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- Move to explore wind power is ‘win-win’ (3/2/14)
HAMPTON — A University of New Hampshire professor of ocean engineering sees a local effort to study offshore wind energy as a "smart move."
- CT environmental community watches as Klee takes helm of DEEP (2/24/14)
Early in his second week on the job, Robert Klee, Connecticut’s new interim commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, admitted that during his first week on the job he had called his predecessor, Dan Esty – once.
- After rejecting request to delay shutdown, Brayton Point moves to close coal-fired plant in 2017 (1/29/14)
The owner of Brayton Point Power Station will move forward with a plan to shut down the coal-fired plant in 2017 after it turned down a request from the operator of the regional power grid to delay closing.
- DEEP’s new boss has a Ph.D. in trash (1/24/14)
On their honeymoon a decade ago, Robert Klee took his wife to Antarctica aboard a Russian icebreaker. Other tourists venture to the coldest spot on the planet to see penguins, but Klee was interested in how the international science community there managed its trash.
- DPS chief says regional planners should develop energy plans (1/22/14)
Regional planners should be armed with energy plans before developers propose new power projects in their communities, says Chris Recchia, commissioner of the Department of Public Service.
- Debate over the future of solar energy in Massachusetts heats up at the State House (3/2/14)
There's a battle brewing on Beacon Hill over the future of solar energy in the state. On one side, you have environmentalists, solar-panel installers and developers. On the other, there are the state’s biggest electric utilities — namely National Grid and NStar.
- Chafee to establish advisory climate change council (2/20/14)
Governor Chafee is set to announce the establishment of a council that will advise him on climate change issues. At a news conference Friday at the West Warwick Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, Chafee will announce an executive order that creates the Rhode Island Executive Climate Change Council
- Opinion: New England energy agreement promising, with implications for Maine’s energy future (1/26/14)
It started with conversations, then a statement of cooperation. We’re pleased to see the governors of the six New England states have taken their pledge to jointly tackle regional energy issues one step further.
- DEEP chief of staff to succeed Esty (1/23/14)
The chief of staff at the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection will take over as commissioner when Dan Esty resigns the post Feb. 3, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced Wednesday afternoon.
- As Maine lawmakers consider solar energy goals, LePage takes new swipe at wind power (1/21/14)
AUGUSTA— Maine is lagging behind the rest of New England when it comes to generating electricity with solar power, and the state’s position has little to do with the climate.