Last week, president Barack Obama put forth a proposal to create the Clean Energy Security Trust, to research renewable and domestically-produced energy sources. Per the president’s plan, $2 billion would be set side over 10 years that “will support research into a range of cost-effective technologies – like advanced vehicles that run on electricity, homegrown…
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Shell: No Arctic drilling this year
Royal Dutch Shell PLC won’t drill in the Arctic this year. Shell’s full statement is on their website. In the statement, company president Marvin Odum says: “We’ve made progress in Alaska, but this is a long-term program that we are pursuing in a safe and measured way. Our decision to pause in 2013 will give…
Sierra Club publishes all-wind issue
The Sierra Club’s magazine, Sierra, has published its first-ever all-wind issue. Here’s the table of contents for the March/April issue. Of particular interest — this article on mountaineers who work for corporations maintaining wind turbines by Andy Isaacson. Read away!
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