Energy Independence

Big Oil's Excuses Running on Fumes

Javier Sierra | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Unlimited Greed, US Oil Exports, Oil Industry, Oil Subsidies, Public Transportation, Energy Independence, Oil Company's Tax Breaks, Oil Speculators, Hispanics and Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Renewable Sources of Energy, Big Oil, Green News
Javier Sierra

One could think that an industry that has been around for more than a century should be ready to wean itself from the public trough. But Big Oil's power in Congress is formidable.

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Lack of Systems Thinking

Craig K. Comstock | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Permian Basin, New York Times, Energy Independence, Fracking, Systems Thinking, Green News
Craig K. Comstock

While it's understandable to focus on a single problem, what succeeds in providing domestic energy may, for example, worsen global warming, as if extracting more domestic fossil fuel were an overall solution rather than a continuation of a problem.

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The 'Most Important' Issue In November: Drilling vs. Algae?

The Huffington Post | Amanda Terkel | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Newt Gingrich 2012, Energy Independence, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Obama Energy, Elections 2012, Newt Gingrich Energy, Newt Gingrich, Gingrich Campaign, Video, Politics News

With gas prices rising, the GOP presidential candidates have increasingly focused on energy in recent days, seeing it as a one of President Barack Oba...

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Seven And A Half Things: Fracking, Food Fights And Mr. Roboto

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Energy, Mark Gongloff Things to Know, Energy Independence, Seven and a Half Things You Need to Know, Greece, Fracking, Seven and a Half Things, Economics, Oil, Natural Gas, 7 1/2 Things, Seven and a Half Things to Know, 7.5 Things, Things You Need to Know Today, What You Need to Know in News Today, Business News

You may need seventeen muscles to smile, but you only need seven and a half things to know today. Here they are: Thing One: Fracking Our Way to...

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Freedom Is an Electric Car

Sarah A. W. Fitts | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Electric Car, Clean Energy, Energy Independence, Electric Cars, Third Industrial Revolution, Green News
Sarah A. W. Fitts

The twenty-first century car is electric. If the U.S. wants energy independence and doesn't want to cede its role as technology leader of the future, the rapid development and deployment of the electric car, and other alternate fuel vehicles, should be a national priority.

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Truman Moment for Dems

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: 2012 Elections, Social Security, Jobs, Joblessness, Democrats, Harry Truman, Harry Reid, Unemployment, Barack Obama, Ross Perot, Health Insurance, Obstructionism, Energy Independence, Medicare, John F Kennedy, Clark Clifford, Class Warfare, Sharron Angle, Republicans, Elections 2012, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

The idealism of JFK, the reformism of Ross Perot, the toughness of Harry Reid and the fighting spirit of Truman will make today's headlines look like ancient history long before ballots are cast in 2012.

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Environmental Legacy Of 9/11

Rabbi Edward Bernstein | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Environment, Petroleum, Agriculture, 9/11 Anniversary, Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints, Decade After 9/11 - Religion, September 11 Anniversary, 9/11 Environmental Impact, Energy Independence, Religion News
Rabbi Edward Bernstein

At first I thought 9/11 would spur our leaders to lead us toward energy independence. Maybe instead it will lead us toward a renewed sense of interdependence among people and between people and land.

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Tanana -- Tiny City in Yukon Takes a Giant Renewable Step

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Alaska, Natural Resources, Wood Biomass, Economics, Economy, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Duke University, Diesel, Nicholas School of the Environment, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Bioenergy, Fossil Fuels, Renewables, Duke Alumni, Energy Independence, Recovery Act, Department of Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Forests, Tanana, Garns, Green News
Bill Chameides

In DC, our leaders are arguing over how much of our Alaskan wilderness we should open up for oil and gas extraction. In the meantime, some enterprising folks, with a lot less clout but a lot at stake, have decided to go their own renewable way.

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Driven to Change

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 09.28.2011

Read More: Fuel Economy, Chevy Volt, Energy Independence, Chrysler, General Motors, Hybrid Cars, Nancy Pelosi, Epa, Electric Cars, Oil, Climate Change, Ford, Barack Obama, Global Warming, CAFE Standards, Politics News
Rep. Ed Markey

Today, President Obama announced the latest phase of fuel economy standards, moving to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. These standards strike at the heart of the oil cartel that has held America in a stranglehold for decades.

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Energy Independence for the United States -- How?

Nake M. Kamrany | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Energy Independence, Opec, U.S. Economy, Business News
Nake M. Kamrany

This is the right time for the United States to seriously consider embarking on a bold investment of creating technology in energy that would reduce cost and create energy independence.

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The Economy May Be Growing Once Again, But It Certainly Isn't Growing Fast Enough

Janice Hahn | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Environment, Janice Hahn, Energy Independence, Green Jobs, Craig Huey, Economy, Janice Hahn California, Janice Hahn Rep, Politics News
Janice Hahn

Americans are facing their greatest economic challenge in generations, and they need to hear from their prospective representatives what we're going to do about it.

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End OPEC Now!

Michael Moynihan | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Energy Security, Clean Energy Jobs, Foreign Oil, Energy Independence, Opec, Gasoline Prices, World News
Michael Moynihan

Based on a long history of economic study, today cartels are illegal in virtually all developed countries. The question with OPEC, therefore, is not why it is bad but why has it survived.

