The United States has regained its place as the world’s number one investor in clean energy, reclaiming the top spot from China, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. In 2011, U.S. total investment in clean energy surged to $55.9 billion, up 33 percent from 2010; China saw investment rise just 1 percent to $47.4 billion
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In its most recent report to the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board, a group chartered by the Connecticut legislature to advise state government and industry “in the application of science and engineering to the economic and social welfare,” suggests that state officials look seriously at expanding nuclear power plants in Connecticut. The Norwich Bulletin agrees.

The advisory board requested the academy examine advances in nuclear power technology last year as part of its overall review of the state’s energy policies.

GE Energy Financial Services will invest $50 million and Greenko $65 million to create 500 megawatts of wind projects, enough to power 875,000 Indian homes, according to a statement on GE’s website.

Schools and educational institutions in 11 states are entering the new academic year with Dominion funding for major projects, including Waterford High School, which received $10,000 to install a wind turbine.

In the short term, we need a strategy for reviving the economy so that it works for working people. That requires a serious strategy for making things in America again, combined with a commitment to balance our trade, confronting the mercantilist nations like China that trample global trading rules. It requires incentives and investments to
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A South Norwalk electricity supplier is betting that Americans are willing to spend a little more for the electricity they use if it comes from a renewable source. Click on this environmental headline for more information about South Norwalk-based North American Wind Power’s latest investment!

At the beginning of the 2011 legislative session in January, Environment Connecticut released its legislative agenda identifying its clean energy, clean water and preservation priorities. As the session came to a close at midnight Wednesday, many of those priorities had become law.

Tom Sullivan, founder of Lumber Liquidators and SunHydro, and owner of Proton OnSite, has awarded four winners the Proton Energy Scholarship to pursue degrees in the fields of science or technology. Each recipient has earned the $100,000 scholarship to go toward a four-year undergraduate degree.

These students represent the future of innovation in the fields of science and technology. I’m continually impressed by the level of work ethic and commitment our scholarship winners show,” Sullivan said.

In China, a race toward self-reliance and clean energy technology is certainly on, but the U.S. still needs to make some key changes if it wants to compete.

According to former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, this “will be the most important top-level United States-Chinese encounter since Deng Xiaoping’s historic trip more than 30 years ago.” By Tina Gerhardt and Lucia Green-Weiskel report for AlterNet.

With the first mass market electric cars hit 15 roll-out cities in the next month or two, the Juice Bar at the Chapel Square Garage at the Omni New Haven Hotel is ready to serve as a recharging station for those who use the parking facility in this city.

Community Energy, a leading national wind energy marketer, is seeking an energetic, self-starter with a passion for promoting clean energy in southern Connecticut as well as Westchester County New York. Help promote clean, home-grown wind power and make a difference by signing up new residential and small business customers! This is a grass roots effort
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The town runs its two large, six-wheel dump trucks, its pay loader, and its two smaller dump trucks on a biodiesel known as B20 provided by Chester resident Ric Hosley's firm, Hale Hill Farm Biofuels. via Chester Zip06 Town Page by Shore Publishing and The Day, Chester, CT 06412.

The first commercial service station in New Jersey to offer a biodiesel blend is celebrating its first anniversary, reports the Maplewood Patch. And others have taken notice. In the year since Woolley pioneered the cleaner burning fuel, ten more companies have begun to offer the biodiesel blend. “It’s nice to be the first, but it’s
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CLINTON — A dozen school buses, some Public Works vehicles, and three of the Clinton Connecticut’s largest buildings have just begun operating on biofuel, a blend of 80 percent heating oil or diesel fuel and 20 percent recycled vegetable oil. School Superintendent Jack Cross said the new biofuel program is the community’s first “baby step”
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Yale Professor Scott Strobel went hunting for a specific type of fungus in the West Rock Ridge Forest, located within a mile of his Hamden home. Strobel was in search of ascocoryne, otherwise known as a Jellydrop fungus which has been shown to be a producer of hydrocarbons. This specific fungus was found by Strobel
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FAIRFIELD — When the Nov. 3 municipal election results started rolling in, First Selectman Kenneth Flatto was on the other side of the world . . . The trip, with all expenses paid for by the Japan Local Government Center, was a unique opportunity, Flatto said, and included visits to facilities that produce biodiesel and
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The Town of Clinton recently began a program to use biofuel products in town buildings and vehicles, highlight its benefits, address some of its myths, and get the entire community involved in its future use. via Clinton Kicks-Off Biofuel Initiative | Shore Publishing.

West haven-based Apple Oil — an oil heating company — has launched a new website www.appleoil.com. The redesigned site was created to improve customer service and showcase all of Apple Oil’s cutting-edge, eco-friendly products, according to a company statement. Apple Oil began offering its customers environmentally-friendly alternatives to heating their homes more than three years
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BRIDGEPORT, CT – Bridgeport’s emerging green collar economy will be the topic of discussion during the Green Market Exposition taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at the Barnum Museum, 820 Main St., Bridgeport.  http://www.greenmarketexposition. org SEE YOU THERE!!! The Green Market Exposition will look at local sustainability and feature
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The biofuels industry, hit hard by the global credit crunch, is getting a shot in the arm from a new source–the oil majors. Among the oil companies, BP PLC and Royal Dutch Shell PLC have been the most active investors in the sector. But it’s even beginning to attract more-conservative companies like Exxon Mobil Corp.,
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