The White House today announced that President Obama will attend the international climate negotiations in Copenhagen on December 18, when national leaders from around the world will be in attendance.
MITCHELL — A new wind farm near Ree Heights in Hand County has gone online, and the chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission says he’s encouraged by the project and by proposed wind farms in Aurora and Brule counties.
President Obama can authorize billions to banks, put pressure on mortgage holders to cut deals and open the nation’s wallet wide for clunkers. He can even hold a farcical “Jobs Summit” to put a dent in that 10% unemployment rate. What he can’t do is…
The tiny nation is grappling with poverty, a stubborn insurgency and Al Qaeda presence. Others says its strategic location near Saudi Arabia and the Horn of Africa mean it cannot be allowed to fail. The president’s new mosque shimmers over this ancient city like an illusion of stability against images of MIG fighter jets screeching overhead toward rebellion in the north or the latest news of …
This was the week that saw the heavyweights come to town.
FINANCE Secretary John Swinney has been accused of breaking the rules in his dealings with a duke and a developer planning a controversial wind farm.
Like anyone running a solar power company, BP Solar’s chief executive, Rayed Fezzani, has a peculiar job. The solar industry, by definition, depends on sunlight. Yet where do solar panel and photovoltaic manufacturers go to sell half of all their products? Get this – Germany.
