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Carbon-neutral snow dome planned in Spain ESPN Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:24 AM PST Snow domes, or at least the plans for them, seem to be popping up all over the place. The news isn't the proposal for an indoor sports center in balmy Barcelona, Spain -- other projects have already been heralded for equally sun-naked locations, including Florida. The hook this time around is that developers in Barcelona hope to keep their snow cold with waste-cooling energy that would otherwise ... Shale set to provide bigger role for U.S. economy Standard-Examiner Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:18 AM PST TOWANDA, Pa. -- Ever since Richard Nixon's 1973 promise to attain energy independence, successive U.S. presidents all have pledged the same goal, even as foreign supplies composed a larger and larger share of the U.S. energy mix. read more Mine worker killed in South Australia The New Zealand Herald Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:16 AM PST A worker at a South Australian mine has died in hospital after suffering serious burns while operating an excavator.The 40-year-old Alinta Energy employee at the Leigh Creek mine in the state's north was injured on Friday night... Residents worried about safety of landfill gas energy project Baltimore Sun Sat, 24 Dec 2011 10:04 AM PST County officials say generator project is safe, will pay for additional emissions tests Howard County officials say they will likely spend up to $50,000 on emissions testing for a new generator that will produce energy from methane gas given off by Alpha Ridge Landfill, after neighbors raised concerns over how the project might affect air quality. Energy deal to save $100K for Mendon-Upton schools The Milford Daily News Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:46 AM PST Schools in Mendon and Upton will save $100,000 over a two-year period, thanks to a new deal with Constellation Energy. Green library with a message The Nation - Thailand's English news Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:35 AM PST Bangkok's green home for books is a showcase of innovations to cut energy consumption Woodstock, NY features solar-powered menorah WRGB Albany Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) -- A Jewish group in Woodstock, N.Y. is trading its candles for solar energy with a sun-powered Hanukkah menorah. BOYS HOCKEY: Cheavers gear up for big tournament Reedsburg Times-Press Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:24 AM PST Over the holiday break, the Reedsburg/Wisconsin Dells boys hockey team will return to one of its greatest moments from last season, looking for a similar energy boost. Time for Japan to realize it really is the canary in the mine The Japan Times Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:23 AM PST This Christmas Day column is a book review, but it is also a wish and a prayer. The wish is that the book might, even in some small way, contribute to the development of robust and open debate over Japan's energy future, the options available, and the hard choices that must be made by Japanese citizens, politicians, bureaucrats and corporate executives. Why the EU is winning the clean energy race TG Daily Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:04 AM PST The EU signed Kyoto in 1997, and passed laws to lower emissions by 2005. Five years later it had double the wind power of the US, and ten times the solar power. read more

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