• 30 Oct 2009 06:51

  Friday, October 30, 2009

  SC: S.C. officials worked years to win the 787 plant prize By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier (Charleston) While Boeing Co. did not publicly disclose plans for a second 787 assembly line until this year, the effort to lure the investment and jobs to South Carolina can be traced back to June 2003. CA: California awards grants for research projects in nonembryonic stem cells By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times LOS ANGELES — In a tacit acknowledgment that the promise of human embryonic stem cells is still far in the future, California's stem cell research program on Wednesday awarded grants intended to develop therapies using mainly other, less controversial cells. CO: Ritter says Xcel exceeded solar expectations with new renewable plan By David O. Williams, Colorado Independent Xcel Energy Tuesday released an ambitious plan to achieve the state-mandated Colorado Renewable Energy Standard (RES) of 20 percent of the utility's energy base load from renewable sources by 2020. DE: State's auto industry plugs in to the future By Andrew Eder, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington) Working-class Delaware came out in force Tuesday to celebrate Fisker Automotive's plans to buy the vacant Boxwood Road plant near Newport and return the state to the business of building cars, potentially creating thousands of jobs in the process. FL: NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight By The Associated Press, Times Union (Albany) CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's newest rocket successfully completed a brief test flight today, the first step in a back-to-the-moon program that could yet be shelved by the White House. KS: Transmission line project critical to Kansas wind future, governor says By Jeannine Koranda, Wichita Eagle Kansas has the potential to produce up to 10,000 megawatts of wind power, but for that to happen the state needs transmission lines. ME: PUC doubts $1.5B line upgrade By Tux Turkel, Kennebec Journal Maine can have a reliable power grid for substantially less money, and with far fewer transmission towers and substations, than the $1.5 billion project Central Maine Power Co. is proposing, Public Utilities Commission staff has concluded. NV: Reid announces grant to modernize energy grid By Staff Reports, Nevada Appeal (Carson City) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has announced Nevada will receive a $138 million stimulus grant to modernize the electric power and natural gas delivery systems in the Silver State. NY: Study finds numerous brain cancer cases near contaminated groundwater in area of Victor but finds no link By James Goodman and Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester) ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Victor residents heard from state health officials about a study that found no link between an unusually high number of brain cancer cases and groundwater contaminants. NY: PCB dredging stops for now By Brian Nearing, Times Union (Albany) FORT EDWARD, N.Y. -- Reports on five months of cleanup on Hudson River due before work is expected to resume in 2011. OH: Ohio universities focusing on advanced energy By Joanne Viviano, The Cincinnati Enquirer The state is asking eight Ohio universities to share their knowledge about advanced energy in an effort to help the state emerge as a world leader in the field and create a "green-collar" work force, officials announced Wednesday. OH: Fluorescent-bulb effort will be voluntary, utility says By Stephen Majors, The Associated Press, The Columbus Dispatch Consumers would no longer have to participate in an Ohio utility's program that effectively forced them to buy overpriced energy-efficient light bulbs, under a revamped proposal the company presented to state regulators yesterday. PA: Nutter aide promises better online stimulus data By Marcia Gelbart, The Philadelphia Inquirer Within 10 days, the city will revamp the part of its Web site that relays information about the impact of the federal stimulus program in Philadelphia. VA: Families face ruin dealing with Chinese drywall By Josh Brown, The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk) HAMPTON ROADS, Va. -- Homeowners in 27 states now complain that the drywall emits a corrosive gas that damages household electrical systems and causes respiratory problems. Weekly wrap: Rating agency slams Conn. on borrowing By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer Agency lowers Conn. credit outlook; federal broadband grants will be delayed a month; and confusion continues on stimulus job claims.

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