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Nonbinding agreement reached to breach Klamath River dams by 2020

A nonbinding agreement is set to be signed today to breach four Klamath River dams by 2020 that have been messing with imperiled salmon. source:

Lots of natural gas is chillin’ on Alaska’s North Slope, says USGS

There’s enough natural gas frozen 2,000 feet below the permafrost on Alaska’s icy North Slope to heat 100 million homes for up to a decade, the U.S. Geological Survey said Wednesday. Look alive, Palin pipeline!

New Zealand’s new leader wants emissions-trading scheme

New Zealand Prime Minister-Elect John Key has a goal to implement an emissions-trading scheme within nine months — though he will face much pushback from the opposing ACT party.

T. Boone Pickens’ wind-power plans becalmed

T. Boone Pickens’ plan to build a gigantuous wind farm in Texas is being held up thanks to a drop in natural-gas prices and the credit crunch. “With natural gas prices where they are, you can’t kick off a wind project, you’re not economical,” Pickens said on Tuesday, adding the next day, “When you’re talking […]