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Opinion:

¶   David Crane and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. ask why we do not push more for solar, as a clean, affordable, safe and inexhaustible source of electricity? [New York Times]

Japan:

¶   Japan Atomic Power Company said the results of a survey showing the Tsuruga nuclear plant was sitting on top of an active fault were “totally unacceptable.” They could be ordered to decommission the facility at  if another study confirms the existence of the fault. [Power Engineering International]

World:

¶   The decline in prices for solar PVs is probably over, according to the author of this article. [Business Spectator]

¶   Renewable energy will allow to Ukraine to decrease its dependence on other forms of energy and increase its independence of other countries, according to Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, the President of the European Renewable Energy Federation. [Sacramento Bee]

¶   The Council of the European Union said this week that it would not enforce anti-subsidy tariffs on U.S. ethanol, though anti-dumping procedures continue. [Farm Futures]

¶   Two of the ten nuclear waste storage pools used in Sweden were found to have cracks in them. [The Local.se]

¶   Several conservative groups on Wednesday urged lawmakers in states without renewable electricity targets to oppose extending a wind energy tax incentive. [The Hill]

¶   A study by the Heinz Endowment says wood burning boilers, which are used in a Pennsylvania program to promote renewable energy, are releasing high levels of pollutants. [Milton Daily Standard]

¶   The American Wind Energy Association has released a plan to phase out the Production Tax Credit, an important federal incentive. The proposal would provide wind companies with six years of predictable support. [ThinkProgress]