
28

Real news on alternative energy

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The no-carbon and “alternate fuel” scam became an obsession, and reality was marginalized. The shame of the whole thing is that the press did not do its job

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Along with wind and solar power, landfills may be another source of alternative energy that won’t run out as long as people produce garbage.

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The city of Dallas is setting an example with its shift to hybrids and other low-emission vehicles and its purchases of renewable energy.

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Oct
29

Lobbying issues and FreedomWorks’ position

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Dick Armey wrote on FreedomWorks’ Web site that “billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies have done little to make alternative energy sources more

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In my last post, I questioned how smart meters could support renewable energy, specifically. An upgraded power grid will carry power from any kind of plant,

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The company is considering seven more North Texas locations as well, said Kelley Wright, a spokeswoman for Standard Renewable Energy, which is handling the

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Oct
06

DVD offers another journey through 'Chinatown'

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We speak, of course, of Friday's resignation of H. David Nahai, the embattled chief of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, who appears in the

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If Texas builds only energy-efficient homes with solar panels as of 2020, we could save a lot of juice. showing that electricity consumers could save $5.4

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Sep
30

NRG to try replacing coal with grass

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"In addition to nuclear, wind and solar, energy from biomass has the potential to help support an energy future that addresses global climate change in an

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