Babcock Ranch – Solar City
Babcock Ranch in Southwest Florida is trying to become the worlds first city powered completely by solar energy, but critics say it can’t work with current plans.
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The Energy Report – 6/22/10
Susan McGinnis anchors this afternoon’s Clean Skies News Energy Report from Washington, DC. On the program:- A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.- Oil industry executives criticized President Obama’s six-month ban on deepwater drilling, in London today, saying the world doesn’t have enough other sources of oil to eliminate deep sea rigs. -Mayors from around the country gathered along the Louisiana coast to see environmental damage caused by the spill.- Denmark gives the green light to build one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world. www.cleanskies.com
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