Tag: News
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Court Denies Offshore Oil Drilling Lease Sale in Arctic
Yesterday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided that the Department of the Interior violated the law when it opened almost 30 million acres of the outer continental shelf in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska to oil and gas drilling. [caption id="attachment_318994" align="alignnone" width="500"] Icebergs in the high Arctic. Photo credit: Wikimedia[/caption] The court…
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Cobalt Power, Trina Solar Announce First Install of Trinasmart
Trina Solar, the Smart Module market leader, today announced that Cobalt Power, a leading PV system installer, successfully commissioned the first commercial-scale installation of Trinasmart in North America. The 113-kW system located in the San Francisco Bay Area is the first North […] — Solar Builder magazine
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Amidst Mega-Drought Hundreds Urge Gov. Brown to Ban Fracking at State of the State Address
Around 200 concerned Californians gathered outside the Capitol building today to urge Gov. Brown (D-CA) to mitigate the state’s drought by halting the water-intensive drilling technique called fracking, and other extreme oil extraction methods. [caption id="attachment_318931" align="alignnone" width="500"] Activists unfurled a three-story banner across the street from the State House, where Gov. Brown was giving…
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ASES, Intersolar to Join Conferences This Year in San Francisco
Intersolar North America , the most attended industry exhibition and conference in North America for solar professionals to exchange information and develop business opportunities in the U.S. solar market, today announced that partner American Solar Energy Society (ASES), the nation’s leading […] — Solar Builder magazine
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TransCanada’s Keystone Pipeline’s Southern Leg to Begin Transporting Oil to U.S. Gulf Coast
TransCanada announced today the start up of the 485-mile southern segment of the Keystone XL, now called the Gulf Coast Pipeline, which runs from Cushing, OK, to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. In anticipation of TransCanada’s announcement, Texas landowners launched a new oversight network today, Texas Pipeline Watch, to arm landowners and citizens along the route with cameras…