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Willington has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program, committing to purchasing at least 20 percent of its electricity for town facilities from clean and renewable energy sources, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund officials announced.

Willington has joined the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program, committing to purchasing at least 20 percent of its electricity for town facilities from clean and renewable energy sources, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund officials announced.

Democrats have retreated from climate-change legislation that would have served to boost carbon prices, making clean fuels more competitive

In May of 2009, the Ontario legislature passed the Green Energy Act, 2009 (the "Act") as part of the province's plan to become a leading sustainable energy economy and to provide incentives for the development of renewable clean energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro and bio-fuel while at the same time advancing the government's agenda to eliminate coal from the energy supply mix and to ...

We need energy thats clean and safe. The disaster in the Gulf forces us to face the fact that oil is neither clean nor safe. Its time for Congress to pass energy policy that significantly reforms offshore oil drilling while transitioning America to a clean energy policy I learned a lot about offshore oil drilling in the past few weeks. In early June, I joined a small bipartisan national ...

Plankton Power may be the first alternative-energy venture to set up shop at the Bourne landfill off MacArthur Boulevard. The Lower Cape firm plans to capture carbon dioxide from flare burn-off emissions at the disposal facility, bottle it and take it to a lab at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution to grow algae and create a bio-fuel.

Will the Clean Energy Act clear the way for British Columbia to become a significant exporter of clean energy?

There are some obvious ways to make the U.S. more competitive with China in clean energy. Why won't the Senate debate them?

Washington state is evaluating how best to meet the state's future energy needs to inform the state's energy strategy. Guest columnist John Plaza, however, argues the 26-person advisory board is missing an important perspective that of people working in the renewable-energy industry.

WASHINGTON Renewable energy advocates are pushing Congress to include a renewable electricity standard in a climate bill that was proposed Tuesday in the Senate, and the idea got a boost this week when 27 Democrats and a Republican pressed for its inclusion.

The Florida Energy and Climate Commission has tapped the Florida Opportunity Fund for $36 million in federal stimulus dollars to launch the Clean Energy Investment Program promoting energy technology across the state.

WALL, N.J.----NJR Clean Energy Ventures , a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources , today announced an agreement with CertainTeed Corporation, North Americas leading manufacturer of building products, to lease space atop its fiberglass insulation distribution facility in Berlin, New Jersey, for a rooftop solar system.

National Leaders to Focus on Clean Energy to Create Jobs, Fuel Economic Recovery

A Canada-based energy company and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have doubled their resources in their bid to contain and clean up a Michigan oil spill, officials said Wednesday.

The U.S. Department of Energy is accused of foot-dragging in approving loan guarantees to finance several major projects worth an estimated $30 billion. Plans for a massive expansion of clean energy in California are being jeopardized by federal foot-dragging, according to state officials who say that more than 20 nearly shovel-ready solar and wind projects are being held up by the U.S ...

The Senate's small energy package unveiled last night flirts with Republican opposition and turns its cheek to clean-power De...

Washington, D.C. - At a White House Forum on Energy Security today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance...

Washington, D.C. - At a White House Forum on Energy Security today, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security.

Pulse Energy is based on a simple idea: Using less energy makes bottom-line sense. But implementing simple ideas requires minds schooled in complexity

A proposed Senate energy bill unveiled Tuesday would increase the liability of oil companies in the event of spills and provide incentives toward more energy efficient homes and greater use of vehicles powered by electricity and natural gas.