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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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The Price of Oil Has Doubled on Obama's Watch -- the Time for Action is Now

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Secretary of Energy Chu, NY Mercantile Exchange, Crude-Oil-Prices, Opec, Cftc, Strategic Petoleum Reserve, Wall Street Journal, Politics, Department of the Interior, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Saudi Arabia, Oil, Bush Administraton, Oil Commodity Exchange Trading, Department of Energy, President Obama, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Speculation and psychology go hand in hand. The Department of Energy has it within its powers to change the temper of the marketplace.

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DOE Nuclear Clean-Up Program "High-Risk Area For Fraud, Waste, Abuse, And Mismanagement"

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Doe, Gao, Nuclear Cleanup, Department of Energy, Government Accountability Office, Green News

The Department of Energy is not adequately reporting the environmental impact of its billion-dollar program to clean up nuclear waste, according to a ...

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Chu Says "No" To Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research

CNET News | AOL News | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Fuel Cell Cars, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Cars, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Green News

"We asked ourselves, 'Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will convert to a hydrogen car economy?' The answer, we felt, was 'no,'" Chu...

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136 Super-Efficient Cars Compete for the $10M Progressive Automotive X PRIZE... Get Ready for a New Generation of Automotive Options

Peter Diamandis | Posted 05.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Xprize, Green Cars, Auto Competition, 2009 New York Auto Show, Hybrid Cars, Gas/Electric Hybrid, Department of Energy, Auto Industry, Progressive-Automative-X-Prize, New York Auto Show, Green News
Peter Diamandis

This is the ultimate win-win for Detroit since this competition will essentially show the world a wide range of new designs, and provide actual physical demonstration of what works, and what the public desires.

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Good News? Is This Possible?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business

Read More: Mainstream Media, Economic Stimulus Package, Employment, Solar Panels, Green Business, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Business, Solyndra, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

The economy is in extremely fragile shape, but there are nuggets of good news as well.

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Serious Shortcomings in Obama's Oversight of Stimulus Spending

Max Stier | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Economic Stimulus Package, Government Bailout, Federal Government, Steven Chu, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Department of Energy, Ig, Politics News
Max Stier

The economic stimulus package has raised serious questions about the ability of our federal government to fulfill its basic duties, and will require more than just close scrutiny.

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Ethanol Growth Unites OPEC and Environmental Fringe

Bob Dinneen | Posted 03.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Oil, Renewable Energy, Ethanol, Biofuels, Opec, Environmental Activist, Ali Naimi, Alternative Energy, Saudi Arabia Oil, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Green News
Bob Dinneen

For environmental activists to side with OPEC to protect the oil status quo is downright illogical and raises questions about the motives of such groups and the credibility of their arguments.

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The Lunatics are Running the Asylum

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Energy, Lead, Department of Veterans Affairs, Congress, Veterans Affairs, Obama Stimulus, Money, Alternative Energy, Economy, Public Health, Green Building, Renewable Energy, Fbi, Smithsonian, Tax Breaks, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Stimulus, Goldman Sachs, U.S. Coast Guard, Obama Stimulus Plan, Mississippi River, Stimulus Package, Colleges, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Economic Stimulus, Department of Energy, Hollywood, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

If Congress have lost sight of what this economic crisis is about and whom the stimulus plan is supposed to be helping, perhaps the following sobering statistics will serve as a reminder.

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Something to Chu On

Brian Keane | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Environment, Government, Steven Chu, Alternative Energy, Green News, Renewable Energy, Obama, Clean Energy, Department of Energy, Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Obama Cabinet, Doe, Government Funds, Epa, Farmers Market Consortium, Obama Climate Change, Department of Agriculture, Obama Environment, Tommy Thompson, Obama Appointments, Climate Change, Obama Ann Veneman, Usda, President-Elect Obama, Czars, Green News
Brian Keane

To be sure, the nomination of Steven Chu -- like almost all of the Obama appointments -- represents a striking and hopeful departure from the approach we've seen under President Bush.

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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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Oil 2009: Be Careful What You Wish For

Michael T. Klare | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Global Oil Supplies, Oil Industry, Big Oil, Economy, Economic Crisis, Oil, Oil Prices, Department of Energy, Petroleum, Ukraine, Business News
Michael T. Klare

Keep your eye on the politics of oil and you'll always know a lot about what's actually happening on this planet.

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Native America and Green Jobs: Spring Wind Rising from Sand Creek

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Environment, Green Jobs, Winona LaDuke, Indian Reservations, Wind, Department of Interior, Native Americans, Fossil Fuels, Solar, Department of Energy, Green Recovery, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Recognizing that poverty rates on reservations are twice the national average, Native groups called for support to "operate a new crop of renewable electricity generating infrastructure."

