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Fuel Economy for Cars, Light Trucks Hit Highest Levels Ever

The average 2012 model car and SUV gets 23.9 miles a gallon, nothing to crow about but it's the biggest gain in a single year.

Wind now supplies 3.5% of US electricity and at least 10% in 10 states.

The state is spending $100 million on a port that can handle those massive turbines.

The Monsanto Rider in the Senate Budget Bill would exempt the company from judicial decisions.

Two huge solar projects in California and a wind project in Nevada will produce energy for 340,000 homes.

Heliostats are typically used in concentrating solar plants, but small versions can heat and daylight buildings.

For the fifth year, LA has the most Energy Star buildings in the US, followed by Washington DC and Chicago.

Solar prices are still dropping rapidly, which justifies a cut in the FiT, while Taiwan's solar manufacturers benefit from US tariffs on China.

To address the deficit, it's urgent to cut clean energy support and most other programs, but not fossil fuel subsidies.

The fund expects to raise $10 million this year from investors to finance efficiency upgrades for all kinds of smaller buildings.