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United Kingdom: Wind turbines take a turn for the uglier

2014-09-14 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: A new generation of wind turbine likely to be seen as even uglier than current designs is to be rolled out by one of Europe's biggest energy companies. The turbine, in which the blades spin around a vertical - rather than horizontal - axis, is being developed with millions of pounds of public funding from Brussels. The European Commission has approved funding of about 30 million towards a new offshore wind farm being built by EDF, the French energy giant which has substantial interests in...

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Farmers Turn to Lawmakers for Help in Fight Against Rail Yard

2014-09-04 15:36:24| Railroads - Topix.net

Rows of cotton that have been picked by the same family for generations sit in the shadow of a railroad track in Mumford, a small farming community about 22 miles northeast of College Station in the Brazos River Valley. The cotton is starting to bloom and Frank DeStefano, who farms the land along with three brothers, said it will be a beautiful sight in a few weeks.

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Residents worry urban drilling will turn downtowns into oil towns

2014-09-04 14:41:47| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: Dawn Gioia lives just two blocks away from City Hall in Brighton, Colo., just north of Denver. She never expected to receive a thick envelope from Mid-Con Energy in the mail, proposing she sell mineral rights for oil and gas drilling. At first, she thought it was a scam. "One of these forms asks you for all your tax information and Social Security numbers, so that was something that sort of caught me off guard," she says. The packet also included a lease for her mineral rights. The terms...

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