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Senate extends tax credit for biodiesel industry in 2010

The US Senate approved a massive job-creation bill on Wednesday that restores a $1 a gallon biodiesel tax credit for 2010 that had expired at the end of last year.

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Obama pledges $8.33 billion for first US nuclear in decades

President Barack Obama announced an $8.33 billion loan guarantee to support the first new nuclear plant to be built in the US in almost 30 years and restart the nation’s nuclear industry.

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Obama seeks DOE funding hikes for 2011 clean energy

The President’s proposed 2011 federal budget allocates about one-sixth of $28.4 billion for the US Energy Department to invest in clean energy technologies, and a further $1.8 billion t...

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U.S. eyes new nuclear plants in climate battle

The Obama administration wants to help the nuclear industry build a power plant for the first time in years to help diversify U.S. energy supplies and fight climate change, the White House said on Mon...

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New industry group to promote green communications

A new industry group is hoping that the same amount of energy now used to power the Internet and other global networks for one day will eventually power them for three years.

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Obama awards $2.3 billion clean-energy tax credit

U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a $2.3 billion tax credit on Friday to boost jobs by promoting clean energy, as new data showed the country's unemployment rate remained stuck in the double digits...

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Proposal would extend cash grant for renewables to 2012

A bill in the US Senate would extend and expand the Treasury grant program for renewable energy, a key support for project development this year that is set to expire at the end of 2010.

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China introduces law to boost renewable energy

A new Chinese law requires power grid operators to buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators, in a move that will increase the proportion of energy that comes from renewable sour...

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Today's Headlines

Obama holds bipartisan meeting to push climate bill

President Barack Obama met with 14 senators from both parties at the White House on Tuesday as his administration stepped up efforts to win bipartisan support for a comprehensive climate and energy bill that has languished in Congress for six months.

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Bipartisan Great Lakes restoration bill wins environmental support

Bipartisan legislation that promises the largest federal investment ever to clean up the Great Lakes - $650 million annually for the next five years - has been introduced in the Senate and in the House to applause from environmental groups.

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John Kerry says compromise climate bill coming

Senator John Kerry said a bipartisan climate change bill would emerge soon in the U.S. Senate, contradicting what he called the "conventional wisdom" that the legislation was dead this election year.

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Top scientists affirm consensus on global warming

A panel of eminent U.S. and European scientists has confirmed the widespread scientific consensus that the Earth's climate is warming due to human activities.

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Chamber of Commerce challenges EPA's greenhouse gas endangerment finding

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a formal petition in federal court challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health.

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National wind study shows US potential is 10.5 GW

That output is three times the level of previous studies, says the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The study is the first state-by-state update of the potential for wind energy since 1993.

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