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At the White House, Clean Tech Gets a Push

Mike Signer | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama White House, Obama Green Tech Speech, Clean Energy, Retrofitted-Buildings, Green Energy, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, Barack Obama, Green News
Mike Signer

W.H. Climate Change Policy Director Carol Browner said, "I've been in and out of D.C. for twenty years, and there's sort of that tipping point that happens, where everyone who talks starts saying not 'if' but 'when.'"

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No Climate Change Bill This Year, Says Obama Adviser

The Associated Press | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Cap and Trade, Carbon Emissions, House, Waxman Markey Bill, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Talks, Obama, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Carol Browner, Waxman-Markey, Emissions, Senate, Climate Bill, Politics News

WASHINGTON (AP)- President Barack Obama's top energy adviser says there is no way Congress will be able to pass a bill on climate change this year. "...

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Glenn Beck's Next Target: Cass Sunstein

washingtonindependent.com | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck's Next Target, Van Jones, Carol Browner, Glenn Beck Twitter, Obama Administration, Mark Lloyd, Glenn Beck, Cass Sunstein, Politics News

As he makes a real impact in pushing conservative fringe attacks on Obama administration officials into the mainstream, Glenn Beck's Twitter feed has ...

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Jimmy Carter's Next Urgent Mission: Polarized Appalachian Coalfields

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop Removal, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Appalachia, Carol Browner, EPA; Lisa Jackson, President Barack Obama, Former President Jimmy Carter, Department of Interior, Big Coal, Van Jones, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Mountaintop removal has ripped out the roots of the Appalachian culture, and depopulated and left historic mountain communities in poverty and ruin.

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Urgent July 4th Declaration: Bo Webb to Al Gore: Stand with Me at Ground Zero for Climate Change

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Climate Change, President Barack Obama, Al Gore, Aces, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

If we are to be serious about addressing the "inconvenient truth," then banning mountaintop removal is a logical and required first step in capturing carbon and saving our forests.

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Why I'm Not Freaked Out About the Waxman-Markey Bill

David Roberts | Posted 07.25.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas Prices, States, Progressive Movement, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Cleantech, Todd Stern, Barack Obama, Steven Chu, Carol Browner, John Holdren, Fossil Fuels, Waxman-Markey, Aces, Hillary Clinton, Lisa Jackson, Nancy Sutley, Green News
David Roberts

There is no reason to think that this bill is going to be Obama's only legacy on energy. Already there's been the stimulus bill, the new mileage standards and the big climate impacts report.

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Reckoning at Coal River: Media and Nation Must Bear Witness to Coalfield Tragedy This Week

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Massey Energy, Smcra, Barack Obama, Carol Browner, Epa, Ken Hechler, Nancy Sutley, Coal River Mountain, Mountaintop Removal, Al Gore, Darryl Hannah, James Hansen, Coal, Benjamin Carden, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The human rights and constitutional violations of American citizens besieged by ruthless outside coal companies will be on full display this week to the national media and the nation.

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Clean Coal Knee-Capping: Secretary Chu Makes $1 Billion Down Payment For More Dirty Coal

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Department of Energy, Dirty Coal, Clean Coal, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, Futuregen, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

A lot of hot air has been emitted on the dangerous oxymoron of "clean coal. The truth is that carbon capture and storage technology is still in its experimental phase

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Obama, Automakers Announce "Truly Historic" Emissions Limits

AP | STEVEN R. HURST | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Emissions, Obama Mileage Standards, Obama Pollution, Carol Browner, Obama Car Policy, Obama Emissions Limits, Obama Car Mileage, Obama Automakers, Obama Car Plan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money _ up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 _ behind his plan for higher e...

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Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Walmart, Al Gore, Philippe Starck, Environmentalists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biofuel, Economy, Agriculture, Green, Neil Young, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Jones, Coal, Barack Obama, Bruce Nilles, Steven Chu, Solar Energy, Michael Pollan, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Rolling Stone, Environment, Sierra Club, Bonnarroo, Green Living, Green News
Avital Binshtock

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

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Big Coal Defeat! Rednecks and Greens Announce Victory at Blair Mountain

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Removal, Obama Appalachia, Carol Browner, Mining, Green, United Mine Workers of America, Lisa Jackson, Green Energy, Cecil Roberts, Coal, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

After 500 mountains in Appalachia have been blown to bits by mountaintop removal, one peak was most likely saved: Blair Mountain in West Virginia.

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Hey Sen. Durbin: FutureGen Dogs Bark, Green Caravan Moves On

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dirty Coal, Steven Chu, Coal, Carol Browner, Green News, Dick Durbin, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Coal Mining, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Futuregen, Energy, Coal Industry, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

While Durbin's eyes are on the prize of "38 billion tons of coal" that sit under our feet in the Illinois coal basin, he is missing the renewable energy revolution that is sweeping the rest of the nation.

