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Renewable energy falling in price and becoming more readily available

By | 04.14.11 | 8:41 am

As Colorado generates a third of its energy from renewables, forecasts are that much higher percentages could come soon at relatively low cost.

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Nuclear power was fading in U.S. before Japan accident

By | 03.23.11 | 1:40 pm

U.S. nuclear development, already slowed by a lack of private investment, seems likely to be further stalled by the political fallout from the Fukushima disaster in Japan. How fast this slowdown will lead to more renewables is an open question.