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A small venture that could generate big results
Imagine a program that turns a relatively small initial investment into billions of dollars of U.S. economic growth, thousands of new Americans jobs, and groundbreaking technologies that change the way we use energy in this country and around the world. It's called the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy and it is about to be given the bureaucratic equivalent of a death sentence.
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Striking images of disconnected streets and unwanted sprawl
Here's images of Florida sprawl, much of the development unfinished for lack of buyers, and all of it within a convenient walk of, well, nothing.
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Maine: Guv candidate Paul LePage hates Obama, reporters, and the planet
Paul LePage, the TeaOP candidate for governor in Maine, has a loony climate-denying, DEP-bashing, offshore-oil-dr … spilling platform.
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Senator blocks budget director nominee over offshore drilling ban
Jack Lew, the would-be budget director, is sidelined by Louisiana Sen Mary Landrieu's attempts to force Obama to lift the offshore drilling moratorium
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U.S. home energy efficiency improved since 1970, so why are the bills the same?
A new study shows that despite our advances in technology, we still consume as much energy as we did in the early 1970s.
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The Climate Post: 2011 could see truly epic legislative battles over climate, energy
Read more on the fate of the renewable energy standard, nice Canadians and their not-so-nice tar sands, electric cars, and more.
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How warm was this summer?
Let's look at the surface temperatures in the summer of 2010, which justifiably received a lot of attention.
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What oil? Government scientists say they can't find much crude in the Gulf
This is just getting bizarre. A government-sponsored team of scientists out searching for oil in the Gulf reports it hasn't found any.
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Community solar pioneers
After cutting through untold red tape, University Park Community Solar is ready to begin installation on one of the country's first truly community-owned solar power projects. Let's hope the model spreads.
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Industry wraps coal ash regulation fight in the mantle of civil rights
Some opponents of stronger coal ash regulation are trying to make their case in the language of civil rights. But their argument doesn't fly.
