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EERE's Geothermal Technologies Program works in partnership with U.S. industry to establish geothermal energy as an economically competitive contributor to the U.S. energy supply. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY  
DOE  

A rebirth

Geothermal energy development gathers steam

An unusual combination of economic and environmental forces have created a "perfect storm" that could help geothermal shed its back-seat status to its renewable cousins wind and solar energy, experts said at an international conference Monday. (Associated Press)
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• DOE will invest $43.1 million in 21 geothermal projects

A levee is breached, flooding a 100- acre section of what will become marshland in the Bahia development in Novato. FRANKIE FROST/Marin Independent Journal  
IJ  

Persistence pays off

After long fight, Bahia levee breached, wetlands returning

With the switch of a lever, the arm of a mighty excavator pulled down an earthen wall Tuesday, allowing the Petaluma River to rush over dried Bahia land and restore wetlands that will host an array of water birds. (Marin Independent Journal)

A dead fish floats in Alameda Creek by Mission Boulevard in Fremont. BEA AHBECK/Fremont Argus  
Argus  

Out of air

Thousands of fish die in Alameda Creek

Investigators on Tuesday were working to determine whether a leak from a sewage facility in Pleasanton might have caused a major fish kill in Alameda Creek. About 5,000 fish, primarily carp, sucker and sculpin, were found belly up Monday. (Fremont Argus)

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