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November 29, 2008 Archives

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Equal to 5 nuke plants!

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

The Ocean Energy Institute, a tiny research organization founded by investment honcho Matthew Simmons, wants to build a 5-gigawatt wind farm in the Gulf of Maine making electricity equivalent to that created by five nuclear-power plants! Mr. Simmons doesn't......

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 Tags  5-gigawatt   Cape Wind   Gulf of Maine   heating oil   Maine   Matthew Simmons   Myopia Hunt   Ocean Energy Institute   Twilight in the Desert  

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Maybe we need papers after all...

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By Robert Whitcomb    Email

A bit of good news for newspapers. A bunch of Connecticut state legislators is asking the Nutmeg State's economic-development commissioner to prevent two daily newspapers, one in New Britain and one in Bristol, from closing. The Journal Register Co.......

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 Tags  blogger   Bristol Press   Journal Register   New Britain Herald   pajama journalism  

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