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James Murray, BusinessGreen , Tuesday 16 February 2010 at 10:57:00 Administration to announce first award of $8.3bn in loan guarantees for two new reactors President Obama’s attempts to win over Republican Senators opposed to the administrations proposed climate change legislation is to step up a notch today with the announcement of $8.3bn in loan guarantees to support the construction of two …

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University Center, Mich. — At the start of a nationwide tour to defend the federal Recovery Act on its first anniversary, Vice President Joe Biden said at Delta College the “recovery act is working” and helped the nation avoid a depression.

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by Jonathan Martin Republicans believe there are three words so powerful that they might reshape the political order in an economically beleaguered corner of the country: War on coal. With Democrats holding total control of the federal government and a cap-and-trade bill still looming, the GOP is fanning widespread coal country fears that the national Democratic Party is hostile to the coal …

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Utility companies in Kentucky would be required to get as much as 12.5 percent of their electricity from renewable sources — like wind, water and the sun — by 2020 under a bill filed this week in the General Assembly.

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Gov. Ed Rendell plans to lease — perhaps as early as this spring — more Pennsylvania s

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The trucking industry is adding its voice to a coalition demanding tighter federal regulation of trading in commodity derivatives.

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A year ago, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act made “stimulus” a household word — and Vicksburg and Warren County officials plan to keep cashing in.

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A staple in the northwest suburbs for almost 100 years, the Coon Rapids Dam on the Mississippi River is in need of millions of dollars worth of repairs.

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Follow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) The Knesset is considering a bill proposed by Labor Knesset Member Amir Peretz that would grant renewable solar energy agricultural status. The proposal is expected to go to the ministerial committee for legislative affairs in the next few weeks.

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Friday February 12, 2010 BENNINGTON — The Republican vice chairman of the House Natural Resources and Energy Committee says the Legislature should vote against an additional 20-year life span for the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant. Rep. Joseph L. Krawczyk Jr., R-Bennington, said Friday following a telephone hearing with U.

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