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Coal Use Drops to Record Lows While Clean Energy Soars

Mary Anne Hitt | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Wind Energy, Clean Energy, American Wind Energy Association, Sierra Club, Coal, Coal Energy, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Coal Industry, Green News

What energy companies should be doing is focusing on how to transition away from dangerous fossil fuels and invest in clean energy and a just transition for workers. One key measure that will help that transition is, unfortunately, in jeopardy.

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Wind Advocates Lobby To Extend Vital Tax Credit

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Natural Resources Defense Council, Video, Environmental Policy, Green Technology, Green News, Environment, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Energy Production Tax Credits, American Wind Energy Association, Green News

WASHINGTON -- A new study commissioned by the American Wind Energy Association says that if the Production Tax Credit, a lifeline for the burgeoning ...

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Solyndra's Bankruptcy Shows the Failure of the "Green" Jobs Agenda

Robert Bryce | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Obama, Ethanol, American Wind Energy Association, Wind Energy, Alternative Energy Subsidies, Green Subsidies, Politics News

The recent bankruptcy of solar-panel-maker Solyndra shows, once again, that the entire concept of "green energy" jobs was bankrupt from the start. "...

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After a Scorching Week, Wind Power Lessons From the Texas Heat Wave

Denise Bode | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Resources, Electricity, Awea, Wind Turbine, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines, American Wind Energy Association, Texas Heat Wave, Wind Energy Texas, Energy, Green News

For three straight days in the real world last week, wind made the difference between keeping the lights on and the air conditioners running -- and rolling blackouts.

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Are America's Wind Power Jobs Heading To China? (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Goldwind, Video, Awea, Timken, China-Wind-Power, China Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, American Wind Energy Association, Recovery Act, Business News

As America's manufacturing base erodes year by year, one sector has remained seemingly impervious to outsourcing: renewable energy. Giant wind turb...

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T. Boone Pickens' New Energy Plan

Roll Call | Ambreen Ali | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Energy, Wind Power, Foreign Oil, John Sullivan, T. Boone Pickens, Opec, NAT GAS Act, Wind Energy, Bruce Hamilton, Dependence on Foreign Oil, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Oklahoma, American Wind Energy Association, Wind Turbines, Sierra Club, Pickens Plan, Green News

T. Boone Pickens has a new plan -- but fewer allies -- in his quest to curb America's dependency on foreign oil....

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Start the Green Revolution Without U.S.

Bill Chameides | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Thomas Friedman, Mass Transit, Florida, Energy-Efficient Lighting, Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs, Research, Economics, Economy, George W. Bush, Wind, Renewable Energy, Greg Wetstone, Bill Gates, Green Revolution, New York, Barack Obama, Transportation, Rick Scott, Energy Efficiency, Bicycles, U.S. Congress, Environment, Renewables, American Wind Energy Association, Green Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Ieee, Green News

Not that long ago, it seemed Americans had decided, for economic, national security, and environmental reasons, we were going to be enthusiastic participants in the green revolution. But the pendulum has clearly swung in the other direction.

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Race to Clean Energy Heats Up After President's Address

Jake Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Globalwarming, Sotu, Chinaenergy, Unfccc, Stateoftheunion, Obama, Cleanenergyrace, China, Chinaclimate, Cleanenergy, Wind Turbines, Nrdc, BP Energy Outlook 2030, American Wind Energy Association, Green News

Other countries are already seeing the benefits of making smart investments in the clean energy future. So as President Obama hinted, the U.S. better get in the game.

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A National Commitment to Win the Clean Energy Race

David Foster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United States, Clean Energy, Green Jobs, China, Hu Jintao, American Wind Energy Association, Global Warming Solutions, Renewable Elctricity Standard, Pew Charitable Trusts, Evergreen Solar, Treatury Department, Impact Act, No on 23, US Trade Representative, Green News

With the arrival of Chinese President Hu this week in Washington, there can be no better time for the U.S. to make clear its unqualified commitment to winning the global race for clean energy jobs.

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Wind Industry Warns Congress: Tens Of Thousands Of Jobs At Stake

AP | FREDERIC J. FROMMER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Wind Energy Association, American Bird Conservancy, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Unemployment, Wind Energy Jobs, Renewable Energy Grants, Wind Grants, Wind Power Jobs, Green Energy, Wind Unemployment, Green News

WASHINGTON — The wind industry urged Congress on Tuesday to extend a cash grant program for production of renewable energy, claiming tens of tho...

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Clean energy drowned out in Washington by a Two Billion Dollar Juggernaut

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Renewable Energy, Open Secrets, Clean Energy, Green Energy, American Wind Energy Association, Oil and Gas Lobbying, Green News

Red State bloggers are all in a tizzy over an Open Secrets article showing that the American Wind Energy Association spent over $5 million last year o...

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American Wind Turbines Sound Like Freedom

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

The sound that American wind turbines produce as their giant, breeze-propelled blades whip around is a distinctive: Neh-neh-neh-neh-neh-neh. The anti...

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George W. Bush: 'Diversify Away From Oil'

McClatchy | Jack Z. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Spill, Bush Geothermal, George W. Bush, Oil, Green News, American Wind Energy Association, Gulf Oil Spill, Bush Alternative Energy, Bush Oil, George W. Bush Wind Power, Green News

DALLAS -- As the U.S. Gulf Coast battled a massive oil spill, former President George W. Bush told the American Wind Energy Association conference her...

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Minnesota Windmills Don't Spin In Cold Weather, Confuse Residents

The New York Times | MONICA DAVEY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minnesota Weather, Cold Weather, Minnesota, Wind Turbines, Minnesota Windmills, American Wind Energy Association, Windmills, Green News

For those who suspect residents in places like Minnesota of embellishment when it comes to their tales of bitterly cold winter weather, consider this:...

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Alternative Energy: Rebirth of Our Economic Engine in the Wind

Patricia Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Clean Energy, American Wind Energy Association, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Wind Power Expo., Chicago News

Clean energy is not just a pop-up solution. If a town or city wants clean energy, it needs to invest in the equipment and maintenance to make it so. Hence, energy is politicized commodity, in which citizens have a big stake.

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