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Arctic drilling, China's clean energy, and Iran's 'nuclear gamble': energy's week ahead

What's the human and environmental toll on strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities? What lessons have we learned from a season of Arctic drilling? Events coming up this week in the world of energy.

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A Greenpeace activist, dressed as a polar bear, sits inside a police car after being detained during a protest against arctic drilling outside Gazprom's headquarters in Moscow, Russia, in this September 2012 file photo. The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a field hearing Thursday on the first season of exploratory drilling in the arctic.
  • By David J. Unger Contributor

What's happening in the the energy world between October 8 and October 12?

MONDAY

[Columbus Day]

TUESDAY

  • Renewable Energy Markets: Investment & Policy Trends
    2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Washington
    Sponsored by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy
    The briefing will focus on market trends and policy drivers for commercially available renewable energy technologies. A moderated panel discussion with renewable energy industry leaders will follow.

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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