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Jerry Brown readjusts his stand on the environment vs. business Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:39 PM PST The man who helped usher in the modern environmental movement has eased up on regulations, saying it's necessary for the state's economy. Not everyone agrees. SACRAMENTO â€" When Gov. Jerry Brown spoke to a crowd of beaming environmentalists and renewable energy advocates at the launch of a solar farm last year, he turned heads by praising another form of fuel: oil. DTE restarts nuclear power plant after fixes Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:35 PM PST DTE Energy Co. has restarted its Fermi 2 nuclear power plant after an eight-week shutdown for repairs to a reactor water pump, the utility said. Government aims to turn Agartala into a green city Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:31 PM PST Agartala, Jan 1 (PTI) Aiming to make Agartala an environmentally safe city, the Tripura government is preparing a report to make use of solar energy mandatory by owners of buildings. Geothermal energy project at Hicks Center finishing up Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:21 PM PST TOLLAND â€" The Hicks Memorial Municipal Center’s geothermal heating system is now fully operational, though the overall project still has a few finishing touches left to be completed. Are you battling the winter blues? Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:09 PM PST The cold and dreary winter months are known for drying up our energy and high spirits Oil prices rise as cliff looms Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 10:08 PM PST ENERGY Oil prices rose Monday as U.S. political leaders moved toward averting the fiscal cliff just hours before the deadline. President Barack Obama said Monday afternoon that a deal to avert the cliff -- a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts set to take effect starting today -- was in sight but not yet finalized. Shale-gas revolution may revive US steel industry Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 09:56 PM PST NEW YORK - The U.S. shale-gas revolution, which has revitalized chemical companies and prompted talk of domestic energy self-sufficiency, is attracting a wave of investment that may revive profits in the steel industry. Nucleus RTOS now supports zero configuration networking for M2M apps Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 09:52 PM PST The latest release of the Mentor Embedded Nucleus Real Time Operating System (RTOS) platform is optimized for design network-based devices for machine-to-machine (M2M) and smart energy applications. Update: Power Restored To All Blue Grass Energy Customers Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 09:48 PM PST Power was finally restored Monday evening to the remaining Blue Grass Energy customers who had been without power since Saturday, according to the company's online outage map. Several thousand customers lost power after a heavy, wet snow fell Friday night into Saturday.  Tree limbs snapped under the heavy weight of the snow, bringing down power lines.  At one point, the entire city of Falmouth ... State expects energy aid to stay same Mon, 31 Dec, 2012 09:35 PM PST A West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources spokeswoman believes the state will spend roughly the same amount of money helping needy families pay for utility costs this fiscal year as last. This amount is significantly less than what the feder...

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