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BY KELLEN HENRY – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Was T. Boone Pickens just blowing hot air?
The Texas billionaire and oilman-turned-alternative energy investor announced earlier this week that he is abandoning plans to build the world’s largest wind farm near Pampa, Texas.
It was only a few months ago [...]
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BY HANNAH KOKJOHN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Chicago’s Invenergy LLC and Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co. announced Thursday that the companies are teaming up to become one of the first to take advantage of President Obama’s wind energy stimulus funds by developing a wind project in LaSalle County, Ill.
The project is [...]
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BY TIAN HUANG - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
During our final trip to CME Group this quarter, we had the opportunity to speak to Phil Flynn, an energy analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. Phil was on the floor talking about oil inventories on Fox [...]
Emerald ash borer to cost Chicago-area homeowners, arborists say
by Maisie Ramsay
June 5, 2008
The emerald ash borer has killed 25 million ash trees in Michigan since it was discovered there in 2002 and arborists in the Chicago area are bracing for similar losses as the invasive insect spreads.
BY FRANK N. CARLSON–MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
When our bionic counterparts look back to the first half of 2008 from the safety and security of their sleek, iPod Nano-like future, they will likely recall a few events as pivotal to [...]
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