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Opinion:

¶ “Will US Taxpayers Foot The Bill For Cleaning Up After Bankrupt Coal Companies?” • Fifty US coal companies have filed for bankruptcy since 2012. But before the collapse, speculating top producers ran up billions in debt to finance unwise acquisitions. Now we have a question. Who will clean up the mess they made? [CleanTechnica]

Strip mining, Powder River Basin, Wyoming.
WildEarth Guardians/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

¶ “Clean energy gets warm welcome from First Nations” • At the opening ceremony for the Box Canyon Hydro Project near Port Mellon, British Columbia, Squamish women elders cleansed the project of any ill spirits and sentiments, blessing it for a long and prosperous operation, providing power for 4,500 homes. [Vancouver Sun]

Photos:

¶ GE Renewable Energy is assembling the parts for five of their Haliade wind turbines for America’s first offshore wind farm, which is being built by Deepwater…