Green energy

• NORWALK, Conn.
(StreetInsider.com)
• The government and renewable energy businesses have slammed the findings of a controversial report that claimed 2020 carbon reduction targets could be achieved more cost effectively by building nuclear and gas-fired power stations instead of wind farms.
(The Guardian)
• A proposed green energy plant got the go-ahead Monday for its plans to put a $20 million manufacturing facility and a wind and solar energy farm in Ocmulgee East Industrial Park.
(Macon Telegraph)
• A plan to spend $13 billion on clean energy projects in Ohio over 10 years continues to get the cold shoulder from environmental groups worried about how such a program would be run.
(The Business Journal)
• Historically men have dominated green jobs, yet a new report is trying to shift the tides.
(msnbc.com)
• Gov. John Kitzhaber has a new 10-year energy plan he hopes will be able to reactivate green energy in Oregon. Despite the states embrace of wind and solar companies, theyre not making much of a contribution to the states energy needs.
(Statesman Journal)
• (Reuters) - Two and half years ago, Steve Stewart erected a 100-foot windmill at his Barstow, California home. Stewart is no eco-crusader, but he does know a good deal when he hears it.
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