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Sen. Majority Ldr announces health care debate and vote

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Sen. Majority Ldr. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that on Friday and Saturday the Senate will debate health care reform. At 8pm on Saturday there will be a cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the bill. Sixty votes are needed to invoke cloture. If cloture passes, debate on the bill and amendments will take place after the holiday recess.

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Green Inc.

11/17/2009 Nativegrl77

First posted 11/15/2009

By TODD WOODY nyt

for complete articles go to: www.greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com

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Dow Chemical has unveiled a new solar shingle that can be nailed to a roof like its asphalt predecessor — but which generates electricity. Test marketing is to begin in 2010.Dow designed the shingles, which will initially be manufactured at the company’s Midland, Mich., facility. Global Solar of Tucson, Ariz., is supplying the thin-film solar cells.

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A Santa Monica, Calif., company called SolarReserve has taken a step toward making that a reality, filing an application with California regulators to build a 150-megawatt solar farm that will store seven hours’ worth of the sun’s energy in the form of molten salt.

The Rice Solar Energy Project, to be built in the Sonoran Desert east of Palm Springs, will “generate steady and uninterrupted power during hours of peak electricity demand,” according to SolarReserve’s license application.

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Washington State news …R71 passes 66% in King County

11/09/2009 Nativegrl77

For the complete article, go to: seattletimes.newsource.com

Posted by Susan Kelleher, Janet I. Tu and Jonathan Martin

In an apparent victory for gay rights supporters, voters seemed to be approving Referendum 71, which expands the state’s domestic partnership law.

The results, if they hold, would be a disappointment to religious conservatives, who had mounted an aggressive campaign against conferring additional benefits on committed gay couples and some senior couples.

Ref. 71 passed overwhelmingly in King County and was being voted up throughout the Puget Sound region. Voters in Eastern Washington, meanwhile, were rejecting the measure by wide margins — including in Spokane County.