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The Humble Beginning of a Revolution: Our New Energy Future

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Oil, Hydrogen, Renewable Energy, Energy Independence, Artificial Leaf, Fossil Fuels, Middle East, Green News
Jeff Schweitzer

The future belongs to those seeking to integrate green and growth. This is how our national interests will be secured. This is where jobs will be created. This is where our national security can be best realized.

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Energy One Year Later

Michael Moynihan | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Clean Energy, Fukushima, Nuclear, Opec, Electricity 2.0, Energy Independence, Renewable Energy, Bp Deepwater Horizon Explosion, Solar Power, Offshore Drilling, Green News
Michael Moynihan

It would be wrong to say that efforts to grow energy independence never work. However, policy is not working nearly fast enough.

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The Imaginary World in Which Washington Lives

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Federal Budget Deficit, Gulf Oil Spill, Social Security, Energy Information Agency, Energy Independence, Oil Drilling, Japan Tsunami, Oil, Media, Oil Reserves, National Parks, Business News
Dean Baker

When a politician says that they want to end environmental restrictions on drilling in order to end U.S. dependence on foreign oil or bring the price of gas down, they are speaking utter nonsense.

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Driving Toward Energy Independence

Phyllis Cuttino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oil Prices, Pew Environment Group, Clean Energy, Energy Independence, Alternative Energy, Hybrid Cars, Green News
Phyllis Cuttino

Ninety-four percent of all our cars, trucks, ships and planes are dependent on oil, and America spends $1 billion each and every day from our economy to pay for foreign petroleum.

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Our Achilles Heel, Once Again Exposed

Sen. Tom Udall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Libya, Yemen, Energy Independence, Tom Udall, National Security, Egypt, Middle East, Oil, Renewable Energy, Jeff Merkley, Clean Energy, Libya Protests, Green News
Sen. Tom Udall

Despite our distance, we can clearly feel the vibrations from uprisings on the other side of the world. They have once again exposed our country's Achilles heel -- an addiction to foreign oil.

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Electric Current Events: Middle East Revolutions and the Need to Revolutionize American Clean Energy

Rep. John Garamendi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. John Garamendi

Pro-democratic movements in the Middle East are in the midst of their rendezvous with destiny, but America's destiny can no longer be linked with the ...

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Chickens Roosting -- from Wisconsin Power Grab to Gas Prices

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Energy Independence, Jimmy Carter, Health Care Reform, Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News
Stanton Peele

We all recognize that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is using his state's financial straits as an excuse for a power grab -- opening up the state to ...

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Is the Sun Already Setting on Domestic Solar Manufacturing?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, greenrealestatedaily.com, Energy Independence, Ross Perot, Jonathan-a-Schein, Devens Ma, East Fishkill Ny, Spectrawatt, Scheinmedia, Solar-Manufacturing, Green Economy, Solyndra, Solar Power, China, Evergreen Solar, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

Last week Evergreen Solar, America's third-largest such manufacturer, announced that it is shutting down its plant and shedding 800 local jobs in order to move its operations to China.

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Rep. Giffords and the New Energy Economics and Security Consensus

Daniel Goldfarb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Security, Gabrielle Giffords, Energy Independence, Energy Innovation, Green News
Daniel Goldfarb

The events of the past few weeks have made clear that the future of our economy and national security are in fact intimately intertwined; American greatness in both respects rests on our ability to act boldly on energy.

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JFK 50 Years Later: Great Goals for a Great Nation

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kennedy Inaugural Speech, Moon Landing, Energy Independence, Jfk, Homeless Veterans, Veterans, Politics News
Brent Budowsky

Let's honor President Kennedy as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his inaugural address but honor him not with our words, but with our deeds. Not with our talk but with our actions. Not with big platitudes but with great aspirations.

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The Science of Climate Change and Closing Doors in Congress

Peter H. Gleick | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Congress, Rising Sea Level, Energy Independence, Climate Skeptics, Climate Deniers, Pacific Institute, Climate Change, Global Warming, Peter Gleick, James Sensenbrenner, Edward Markey, Green News
Peter H. Gleick

On Dec. 1, I provided oral and written testimony to a hearing of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming of the US Congress. It turns out this was the very last hearing of the Select Committee.

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Fort Sumter First on the Frontlines, Again

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fort Sumter, Energy Independence, Civil War, Department of Defense, Center for Hydrogen Research, Department of Interior, Energy Smartparks, Solar Energy, greenrealestatedaily.com, Jonathan-a-Schein, Greenhouse Gases, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, South Carolina, National Park Service, Scheinmedia, Department of Energy, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

Fort Sumter National Monument is taking the first shot at ushering in a new era of energy independence with plans to take the island off the electric utility grid and make it completely self-sufficient.

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There will be fuel? An open letter to the New York Times

Asher Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Oil, New York Times, Energy Independence, Peak Oil, Green News
Asher Miller

The below is an open Letter to the Editor at the New York Times from Post Carbon Institute Fossil Fuels Fellow David Hughes. Rarely is the public trea...

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