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A California district judge, Judge Ann L. Jones, ruled against selling pollution credits which stalls construction of 11 new power plants. The power plants, relying on government subsidies, would have been built in industrial areas already exceeding their carbon emission limit based on the California Environmental Quality Act.

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After the hugs success of Paris’ bike sharing plan, city officials plan to implement a car sharing plan. Car sharing companies like Zipcar are becoming popular in many cities already, but this plan would be run by city officials, not a private company.

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In parts of rural Louisiana millionares are being made over night as natural gas deposits are discovered and energy companies are paying up to $30,000 an acre for rights to the land. This natural gas deposit, covering areas from Texas to Louisiana to Arkansas, might be the largest natural gas deposit in the continental United States.

More than 600 utilities companies now offer options to buy green power. Go to http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/ to see if you can purchase green power for your home.

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Just eleven days before the Olympics opening ceremonies, the skies of Bejing were still clouded in smog. The city has shut down many factories and construction sites, as well as removed millions of cars from the road, yet it still hasn’t been enough to help clear the air. Athletes are worried about what the air pollution will do to their performances.

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L.E.Ds, or light emitting diodes are set to change the way we light our homes, businesses and nation. These bulbs, already used in most traffic lights, last 50 to 100 times longer than regular bulbs and use less energy to run.

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The United States and China are the two countries now at the forefront of developing wind power. Energy companies in both countries are investing heavily in wind power, a clean, renewable form of energy.

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Two CNN crewmen will begin a cross country journey in which they will explore biofuels, particularily biodiesel to see what all the talk is about. They will drive from California to Georgia using biodiesel in a 1978 truck that they purchased just for this roadtrip.

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Prices for gasoline fell for the 8th straight day, bringing prices down to a level not seen since early June. Drivers in Oklahome, Missouri, and Minnesota paid the cheapest prices at the pumps.

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Democrats hoped to push a bill that would release 70 billion barrels of oil from the national stockpile in an effort to help push down gas prices. However, house Republicans shot down the bill, hoping to tie it to their effort to push off shore drilling.