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Colorado's business community has broken the seal on what is likely to be a 1-1/2-year flood of U.S. Senate endorsements, with a contractors' group becoming the first in the state to back a candidate in the Republican primary.

Power companies to ask the government not to force coal-fired plant closures in 2025 if carbon capture technology is not readyEnergy companies will lobby the government for a get-out clause from the deadline to fully fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to new coal plants by 2025 because they are worried it might not work in time.Companies, including German-owned groups E.ON and RWE npower, want guarantees that they will not be forced to close their coal-fired plants in 2025 if the technology has not been proven by then.They will call on energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, to draw up provisions which would allow them to keep the plants open until 2030, or for an additional number of operating hours. The utilities are warning that without firm guarantees, they will not invest in a new generation of cleaner coal plants which are crucial to keeping the lights on in Britain over the next decade.Environmental groups warned Miliband against watering down his radical

Power companies to ask the government not to force coal-fired plant closures in 2025 if carbon capture technology is not readyEnergy companies will lobby the government for a get-out clause from the deadline to fully fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to new coal plants by 2025 because they are worried it might not work in time.Companies, including German-owned groups E.ON and RWE npower, want guarantees that they will not be forced to close their coal-fired plants in 2025 if the technology has not been proven by then.They will call on energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, to draw up provisions which would allow them to keep the plants open until 2030, or for an additional number of operating hours. The utilities are warning that without firm guarantees, they will not invest in a new generation of cleaner coal plants which are crucial to keeping the lights on in Britain over the next decade.Environmental groups warned Miliband against watering down his radical

The Rev. Miguel Rivera, of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, is urging undocumented immigrants not to participate in the upcoming United States Census. Rivera hopes a boycott will pressure lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reform. But the Rev. Luis Cortes, of the faith-based group Esperanza, says a census boycott would do immigrants more harm than good.

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The Rev. Miguel Rivera, of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, is urging undocumented immigrants not to participate in the upcoming United States Census. Rivera explains the boycott and hopes that it will pressure lawmakers to pass comprehensive immigration reform. But not everyone agrees. The Rev. Luis Cortes, of the faith-based group Esperanza, says a census boycott would do immigrants more harm than good.

NEW YORK, May 11 (IPS) - The release Monday of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi from Tehran's Evin Prison has been greeted with relief and concern by international human rights and press freedom groups.

Ziggy Marley, son of the late Reggae superstar Bob Marley, has already had a great deal of success as a musician. He has won four Grammy awards and has had chart topping hits as part of the group Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. Now the singer seems to be ...

Several shareholders in the Dutch group caution against the plan to buy 30% of the UK postal operator, arguing the move could leave it without the requisite degree of control to turn the business around

If you had $100 billion to fix our schools, what would you do? A surprisingly smart list of suggestions for the education portion of the federal stimulus money is circulating in the education policy world. A group of experts claims authorship. I don't believe committees are capable of good ideas, so...