stimulus
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Environmentalists need a new president
I initially thought Bill McKibben's drive to return solar panels to the White House was essentially a waste of time: of all the things to ask the president, it seemed like the smallest, most insignificant, and easiest. I realize now that its very simplicity made the solar panels a masterstroke that clearly exposed, more than any big policy ask ever would, Obama's unwillingness or inability to confront our great planetary crisis.
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Does the RES stand a chance?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may still try to pass a Renewable Electricity Standard (RES). Does it have a shot, or will Republicans pull the football?
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Want a car that gets good grades? Buy a hybrid
The federal government plans to grade cars based on their fuel efficiency. That C for the Ford A-150 pickup wont make everyone happy.
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Remember that massive clean-energy bill Obama signed?
If you read everything that bloggers declared a "must read," you'd have time for little else. I'll just say that if you want a lucid tour of the Obama administration's work to remake the country's energy and transportation landscape, it's tough to beat Michael Grunwald's new TIME piece "How the Stimulus is Changing America."
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Stimulus driving clean energy innovation, manufacturing, markets — But what comes next?
With global competition mounting and Recovery Act momentum poised to fade, can the Obama Administration secure a lasting clean energy legacy?
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BP collecting millions in government stimulus funds for California power plant
The oil spill bad guys are raking in taxpayer bucks to build a new Carbon Capture and Sequestration power plant in California.
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Why Bill Gates is right
Bill Gates speaking at the TED conference.Photo: jurvetson via Flickr“If you gave me only one wish for the next 50 years,” declared the world’s wealthiest man during last week’s TED 2010 conference, “I can pick who is president, I can pick a vaccine … or I can pick that [an energy technology] at half the […]
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On the one year anniversary of the Recovery Act, clean energy leaders celebrate jobs and savings
The Recovery Act, a key component of America’s tectonic shift away from foreign oil, should be celebrated for what it has saved — jobs, money and energy. By making smart investments in clean energy technology and cutting taxes for 95 percent of Americans, the Recovery Act kept America on track to double our renewable energy […]
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Obama administration celebrates clean energy investments, reaffirms support for cap-and-trade
On Thursday the Obama administration released its annual Economic Report of the President, which assesses the nation’s economic progress, the challenges ahead, and the administration’s domestic and international priorities. There is a meaty chapter on “Transforming the Energy Sector and Addressing Climate Change” (PDF). Its most striking feature is that it doesn’t back off, at […]