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EDITORIAL: Water system staff shortage needs fixing
Merced Sun-StarUnable to match the salaries of private and some public utilities, California cannot retain enough skilled employees to maintain and operate its complex and vital water delivery system. As The Sacramento Bee has reported, years of staffing shortages and...Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Health and Safety at Work, Employees, Career and Workplace
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Bidding nears for $9-14 bln Congo hydropower plant
Reuters* Chinese, Korean and Spanish firms to bid by early 2014 * Plant would provide 4,800 MW, S.Africa to buy over half * Congo needs more electricity to power mining operations By John Irish PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Chinese, South Korean and Spanish...Tags: Politics, Metal and Mineral, Mining, Electricite de France S.A., Economy, Business and Finance
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$3.8M hydro royalty payment issued to Vidalia
The Natchez Democrat, Miss.The City of Vidalia received a $3.8 million royalty payment last week from the Sidney A. Murray Hydroelectric Plant, which includes two quarterly payments that were deferred last year. Mayor Hyram Copeland said the payment, along with cost-cutting...Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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Canton Hydropower Project Moves Forward In U.S. Senate
The Hartford CourantLegislation that would let two old dams on the Farmington River be used for hydropower got a boost on Thursday when a committee of the U.S. Senate endorsed the idea. The Senate's energy and natural resources committee voted in favor of a bill that...Tags: Politics, U.S. Senate, Environmental Issues, U.S. House of Representatives, Lobbying
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Dam proposal floated for the Lehigh River in Allentown
A Colorado firm has begun applying for permits to study the feasibility of a hydroelectric facility on the Lehigh River in Allentown. In February, Hamilton Street Hydro LLC of Boulder, Colo. submitted an application to the U.S. Federal Energy...Tags: Politics, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Allentown, Regulatory Policy and Organizations
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China gives environmental approval to country's biggest hydro dam
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's environment ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of what will become the country's tallest hydroelectric dam despite acknowledging it will have an impact on plants and rare fish. The dam, with a height of 314...Tags: Government, Politics, National Government, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy
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Environmental regulations lengthen hydro relicensing process
Columbus Telegram, Neb.The difference between relicensing the Loup Public Power District hydroelectric canal in 1984 and in 2014 is best understood visually. Three decades ago, the application was a comparatively modest stack of paperwork that took two years to complete....Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Renewable Energy, Wildlife
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California short on key state water workers, officials say
The Sacramento BeeCalifornia officials say the state cannot retain enough trained workers to efficiently run and maintain its complex water delivery system, a problem that has consequences for cities and farms statewide. State pay for some key jobs, they say, has...Tags: Government, Politics, Environmental Issues, Work Relations, Lobbying
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Business Briefs: Electric prices to rise in June
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.Electric prices to rise in June Even with extra help from Mother Nature this spring, the Tennessee Valley Authority still will boost the fuel-cost portion of electric bills next month. But for most power users, the June increase in the fuel cost...Tags: Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Tennessee Valley Authority
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LePage not happy with bipartisan energy bill
Portland Press Herald, MaineA proposal meant to lower energy costs for Mainers beginning this winter doesn't go far enough in cutting heating bills to satisfy Gov. Paul LePage, his energy director said Tuesday, and doesn't address some of the governor's key concerns about wind power...Tags: Government, Politics, Environmental Issues, Energy, Energy Saving
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Lamme used math to make electricity practical
Springfield News-Sun, OhioIn "The Power Makers: Steam, Electricity and the Men Who Invented Modern America," historian Maury Klein says the key events in America's powering up for the electric era came during the Chicago World's Fair of 1883 and the building of the hydroelectric...Tags: Thomas Edison, Mathematics, Environmental Issues, Education, Colleges and Universities
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From blackouts to food shortages: Why the Philippine clean energy sector needs a boost
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Manila / Asia News NetworkMANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) -- Former Philippine Senator Heherson Alvarez thinks that the world is so close to what is known as the "tipping point" where even the food chain will be directly affected. He mentioned a UN report that cites the...Tags: Ecosystems, Environmental Issues, Conservation, Media Industry, Renewable Energy
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