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	<title>Arizona Capitol Times &#187; energy</title>
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		<title>U.S. interior secretary touts giant Gila Bend solar plant’s economic impact</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/12/u-s-interior-secretary-touts-giant-gila-bend-solar-plant%e2%80%99s-economic-impact/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Testa, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ken Salazar]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While touring a solar power generating station that will provide power to tens of thousands of Arizona homes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Wednesday that America’s embrace of renewable energy will create jobs and boost the economy.
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		<title>Feds approve solar energy project near Buckeye</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/12/20/feds-approve-solar-energy-project-near-buckeye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal government has approved the Sonoran Solar Energy Project, which will be built on public lands in Maricopa County near Buckeye.]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative review panel recommends elimination of solar tax credit</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/12/08/legislative-review-panel-recommends-elimination-of-solar-tax-credit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[J.D. Mesnard]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A panel of lawmakers tasked with reviewing tax breaks balked Wednesday at providing a tax credit for installing solar energy devices on residences and voted to recommend its repeal.

Two other programs, including one that gives tax credits to corporations for contributions to groups that provide tuition scholarships to children attending private schools, were given a favorable review.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona high court won&#8217;t hear energy rules challenge</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/09/20/arizona-high-court-wont-hear-energy-rules-challenge/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/09/20/arizona-high-court-wont-hear-energy-rules-challenge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand lower court decisions that uphold the state's requirement that regulated electric utilities get some of their power from solar and other renewable sources.
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		<title>Arizona utility eyeing power from tribal wind farm</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/29/arizona-utility-eyeing-power-from-tribal-wind-farm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Native Americans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edison Mission Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state's second-largest utility provider says it's closing in on an agreement to buy power from a wind farm on land owned by the Navajo Nation.
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		<title>Shine a light on cooperation: State lawmakers actually work with the feds on some things, like solar power</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/25/shine-a-light-on-cooperation-state-lawmakers-actually-work-with-the-feds-on-some-things-like-solar-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Corporation Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On several policy matters like climate change and health care, Arizona often butts heads with the U.S. government.
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But step outside the Capitol mall, and you’ll see a modern building with solar panels on its rooftop.
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		<title>Corp. Comm approves slightly altered trash-incinerator waiver</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/14/corp-comm-approves-slightly-altered-trash-incinerator-waiver/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/14/corp-comm-approves-slightly-altered-trash-incinerator-waiver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley Beckner</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Going Green]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Corporation Commission today approved a waiver for a western Arizona utility to receive renewable energy credits for energy generated by a Phoenix-area waste-to-energy plant.]]></description>
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		<title>Challenge to Grand Canyon mining ban clears first congressional hurdle</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/13/challenge-to-grand-canyon-mining-ban-clears-first-congressional-hurdle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 14:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Trotter, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ed Pastor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jeff Flake]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to reverse a federal ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon survived a committee vote Tuesday and could go to the full House as early as next week.]]></description>
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		<title>Solar advocates say waste incinerators aren’t green enough</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/07/11/solar-advocates-say-waste-incinerators-aren%e2%80%99t-green-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 14:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley Beckner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposed waste-to-energy plant in Phoenix is being touted by supporters as a source of renewable energy and a way to minimize the amount of trash in landfills. But critics of the project argue that the waste incinerators aren’t as green as supporters make them out to be — and the proposal has a loophole that could allow a utility to get renewable energy credit for burning fossil fuels.
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		<title>ADEQ: We have electric car charging stations now</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2011/06/29/adeq-we-have-electric-car-charging-stations-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The decision by the state agency in charge of implementing air quality policy to repeal the Clean Cars program in favor of emission standards that aren't as stringent led to a chorus of protests from environmentalist and health advocates.]]></description>
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