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Natural Gas Drilling in NY, Improving Labeling of Light Bulb Efficiency, Cutting Ship Pollution, and Saving Wolves in Montana

Natural Gas Drilling in NY, Improving Labeling of Light Bulb Efficiency, Cutting Ship Pollution, and Saving Wolves in Montana

In Crain's New York Business  Kate Sinding detailed some of the many environmental concerns related to drilling for natural gas near New York City's watershed... Noah Horowitz argued that light bulb efficiency labeling could be more detailed in a New York Times Green Inc blog post while Rich Kassel addressed new pollution rules that fail to adequately address pollution from old ships... The Journal & Courier newspaper carried a green tech success story this weekend: one county in Indiana has finished installation of 121 electricity generating wind turbines in just under 7 months-the turbines went on-line last week; the article also referenced a NRDC report lauding the wind energy potential of the state... The Gary Post Tribune summarized different reports on how much money cap-and-trade legislation could save or cost residential consumers; Jackie Wong explained to readers how further savings could be reached with other clean energy regulations... In the Missoulian Louisa Willcox argued that more can be done to maintain healthy Western wolf populations and voiced her objection to the way Montana wolf hunts had been planned...

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capandtrade, cleanenergy, energyefficiency, lightbulbs, naturalgasny, renewables, shippollution, windturbines, wolves

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