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From Clinton To Obama: Why Climate Is Different Now

US News and World Report | Kenneth T. Walsh | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bill Clinton, Carol Browner, Obama Environment, Green Politics, Barack Obama, Green News

From an interview with Carol Browner: What's changed in the country since you were last in government? I think the American people have a better unde...

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Dirty Coal Has Left the Building: Live Blog from DC

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Green News, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Steven Chu, President Obama, Ran, Capitol Climate Action, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Energy, Greenpeace, Cancer, Green Energy, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Author Bill McKibben held down the corner of the park with plenty of media cameras. He declared simply: "Coal is killing the planet. Green energy is going to drive us out of this recession."

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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Civil Rights Movement, Coal, President Barack Obama, Washington DC, Capitol Climate Action, Green, Global Warming, Students, Climate Change, Young Voters, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Wendell Berry, Steven Chu, Green Energy, Green Movement, Energy Action Coalition, powershift09, Bill Mckibben, Green News
Jeff Biggers

As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.

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Browner: Green Jobs Jeopardized By Slow Stimulus Process

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 03.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Carol Browner, Economic Stimulus Package, Economy, Green Jobs, Wind Power, Solar Power, Green Stimulus, Green News

WASHINGTON — Carol Browner, the White House energy and climate director, says prompt approval of the economic recovery package is needed to stem...

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The State of Green -- Obama and the First 20 days

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Doe, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Clean Tech, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, State of Green, Obama, Green Economy, Jim Jones, Todd Stern, 100 Days, Stimulus Bill, Green News
Jack Hidary

Holly Kaufman: "Obama has ushered in a refreshing reliance on science, and a commitment to letting scientific fact, and even scientific hunch, see the light of day."

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Dear Obama and Gov. Manchin: Act on Coal River Crisis

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Coal, Carol Browner, Renewable Energy, George Washington, Martin Luther King, Mountaintop Removal, Black History Month, Stephen Chu, Big Coal, Civil Disobedience, Barack Obama, Wind Energy, Joe Manchin, Epa, Lisa Jackson, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The mechanization of above-ground mountaintop removal has prevented a diverse economy and led to a decrease in coal mining jobs in some of the highest poverty stricken strip-mining areas.

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Carol Browner Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Coal Allies

National Journal Magazine | Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009 | Posted 03.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Carol Browner, Environment, Pollution, Coal, Green Politics, Barack Obama, Green News

Rather than taking aim at Jackson or Sutley, Republican senators feeling apprehensive about the new administration's goals directed their fire at the ...

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Big Coal Gift in Senate Stimulus Package While Coal Profits Soar

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Stimulus Package, Stephen Chu, Clean Coal, Senate, Barack Obama, Wind Energy, Futuregen, Green News
Jeff Biggers

There's a new detail on this "clean coal" money: $2 billion are no longer slated for zero emissions plants, but "near-zero emissions" plants -- so much for all of those ads about zero emissions.

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Obama Cabinet's Commitment To Real Science: Will Direct Focus First Towards Global Warming

Salon | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Carol Browner EPA, Lisa Jackson, Steven Chu Energy, Carol Browner Energy Czar, Lisa Jackson Obama Cabinet, First 100 Days, Carol Browner, Lisa Jackson EPA, Steven Chu Obama, Steven Chu, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Global Warming, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama Cabinet, Politics News

The greatest task of the Obama administration -- and the next 10 presidents -- is to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest science warns that ...

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Coal Industry Pressured Browner Into Ignoring Coal Ash 8 Years Ago

American News Project | Posted 02.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Carol Browner, Coal Sludge, Tennessee Coal Ash, Environment, Coal Ash, Pollution, Tva, Coal, Tennessee Valley Authority, Green News

In March of 2000, during the last days of the Clinton administration, the EPA decided coal ash was a hazardous waste. Then, two months later, it flipp...

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Blago's Symbolic Parting Gift to Dirty Coal: Will Obama Follow?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Carol Browner, Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, Big Coal, Department of Energy, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Green Jobs, Taylorville, Illinois Clean Coal, Taylorville Coal Plant, Green Stimulus, Chicago News
Jeff Biggers

Impeachment notwithstanding, Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a bill this week that will send another $18 million down the "clean coal" rabbit hole in Illinois. The delusional symbolism couldn't be more obvious.

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Right-Wing Conspiracy: Obama "Climate Czar" Is "Socialist"

Think Progress | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Environment, Obama Climate, Carol Browner Socialist, Carol Browner, Obama Carol Browner, Matt Drudge, Drudge, Obama Climate Czar, Politics News

The right wing has discovered that Carol Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's new White House energy and environment adviser, was briefly a member ...

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Coal Ash Crisis Management: What's It Going to Take -- Dead Bodies?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Barbara Boxer, Carol Browner, Coal, Senator, Tennessee, Clean Water, Alabama, Water, Tva, TVA Disaster, Energy Policy, Energy, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Instead of crisis management, we need to phase-out all wet storage of toxic coal ash, inspect all toxic coal ash storage and disposal units and enact federal regulation of all toxic coal ash storage and disposal.

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