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	HOT TOPICS MAJOR NEW TECHNICAL REPORT FINDS WIND CAN PROVIDE 20% OF U.S. ELECTRICITY NEEDS BY 2030. More... Carrier chiller run in reverse is a power plant! Read on... Worley Parsons launches sustainable practice with ECOnomics initiative. Read on... (click here for video)		BLOG BMD Join us in our growing online community - the Blue Marble Blog. *David writes about: Fuel Conservation One Mile at a Time*

NGOs/ASSOCIATIONS	Distributed Wind report shows incredible potential... BBC NEWS: Shell pulls out of UK wind farm... How ya gonna keep that wind down on the farm? Billions in Wind... Wind turbine spins on college campus for Earth Day... AWEA sees new life for Production Tax Credit... AEP SWEPCO looking for GigaWatts to construct...	SOLAR NEWS: Governor Announces TEF Investment in Solar Power Company... Solar power on a cloudy day... The promise and profits of Solar... Sunpower 1st Qtr revenue up by 92%... "Environmental heroes" rock a school with "no cost" solar power...	PROBE: Drugs in drinking water... Are bonds the next mega-trend for investment... United Nations - Decade for action... Water supply shortage in North Dakota... 22 Billion gallon spill...	Marriott rocks! Working to save the rain forest... (read the press release) Some 'Green Companies', not so green MIT JOINT PROGRAM ON THE SCIENCE AND POLICY OF GLOBAL CHANGE... POLLUTION: What pollutants are in your community... RECENT POLL: Environment beats growth... IS INFRASTRUCTURE THE NEXT INVESTMENT BUBBLE?

	U.S. conservation activity... LEGISLATION ALERT: Legislators move to make Conservation Bank funding permanent...	Urban Sustainability... Climate change impact much greater than predicted... Are there environmentally friendly plastics?... click here	Here come the "Hybrids"... Review of CO2 in Alternative Fuels... Chicken or the Egg?... "Mild Hybrid" from Hyundai...	Carrier air conditioner run in reverse is a power plant! read on...

	MIT Assessment of U.S. Cap-and-Trade Proposals... Cost of carbon offsets... Climate Action Reserve pushes for standards... Carbon credits for rain forest...	UNESCO wants to relook at farming's impact... Conventional plowing is "skinning" our Earth...	North Dakota landfills getting their "fill" of solid waste... Elevated Concentrations Of Toxic Metals In China's E-waste Recycling Workshops... Peanut Husks Could Be Used Clean Up Waste Water...	Is Alyeska failing to monitor and repair corrosion on pipeline?... Windshield wiper corrosion could lead to electrical failure... Landmark bridge may have to be replaced... Salt corrosion, high winds blamed for downed pole... Tamar bridge cables tested for corrosion... Corrosion Caused Haven Explosion...

	Army Corps of Engineers releases LACPR draft report... Australia's continental shelf extended... Louisiana may be hampering coast's need for sediment...	Entangled Female Right Whales Found in Cape Cod Bay... Protecting marine aquaculture in Vietnam... Pharmaceuticals in the water... GCPS calls for end to bottom trawling... Dolphin hunts, still going on in the world today...	BLUE MARBLE EXCLUSIVE: City of Garland is a leader in Green Fleet Management with "Fleet Green"... NAFA Fleet Management Association Announces The Green Fleet Awards... Forecast of Truck Fleet Management Trends: 2008-2010... Strategic Actions: Simultaneous Fleet Reduction and Greening...	Algal sex could spawn malaria vaccine... Plastic red blood cells... Impact of coal mining on health... World Malaria Day is nearing... Malaria Atlas Project: Largest database ever of malaria parasite... New molecule could be 'heartfelt'... Tracking progress in maternal, newborn & child survival... WHO regions: causes of under 5 mortality...