September 20, 2010 News

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

New Book, Yellow Dirt, Documents Uranium Mining on Navajo Lands in Four Corners http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-book-20100920,0,6594991.story

Cigar Lake Review http://www.vancouversun.com/Cigar+Lake+uranium+double+edged+sword/3543382/story.html

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Off Grid Town Pilots Energy Storage http://www.earthtechling.com/2010/09/off-grid-town-pilots-energy-storage/

Geothermal Waiting for its Renaissance http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/09/19/bay-street-geothermal-power-waiting-renaissance/

ENERGY POLICY

Wyoming Mineral Industries Want to Hire Contract Permit Reviewers to Speed Permit Processing http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_e74bf4c1-5238-5ade-9088-eb6dc15e3e83.html

COMPANY NEWS

NiMin Announces Operations Update http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nimin-energy-announces-cmd-response-and-wyoming-operations-update-2010-09-20?reflink=MW_news_stmp

SunRun and Toll Brothers Announce New Solar Model Homes http://www.marketwatch.com/story/sunrun-and-toll-brothers-unveil-new-solar-home-models-2010-09-20?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Power One Opens Two New Plants—Now Second Largest Inverter Manufacturer http://pacbiztimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1857&Itemid=1

Westinghouse Believes Modular Nuclear Plant Construction Could Cut Build Time to 36 Months http://www.powergenworldwide.com/index/display/articledisplay/8823286278/articles/powergenworldwide/nuclear/reactors/2010/09/new-nuclear_construction.html

Walmart to Use Thin Film Solar to Increase Renewable Energy Use http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/walmart-uses-innovative-thin-film-solar-technology-to-increase-renewable-energy-use-103274754.html

Biodiversity, Climate Change and Marmots

Most of the global warming hand-wringing to date has focused on adverse impacts--pine beetles killing off forests, polar bears losing ice caps. Finally, today, an article on ninemsn.com puts a positive spin on an animal population--the marmot. Apparently in Colorado, the marmot average weight is increasing and its population is expanding as longer summers give the animals enough time to put on weight, repopulate and then go back to hibernate. Score one point for global warming.

TRADITIONAL ENERGY

Hydropower Industry Lobbies Congress on Murkowski Bill http://www.brighterenergy.org/13929/news/marine-hydro/support-hydropower-to-create-1-4m-jobs-congress-urged/

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

INL Recognized for Waste to Biodiesel Process http://www.biodieselmagazine.com/article.jsp?article_id=4300

ENERGY POLICY

Time Running Out for Energy Bill http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/07/21/21climatewire-while-reid-ponders-some-democrats-see-time-ru-3776.html

Global Warming Helping Colorado Marmot Populations http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/7933170/global-warming-brings-more-sex-food

COMPANY NEWS

Interview with Geordie Mark on Uranium Stocks http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/36996/20100720/uranium-uranium-investing-uranium-miners-uranium-stocks.htm

NextEra Signs PPA with Google Energy for 114 MW Wind Power from Iowa http://www.marketwatch.com/story/nextera-energy-resources-signs-ppa-with-google-energy-to-supply-wind-power-2010-07-20?reflink=MW_news_stmp

Solexant's New Thin Film Solar Plant to be Built in Oregon http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/new-solar-panel-factory-is-destined-for-oregon/19562247/