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Stop The Energy Department From Hiking Oil Prices By Reinstituting Purchases For The Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 02.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, Rep. Edward Markey, Bush Administration, Congress, Department of Energy, Secretary Bodman, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Ukraine, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

In essence the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rather than being our oil safety valve, has become a welfare program for the oil industry and one of the nation's most outrageous boondoggles.

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Why TVA Coal Investigation Matters: Interview with Former MSHA Investigator

Jeff Biggers | Posted 01.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Appalachia, Clean Coal, Mining, Big Coal, Clean Water, Tennessee, Kentucky, Clean Energy, Department of Energy, Coal Mining, Barack Obama, TVA Coal, Environmental Protection, Tony Oppegard, Green News
Jeff Biggers

When wildfires consume beautiful homes in California, it headlines the evening news. But when thousands of people go without water for weeks in Appalachia, it's not "newsworthy."

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Progressivism Is Pragmatism: Steven Chu at Department of Energy

David Roberts | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Pragmatist, Steven Chu, Department of Energy, Pragmatism, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Roberts

Chu represents the essence of Obama's approach. He's someone with the intelligence and empiricism to see that the status quo is unacceptable and that radical change is the only sensible -- pragmatic -- response.

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This Just In: Adults Put Back in Charge at DOE

Josh Nelson | Posted 01.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Renewable Energy, Politics, Stephen Chu, Science, Green, Global Warming, Climate Change, Barack Obama, Political News, Environment, Carol Browner, Bush Administration, Lisa Jackson, Epa Chief, Department of Energy, Energy, Obama Energy Policy, Steven Chu Obama, Obama Energy, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Green News
Josh Nelson

For the past eight years our energy and environmental policies have been run by children. All of that is set to change with the welcome news of Obama's apparent new Energy Secretary, Steven Chu.

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More Bad News: US Government Releases 2007 Greenhouse Gas Report

Kevin Grandia | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Us Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2007, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Department of Energy, Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming, Kevin Grandia, Green News
Kevin Grandia

What's it going to take to turn this oil and coal burning, greenhouse gas spewing super tanker around?

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Green Stimulus Plan Idea: Require Energy Star For Government

GreenBiz | Leanne Tobias, December 2, 2008 | Posted 01.03.2009 | Green

Read More: Department of Energy, Green Stimulus, Green Economy, Energy Star, Green News

You'd already guessed it ... but now it's official: The U.S. has been in recession since December 2007. The official announcement was made Monday, fol...

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University Of Chicago Bids For $550M Particle Accelerator

Chicago Maroon | Louise Lerner | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Particle Accelerator Contract DOE, UChicago Department of Energy Contract, Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, U of C Argonne, Particle Accelerators, Chicago News

The University is competing to win a $550-million contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) to build a new nuclear physics facility at Argonne Nati...

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Obama Appointments: Time for a Coal-Onoscopy

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Dirty Coal, President-Elect Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Msha, Labor Department, Office of Surface Mining, Department of Interior, Big Coal, Obama Transition, Department of Energy, Cabinet Appointments, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

If President-elect Obama is truly serious about affecting climate change... then we must end the appointment of coal and other extraction industry executives.

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Department Of Energy Tells Scientists To Cut And Run

AP | JEFF BARNARD | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Climate Change, Department of Energy, Climate Scientists, Evidence of Climate Change, Climate Change Studies, Climate Change Cut and Run, Climate Change Coverup, Green News

DURHAM, N.C. — For more than a decade, the federal government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small...

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Not a Dime... Unless

Murray Fromson | Posted 12.10.2008 | Business

Read More: Chrysler, U.S. Economy, Humvees, Tesla Motors, General Motors, Tax, Economy, Ford, Cars, Department of Energy, Auto Industry, 2008 Election, Detroit, Business News
Murray Fromson

What a way to emerge from the excitement of last Tuesday's election than to read about the three major automakers plea for another handout.

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Higher Heating Costs Should Be Expected This Winter, Dept. Of Energy Warns

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 11.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Department of Energy, Winter Heating, Gas Prices, Oil Prices, Poverty, Green News

WASHINGTON — Heating U.S. homes with oil this winter will cost a painful $450 more than a year ago, another slap to families already reeling fro...

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The Oxymoron of Clean Coal (Joe Biden Had it Right Before He Had it Wrong.)

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Sweden, Flue Gas Treatment, John McCain, Air Particulates, Iceland, Goethermal Energy, Wind Energy, Carbon Emissions, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Vp Debate, Pushker Kharecha, Acid Rain, Joe Biden, Gasification, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Geothermal Extraction, Renewable Resources, Solar Energy, Carbon Storage and Capture, Carbon Sequestration, Mercury, James Hansen, Clean Coal, Ethanol, Department of Energy, Coal Mining, Simran Sethi, Brazi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Clean coal is a lie. The catch-all term is used by politicians and coal advocates alike to lull the American public into complacency.

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