BEIJING, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The 16 large-scale coal bases that China has planned will trigger severe water crises in the country's arid northwest, a new Greenpeace...
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A Chinese group that includes major oil company Sinopec is in advanced talks to put up to $1 billion in a Texas clean-energy project, in what would mark one of the biggest...
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In 2011, roughly one-third of the new generating capacity installed within the US was in the form of wind turbines, according to a new report prepared by the Department of...
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