Renewsable Energy Digest #15

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40% power reduction puts LED backlit TVs at the forefront of green technology. More on LED TVs.

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Arctic Ice Photos

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Energy Corridor Lawsuit, New renewable energy projects

by Deb Powers

As we build more energy, we have to be able to move that wind energy to the cities and communities that are going to use it."

Lou Torres, OR Dept of Energy

A Colorado county and a number of environmental groups brought suit against the government last week, charging that the Western Energy Corridor laid out in the last administration endangers wildlife, violates federal law and ignores renewable energy development in the region. The government agencies named in the suit include the Department of Energy, the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of the Interior. San Miguel County, Colorado released a statement that said in part, "We hope that the Obama administration will work with us to fix the flaws in this hasty, ill-conceived plan."
Read more: Environmental groups sue Feds over West-wide Energy Corridor