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PHOTOS: Manatees Cuddle Up To Power Plant To Endure Frosty Night

AP | TAMARA LUSH | Posted 03.05.2012

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SEFFNER, Fla. — As the sun rose on a chilly central Florida morning Wednesday, strawberry farmers ran sprinklers in hopes of insulating the tend...

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Xcel Acquitted In 5 Worker Deaths During Plant Fire

Reuters | By Robert Boczkiewicz | Posted 08.29.2011

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DENVER (Reuters) - Public utility Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL.N) and a subsidiary were acquitted on Tuesday of criminal charges stemming from a fire tha...

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Some Progress in Cancún Climate Talks, but Mostly a Morass of Competing, Even Mutually Exclusive Interests

Christopher Mims | Posted 05.25.2011

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Monday, negotiators at the Cancún climate summit got down to brass tacks, settling into "vast, sunless meeting rooms, intent on restoring the credibility of a process aimed at slowing global warming."

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BP Kern Power Plant Project Gets Millions In Stimulus, Despite Oil Spill And Criminal Probe

California Watch | Posted 05.25.2011

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The federal government is giving a joint venture involving oil giant BP millions of dollars in stimulus money to build a power plant on farmland near ...

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AP | JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant...

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L.A.'s Coal Ban Leads To Another Abandoned Power Plant

greenbiz.com | Tilde Herrera, July 13, 2009 | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) announced Thursday it has given up plans to build an additional coal-fired unit. Its biggest customer -- the city...

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Internal Memo: Nuclear Power Company Could Make A Billion A Year From Climate Change Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Exelon, the nation's largest nuclear power company, stands to rake in roughly an extra $1 billion to $1.5 billion a year if the House climate change b...

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Georgia Coal Plant Nixed On Environmental Concerns

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ATLANTA (AP) -- The construction of a coal-fired power plant in Georgia was halted Monday when a judge ruled that the plant's builders must first obta...

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