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HI lawmakers move to decrease solar tax credits Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:44 PM PST HONOLULU (AP) â€" The solar industry has been booming in Hawaii, but state officials worry the industry's tax credits are draining state coffers. Representatives in the House committee on the environment voted Wednesday to gradually decrease the solar energy tax credit to 15 percent by 2018. Exclusive - Obama considering MIT physicist Moniz for energy secretary: sources reuters.com Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:42 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Moniz, who was undersecretary at the Energy Department during the Clinton administration, is a familiar figure on Capitol Hill, where he has often talked to lawmakers ... Top 5 reasons why intelligent liberals don t like nuclear energy Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:41 PM PST [caption id="attachment_681" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Schematic and description of a liquid fluoride thorium reactor which holds much promise for the future of nuclear energy (Image: Thorium Singapore, click to enlarge)"] [/caption]Many of my friends are liberals. Many of them are also environmentalists. But most of them are against nuclear energy, and this is where I disagree with ... Mike Duffy sidesteps PEI residency questions at Halifax dinner Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:40 PM PST Senator slips out through hotel kitchen following speech on energy policy, telling reporter, ‘You should be doing adult work’ Closest habitable planets are just 13 light-years away Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:38 PM PST Red-dwarf stars bear little resemblance to our sun. They are about a quarter as heavy and give off a tiny fraction of the energy. But in a press conference in Cambridge on Wednesday, scientists said that of the 75 million red-dwarf stars in our galaxy, 6 percent are circled by Earth-like planets at a habitable distance that would allow liquid water to exist. That means the closest planet ... Alaskan brewer to make 'beer-powered beer' Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:37 PM PST Associated Press Wednesday, February 6, 2013 JUNEAU, Alaska The Alaskan Brewing Co. is going green, but instead of looking to solar or wind energy, it has turned to a very familiar source: beer. The Juneau-based brewer has installed a unique boiler system to cut its fuel costs. It purchased a $1.8 million furnace that burns the company's spent grain â€" the waste accumulated from the brewing ... Green Plains Renewable Energy Outruns Estimates Again Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:32 PM PST Just the facts, Fool. Local military raises concerns about wind energy development Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:25 PM PST Local military raises concerns about wind energy development Eastday-U.S. challenges India's solar energy trade restriction at WTO Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:24 PM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. government decided to initiate dispute settlement consultations at the World Trade Organization (WTO), challenging India's discrimination against U.S. solar equipment, said Trade Representative Ron Kirk on Wednesday in a statement. Eastday-Canadian stock market closes higher as bank shares rise Wed, 06 Feb, 2013 06:24 PM PST TORONTO, Feb. 6 -- The Canadian stock market saw a modest gain on Wednesday with a rise in financial stocks offsetting a decline in energy shares.

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