Congress thinking of capping greenhouse-gas emissions and requiring a minimum use of renewable fuels and "clean tech" investments that will cost millions, if not billions, of dollars.

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NextEra, with 95% of its portfolio in clean or renewable fuels, noted that the mark-to-market effects of certain hedges, the net effect of other than temporary impairments (OTTI), and certain asset sales had a substantially negative effect on its earnings.

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Gingrich called for freeing the energy industry to maximize production of all forms of American energy, from oil to natural gas to clean coal to nuclear power to all forms of alternative fuels.

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Armed with the best microelectronic technology the humble engine can be clean and efficient and above all tolerant of the fuels it consumes.

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History is replete with examples of people hyping new, cheap, plentiful and clean alternative fuels.

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We doubled the production of clean energy, which promises to reduce the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation.

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There's also a fine showing from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Chemistry Council, the Alliance for Food and Energy (whose members include Archer Daniels Midland and the Renewable Fuels Association), an alliance of utilities supporting clean coal, and nice props for nuclear power from California Senator Barbara Boxer, Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley and House Majority Whip James Clyburn.

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Among the first beneficiaries of this fund are Alta Devices (manufacturer of solar photo-voltaic cells), Ciris Energy (developer of cleaner coal), and CoolPlanetBioFuels (which produces clean bio-fuels).

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