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Fulfilling part of the Obama Administration's early commitment to create the first national high speed rail system, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a US$2.4 billion investment in 54 high speed rail projects in 23 states.

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association and GreenTech Media Research estimates that the United States' solar capacity will reach more than one gigawatt this year -- enough to power 200,000 homes.

A paper on rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity and market penetration in the U.S., written by three National Renewable Energy Laboratory colleagues (Easan Drury, Paul Denholm and Robert Margolis), shows that fully 1 gigawatt (GW) of the world’s 15 gigawatts of solar PV was installed in the U.S. alone by December of 2009.

EDITOR'S UDPATE (Tues. June 29th):  You can now try your hand at stopping the Gulf oil leak by playing XBox's new Crisis in the Gulf video game.

BP has announced it will use all of the net revenues it earns from selling oil it skims from the ocean's surface or collects from the siphon placed on the busted pipe at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico towards a wildlife fund.

 

Well the news coming from the Gulf of Mexico continues to become more alarming; the images more shocking; and the calls for a solution increasing to a fever pitch. 

Today oil reached the beaches of Pensacola, Florida, and scientists estimate it could flow all the way up the coast to North Carolina before pooling out into the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

I have lived in the Pensacola area for almost my entire life. We’ve survived numerous hurricanes, red tides, droughts, and all kinds of natural disasters, but what we’re seeing in our town today is without a doubt the worse than any of those previous catastrophes.

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