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Long Island Power Authority: Will 3-year rate freeze help?
Debates over the Long Island Power Authority continue after Governor Cuomo's bold suggestion to freeze LIPA rates for three years.
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Decoder Wire Earth Day 2013: What's in danger is Earth Day, not just Earth
Earth Day 2013 poll finds Americans far less eco-conscious than they were in 1971, a year after Earth Day was founded. Only 39 percent now say it's 'very important' to restore the environment.
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Epic blizzard over, but Northeast is still reeling … and now rainy (+video)
As the Northeast digs out from an epic blizzard, rain poses new challenges: ice, slippery roads and paths, and – where wind has not already blown away much of the snow – collapsing roofs.
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Energy Voices Heating oil: a last stand in the Northeast?
The gap between heating oil and natural gas prices is the largest in at least a decade, causing Northeast homeowners to convert to natural gas.
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Energy Voices Will hurricane Sandy raise your utility bill?
If hurricane Irene is any indication, the cost of extra labor and equipment repairs in the wake of hurricane Sandy will mean higher utility bills for some customers.
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Hurricane Sandy: The situation in 17 states from the Carolinas to Maine
The eye of Hurricane Sandy is still about 300 miles from land, but it's long reach is already being felt in 17 states. Some are being hit, others are getting ready for the storm's arrival.
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America's Stuxnet? Weakness found in systems used by Pentagon, power grid.
An amateur enthusiast has found evidence that hackers could exploit a security vulnerability in the systems of a company that serves power plants and military installations.
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Halloween faces postponement due to scary weather
Halloween trick-or-treating is in trouble in some parts of New Jersey, New England, and even Miami in the wake of major storms.
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National Grid, others expect power outages for days to come
National Grid and other utility companies are reporting more than 200,000 customers in New York without power after an October snow storm downed power lines in the northeast.
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Renewable energy: Two wind deals. One loser?
Renewable energy mandate from Massachusetts causes two utilities to make deals. One renewable energy deal might save ratepayers money. The Cape Wind project will cost them $1.2 billion.
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No more power lines?
Buried super-cooled electrical cables may replace towering transmission lines and carry solar and wind energy efficiently over long distances.
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Wind energy industry looks to Copenhagen for a mandate
In an interview, Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, says the industry needs a renewable energy mandate from the climate conference in Copenhagen and from Congress.
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More environmental bombshells!
Environmental news for April Fool's Day
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Precedent-setting carbon auction Thursday
East Coast power plants will bid on CO2 permits Sept. 25.
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