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Renewable energy grant program given one more year
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Published: December 21, 2010
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By Marie Rohde Congress’ 11th-hour extension of a tax credit could boost a renewable energy industry that wants the payback to be a permanent benefit. Growth in U.S. renewable energy this year was widely attributed to the Section 1603 grant program that was set to expire at the end of the year. A one-year extension [...]

Copper crazy: Thieves mine work sites for new-age gold (VIDEO) (access required)

Published: December 7, 2010
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By Marie Rohde The price of copper hit a 31-month high in New York and set a record in London on Tuesday. That’s great news for Chile, the world’s largest producer of the metal, but bad news for contractors and utilities such as We Energies, many of which have been hit hard by copper thieves. [...]