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Nine months after agreeing to allow exploratory oil and gas drilling in Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico waters, the government changes course, pointing to lessons learned from the BP oil spill. Citing the lessons of the BP oil spill, the Obama administration reversed course Wednesday and pulled plans to open the eastern Gulf of Mexico and portions of the Atlantic Coast to oil and gas …

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Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pointing to the BP blowout and risks of a new environmental disaster, the Obama administration reversed itself Wednesday and promised not to pursue offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or anywhere else along the East Coast.

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When offshore wind farms have been discussed along the lakeshore, the debate has centered on how the turbines would look and whether they would kill birds.

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Scotland’s biggest white elephant, an empty microchip factory in Gordon Brown’s East Dunfermline constituency, may finally have found a future after it was acquired by the former chairman of Newcastle United.

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HALIFAX – Nova Scotia has introduced legislation that would indefinitely ban offshore commercial drilling off its southwest coast.

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Researchers find that offshore wind has great potential, but needs to overcome a few hurdles

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Research and Markets has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan’s new report “Investment Opportunities in the Wind Energy Sector in Europe” to their offering.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Google and a handful of other companies are investing in a proposed $5 billion network of underwater transmission lines that could bring power from future offshore wind farms to customers along the East Coast.

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US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has signed a federal lease for the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm, marking a milestone in the project’s progress and the first time offshore rights have been granted for a specific project in the nation’s nascent…

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Ontario’s process for making Crown land available for renewable energy projects continues into its second phase as the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) invite the public to provide input on where, when and how the Government should make Crown land available for off-shore wind projects.

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