A report looks at the environmental benefits and drawbacks of wind power.
Wind farms are growing in popularity across the country as states, communities, and companies look to clean, renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels. But the government hasn’t given these groups sufficient guidance on what environmental factors [...]

In pursuit of Governor Deval Patrick’s goal of 2,000 megawatts of wind power in Massachusetts by 2020, the Secretaries of the Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) and the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) announced a project to install a utility-scale wind energy project on state land adjacent to the Massachusetts Turnpike’s Blandford [...]

GOLDEN, Colo., April 29 (UPI) — Secretary of Energy Steven Chu says his department will provide $93 million to support development of wind energy in the United States.
Chu announced the plans Wednesday during a visit to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo. The money will come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, [...]

Two more states have joined the “gigawatt club,” according to the first-quarter report from the American Wind Energy Association — but Texas remains firmly in the lead.
The list is comprised of states with more than a gigawatt of wind-power generating capacity.
Kansas and New York are the newest members of the gigawatt club, at 1.014 and [...]

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — The primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus funds and another $83 million will go toward wind energy and other alternative power and efficiency projects, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.
“Wind energy will be one of the most important contributors to meeting President Obama’s target [...]

U.S. Gas Fields Go From Bust to Boom
CADDO PARISH, La. — A massive natural-gas discovery here in northern Louisiana heralds a big shift in the nation’s energy landscape. After an era of declining production, the U.S. is now swimming in natural gas.
Even conservative estimates suggest the Louisiana discovery — known as the Haynesville Shale, for [...]

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
The following table lists unplanned and planned production outages at U.S. refineries as reported by Dow Jones Newswires. The information is compiled from both official and unofficial refining sources and doesn’t purport to be a comprehensive list.
ExxonMobil (XOM) shut a CO Boiler at key gasoline-making FCCU No. 3 at its Baytown, [...]

SOFIA, April 29 (Reuters) - Funding for Bulgaria’s planned nuclear power plant at Belene must be secured soon, or the multi-billion euro project will be delayed, a consultant to the scheme said on Wednesday.
The Socialist-led government and German utility RWE (RWEG.DE) have signed a deal to build Bulgaria’s second nuclear power plant by 2014-2015 [...]

Property owners in Haliburton and Muskoka are pressing the Ontario government to ban uranium exploration and mining in cottage country.
They say they’re concerned their health, peace and tranquillity will be compromised by prospecting and exploration.
Prospectors looking for uranium have staked claims to 3,600 hectares of land in the area.
Suzanne Lauten has a cottage on Gull [...]

MONTROSE —- As public hearings over Energy Fuels’ special-use permit for its Pinon Ridge uranium mill get underway, questions arise about whether the company can afford to build.
Energy Fuels CEO and West End resident George Glasier believes the uranium future is bright. He said that if EF can get permitted, it can build a mill [...]