State of the Union
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What Obama should know about ending oil subsidies
This post originally appeared on the Great Energy Challenge blog, in partnership with National Geographic and Planet Forward. Despite my seriously mixed feelings about the State of the Union speeches, I tuned in to this year’s speech for the first time in several years. Like many, I was disappointed if not surprised that President Obama […]
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Keep the Solar Decathlon on the National Mall!
The Solar Decathlon on the National Mall in 2009.Photo: NREL Solar DecathlonThe National Mall has long served as the nation’s front yard, a place where citizens can gather and display what’s important to them — whether it’s a protest to end wars, a rally to restore sanity, or even a celebration of mid-Atlantic maritime communities. […]
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The Climate Post: Here come a bunch of bills to block the EPA
The chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) unveiled draft legislation to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. The bill caps a rough week for the EPA in Congress, reports Kate Sheppard of Mother Jones. It is joined by a […]
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Obama gets a little climate hawkish: ‘Carbon pollution’ is contributing to ‘climate change’
Cross-posted from the Wonk Room. In his 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama emphasized his commitment to transforming America’s energy policy, with initiatives to move our nation away from killer fossil fuels. Although he called for doubling “clean” electricity in the United States, he argued only that this was important to keep […]
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Obama’s climate omission: Can we disagree on climate and win on clean energy?
President Obama’s exclusion of “climate change” from the State of the Union has sparked wide debate across the climate movement.
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Obama’s climate omission: Can we disagree on climate and win on clean energy?
President Obama’s exclusion of “climate change” from the State of the Union has sparked wide debate across the climate movement.
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Obama & GOP should cut red tape blocking tribe’s green energy
President Obama and the GOP should join forces to remove the bureaucratic barriers to rapid renewable energy deployment on Native American lands.
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Obama & GOP should cut red tape blocking tribe's green energy
President Obama and the GOP should join forces to remove the bureaucratic barriers to rapid renewable energy deployment on Native American lands.
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In profound denial, Chamber of Commerce lectures on 'energy reality'
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce dug further into global warming denial, attacking Barack Obama's State of the Union and clean energy goals.