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Green Inc.


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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Lou Dobbs … leaves CNN


Lou Dobbs to Depart CNN
By BRIAN STELTER AND BILL CARTER
for the complete article go to: mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com

Lou Dobbs at the anchor desk at CNN’s New York studio in 2006. Robert Caplin for The New York Times Lou Dobbs at the anchor desk at CNN’s New York studio in 2006.

Lou Dobbs, the longtime CNN anchor whose anti-immigration views made him a TV lightning rod, plans to announce Wednesday that he is leaving the network, two network employees said.

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Washington State news …R71 passes 66% in King County


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.

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Democratic Senators…will you vote against the People? UPDATE:in NOV. there were over 90,000 now 125,00 Please sign the Petition and make it 150,000


http://bit.ly/4prRHb <—————–  to sign Petition

“Any Democratic senators — including Joe Lieberman — who support a Republican attempt to block a vote on health care reform should be stripped of their leadership titles. Americans deserve a clean up-or-down vote on health care reform that includes a public option.”

Over 90,000 signatures and growing… Update…@ 125,000 now, sign the Petition and make it 150,000

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HR 3548 … President Obama signs Bill


Obama Signs Homebuyer, Jobless Bill Assistance

The Senate approved it unanimously on Wednesday, The House vote 403-12

Posted on 11/6/2009

President Barack Obama signs a $24 billion economic stimulus bill providing tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and extending unemployment benefits to the longtime jobless who have been left behind as the economy veers toward recovery.

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