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		<title><![CDATA[Power Plants Continue to Decrease SO­2 Emissions under EPA Cap and Trade Program (HQ)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/power-plants-continue-decrease-emissions/23592/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Release date: 12/11/2009 Contact Information: Deb Berlin, Berlin.deb@epa.gov, (202) 564-4914, (202) 564-4355 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that power plants across the country decreased emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), a precursor to acid rain, to 7.6 million tons in 2008. Emissions from sources in the Acid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:29:35 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Western Digital Advanced Format Gives You 11 Percent More Hard Drive Space [Hard Drives]]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/western-digital-advanced-format-11/23549/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Western Digital's come up with a fancy new way to format hard drives—changing sector sizes to 4KB that use a pooled Sync/DAM header and ECC blocks—that promises to give back 7 to 11 percent of hard drive space. If that description doesn't make sense, here's what the structure looks like....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:19:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Endangerment Finding: What Does It Actually Do?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/endangerment/23512/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[     As  Danny  reported yesterday, the EPA's recent endangerment finding has had some impact in Copenhagen. Such regulatory technicalities can and do often have big effects, but they are rarely so thoroughly discussed. Is this attention deserved? What is the real significance of the endangerment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:43:11 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drumbeat: December 11, 2009]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/drumbeat-december-11-2009/23459/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[   IEA Cuts 2010 Non-OPEC Supply View on North America   Bloomberg -- The International Energy Agency cut its forecast for oil supplies from outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries next year because of delays to North American projects.   Non-OPEC producers, accounting for about...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:45:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[World Bank invests in MENA Solar]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of alternative energy announcements coincident with COP15. A Treehugger from Ottawa, Canada Michael Richard Graham reports on announcement from the World Bank.Photo: Sandia National Laboratory, Public domainMENA the Middle East and North Africa is one of the principle regions around the globe that benefits from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:38:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE Building Largest Wind Farm In U.S.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/ge-building-wind-farm/23330/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ There's small wind — backyard-style DIY wind projects  like this report detailed this week  and there's big wind, the multi-megawatt utility-scale kind. And then there's very big wind. On Thursday morning GE said it has signed a $1.4 billion deal to deliver more than 300 wind turbines...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:16:30 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[An Affordable Truth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/affordable-truth/23147/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The NYT has an article by Paul Krugman on the cost of switching to clean energy - An Affordable Truth.Maybe I'm naïve, but I'm feeling optimistic about the climate talks starting in Copenhagen on Monday. President Obama now plans to address the conference on its last day, which suggests that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:21:49 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Drumbeat: December 5, 2009]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/drumbeat-december-5-2009/22933/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[   The energy space-time continuum, a big picture-portrait. Not a pretty one.   The nations set to gather soon in Copenhagen are on a twisting, misty, potholed road in a car with one rickety headlight and hardly any white lines to drive by. The truth is, humanity...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:52:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[India aims for 20 gigawatts solar by 2022 — but is it set to announce emissions targets?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've seen that the "New U.S.-India Green Partnership improves prospects for global climate deal."  But Treehugger has more on the world's most populous democracy and the photo is B Balaji via flickr. First,"It's Finally Official – India's National Solar Mission Aims for 20 Gigawatts Solar Power by 2022":Rumors and draft...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:49:45 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economy in Holding Pattern - IMF Chief]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=ReutersUK">Reuters UK</a>) - The global economy is in a holding pattern and vulnerable to more upheaval, the head of the IMF said on Monday, adding a lasting recovery will depend on policymakers taking the proper steps in the coming months.Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, said the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:00:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stock Futures Mixed; Dell in Focus]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.04 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.04 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.07 percent at 1010 GMT (5:10 a.m. EST). Dell Inc DELL will be in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:33:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Trust to Launch Smart Grid Energy ETF]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F173958-first-trust-to-launch-smart-grid-energy-etf%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Johnston submits: Wheaton, Illinois-based First Trust, a leading issuer of intelligent indexes, has plans to launch the first ETF focusing exclusively on the grid and electric energy infrastructure sector. The First Trust NASDAQ CleanEdge Smart Grid Infrastructure Index Fund will trade on the NASDAQ Exchange under the ticker GRID...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:49:07 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China Solar Panel Maker Sets First U.S. Plant]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/china-solar-panel-maker-sets/20596/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[By Adam Aston President Barack Obama at the Nellis Air Force Base solar power site, with Col. Howard Belote and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) John Locher-Pool/Getty Images China's Suntech Power Holdings STP is no newcomer to the U.S. Last May, President Barack Obama toured the U.S.'s largest solar...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:37:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IEA Shoutout: Nukes, Renewables, Energy Efficiency Key to Climate Change Battle]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/10002477/iea-shoutout-nukes-renewables-energy-efficiency-key-to-climate-change-battle/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The world -- in the eyes of theÂ International Energy Agency -- cannot resume its trip down the sameÂ fossil fuel path.    Instead, the Paris-based agency, which released Tuesday its 2009 World Energy Outlook, called for a profound change within the energy sector and a global agreement to limit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:31:13 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solar power's prospects rise in the east]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Arab world may be rich in oil and gas by international standards but even its hydrocarbon resources are finite. In some states, such as Bahrain, Jordan, Dubai and Oman, energy shortfalls are either evident or are looming.Moreover, the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council, because of a history...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[On Climate, China Wants to Take "a Leadership Role": An Interview with Yang Fuqiang, WWF's Director of Global Climate Solutions (Part 2)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/news-analysis/climate-china-leadership-role-interview/19610/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to China's efforts to curtail greenhouse gases, Dr. Yang Fuqiang, director of global climate solutions at the World Wildlife Fund, has an optimal vantage point. He began his career as a researcher at the National Development and Reform Commission, the Chinese government's main economic planner, before continuing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:54:21 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MOU opens up collaboration on biofuels in China]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A memorandum of understanding covering collaboration on a range of biofuels technologies and projects in China has been signed by the China National Petroleum Corp. and  UOP LLC, it was announced today (4th November). Under the terms of the agreement, announced at the 20th meeting of the China-U.S. Joint Commission...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:45:03 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Marine generator project to estimate renewable energy yields]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday 30 October 2009 An £8 million project to develop software which can estimate the average annual energy production of a wave or tidal farm has been approved in the hope of encouraging investment in the sector, writes Rachael Meredith. The "performance assessment of wave and tidal array systems" PerAWaT...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:43:58 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[It's Getting Hot in Here: The High-Stakes Debate Over Fuel Economy and Climate Standards]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes you have to read between the lines of public hearing testimony, and thatâ€™s never truer than in the high-stakes negotiations over fuel-economy and climate standards.    Automotive Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE standards have been notoriously stagnant, barely changing for 20 years. But in May, automakers, the...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[NF Energy: Continuing Its Robust Growth]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fseekingalpha.com%2Farticle%2F167204-nf-energy-continuing-its-robust-growth%3Fsource%3Dbnet&siteid=23&tag=seekingalpha]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Havrilla submits: NF Energy Saving Corp. (OTC: NFEC.OB) provides emission reduction and energy saving equipment / services for China&#8217;s rapidly growing cogeneration sector. The Company also manufactures wind power equipment and flow control systems for coal, hydro, and nuclear cogeneration facilities with an additional wind energy infrastructure manufacturing plant...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:54:07 -0700</pubDate>
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