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High Speed Rail Equipment Safety Standards Considered

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The federal government moves the glacier slow high speed rail process forward via consideration of new crashworthiness performance standards for rail equipment. Read more →

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Plug In Cars Close Gap On Lifetime Costs Vs Gas Guzzlers

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The Leaf and Volt, two popular plug-in cars, have lifetime costs found to be within 10 percent of conventional vehicles, both gas and hybrids. Read more →

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Oasis Of Green Education To Appear In The Desert

Artist's rendering of the planned West Valley campus that will cater to 3,400 students. Image via HGA Architects and Engineers.

Phase One of the new College of the Desert campus in Palm Springs is expected to produce more energy than it consumes, largely through a 60-acre solar farm. Read more →

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Sioux Tribes Pursuing Giant Wind Power Project

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With Bill Clinton at their side, six South Dakota Sioux tribes say they want to build a 1-2 gigawatt wind power project by forming a power authority and selling bonds. Read more →

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EPA Helping Small Businesses Develop Green Tech Innovations

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The EPA's Small Business Innovation Research program is using $2 million in funding to help small businesses develop technologies for the environment. Read more →

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Can’t Do Without Biofuels, Scientists Tell California

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Despite the skepticism that surrounds biofuels, researchers say California will need them in order to meet its 2050 greenhouse-gas emissions goals. Read more →

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Utility Trucks Going Hybrid In DOE Initiative

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Around 120 large trucks will be made into hybrids as part of a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) electrification initiative. Read more →

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Oklahoma Smart Grid Program Helps Homeowners Save Big

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Getting to 2 kW energy savings per home in an Oklahoma smart grid program is a big deal in mass automated residential demand response. Read more →

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Facebook Does Hydro: Sweden Data Center Opens

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Taking advantage of existing hydropower, Facebook opens a data center in Luleå, Sweden, that the company says run 100 percent on renewable energy. Read more →

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California Looks To Its Clean Energy Future

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A just-proposed California law would do away with the state’s 33 percent renewables mandate in favor of a coherently procured greentech future. And the plan is backed by renewables advocates. Read more →

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