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SCOTUS: Clean Power Plan on hold

In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered a halt to enforcement of the Clean Power Plan (CPP) until legal challenges are resolved. Twenty-seven states have challenged the CPP in court, arguing that the plan oversteps federal authority to limit carbon emission
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3-D wind turbine blade molds in the works

The Energy Department€s (DOE) Wind Program and Advanced Manufacturing Office, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and others plan to apply 3-D printing to the production of wind turbine blade molds.
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Random forces can be converted into renewable power

Objects resembling artificial trees made with electromechanical materials can convert random forces, such as footfalls on a bridge, into strong structural vibrations that are ideal for generating renewable power, according to researchers at Ohio State University.
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