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Among those who feel the only way to overcome the Citizens United decision, which opened the door to unlimited corporate spending on elections, is to amend the U.S. Constitution, the question on everyone’s mind is: “So what’s the language?” more »

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2009 marks the third year of industrialisation and growth for the nascent offshore wind sector, with a lot more to come:

Source: EWEA - The European offshore wind industry
key trends and statistics 2009 (PDF)

With just under 600MW installed in 2009, this is just under 10% of the wind capacity built in Europe in the year, but it's a sign of things to come as 3.5GW are already in construction and another 16GW are fully permitted.

More below [with specific comments on the US situation added]. Part of the Wind power series.

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On July 5, 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said: “We misread how bad the economy was…”. Well that’s exactly what the previous administration did also.

Isn’t it about time we stepped back and took a fresh and comprehensive look at just what it is that is being “read”? more »

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