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Life Cycle: Look into the Light

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Compact Florescent Light Bulb, Coal-Plant, Cfl, Green, Kathleen Sebelius, Coal, Rod Bremby, Union of Concerned Scientists, Light, Climate Change, Energy Bill, Mercury, Environment, Global Warming, Incandescent, Kansas, Coejl, Green News

People give you this whole rap about how easy saving the planet is. Change a light bulb and save the world. Yes and no. How about we consider it a start rather than an end destination?

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McCain Surrogate Decries, Then Embraces Inconsistent Campaign Attacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Barack Obama, John McCain, Politics News

Sen. John McCain's campaign has worked hard to burnish his "maverick" credentials, with attempts to distance the candidate from unpopular Bush adminis...

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Anti-Nuclear Renaissance: A Powerful but Partial and Tentative Victory Over Atomic Energy

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 01.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Energy Policy, Nukes, Politics News

As the presidential primary season heats up, an "anti-nuclear renaissance" against loan guarantees for new nuclear power plants will escalate, with the future of American energy policy and global warming hanging in the balance.

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Green-Collar Jobs: Energy Bill includes Christmas present for nation's job seekers

Van Jones | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Green Jobs Act, Job Seekers, Politics News

Tucked into the new Energy bill were at least two provisions that should give everyone something to cheer about: the Green Jobs Act and its new (green) Pathways Out Of Poverty program.

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Energy Bill: Crumbs or Loaves?

Judy Dugan | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Bill, Miles Per Gallon, Energy Policy, Fuel Efficiency, CAFE Standards, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

Oil companies don't have to pay a penny or change any of their ways, but at least we consumers will do our part, being required to switch to low-energy lightbulbs by 2012.

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George W. Bush as Marie Antoinette: "Let Them Go Ice Fishing in Maine" (Part Two)

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.19.2007 | Business

Read More: Department of Energy Sam Bodman, Maine, Exxon Mobil, State of the Union Address, Opec, President Bush, Democrats, Stategic Petroleum Reserve, Riyadh, Repulicans, Spr, Energy Bill, Kennebunkport, Business News

That the government would not use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as a symbolic gesture to counter OPEC's and the oil industry's rapaciousness borders on the incredulous, or perhaps more accurately, the malign.

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House Passes Sweeping Energy Bill

NY Times | John Broder | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Barbara Boxer, House Democrats Energy, House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Bill, Climate Change, Energy Policy, Energy Democrats, CAFE Standards, Global Warming, Politics News

Legislation that will slowly but fundamentally change the cars Americans drive, the fuel they burn, the way they light their homes and the price they ...

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Energy Bill Scorecard

Rep. Ed Markey | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fuel Economy, Ed Markey, Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Edward Markey, Renewable, Energy Bill, Cafe, Global Warming, Climate Change, Markey, Politics News

During my time in Congress, I've learned to run marathons, not sprints. While getting 35 mpg over the finish line is a victory to celebrate, we must run renewable initiatives onto a new legislative track immediately.

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Where Are Our Leaders When We Need Them?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fisa Immunity, Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Iraq War Funding, Energy Bill, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Iraq War, Democrats, Iraq, 2008 Election, Politics News

As much as I respect Dodd, he is not likely to win the nomination. So, the person who works with him can soak up all the credit for his FISA fight.

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Where Are My Tax Breaks?

Nick Nyhart | Posted 12.14.2007 | Business

Read More: Oil, Congress, Energy Bill, Fair Elections, Big Oil, American Petroleum Institute, Bali, Oil Companies, Campaign Finance, Business News

Those who voted against the stronger version of the energy bill have received an average of $109,000 from the oil and gas companies.

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Sen. John Kerry Defends Dem Decision Not to Force a Filibuster on the Energy Bill

David Roberts | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

Read More: Filibuster, Energy Bill, John Kerry, Democrats 2008, Democratic Congress, Budget, George W. Bush, Newt Gingrich, Democrats Filibuster, Politics News

The Democrats can't just filibuster; it would likely spiral into a major budget crisis and a government shutdown. It's a huge gamble, and if they lost it could imperil their chances in 2008.

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Senate Passes Energy Bill To Raise Fuel Efficiency

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Suvs, Oil Companies, Fuel Efficiency, US Senate, Politics News

The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill t...

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Two Critical (But Tentative) Green Victories Hang in the Balance

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Every passing moment renders nuke power significantly less competitive with advancing green technologies. Despite all the "nuclear renaissance" hype, no new reactors will be built without taxpayers footing the bill.

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The Road to Bali -- A Half Step Backward

Carl Pope | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy Bill, Bali, Politics News

I doubt Bali will be the beginning of the end in our struggle to find solutions to climate change. But, to paraphrase Churchill, it must be the end of the beginning.

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A Sea Change in U.S. Energy Policy

David Roberts | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Bill, Politics News

On July 15 1979, President Jimmy Carter delivered his politically inopportune "malaise speech", remembered for its downcast assessment of t...

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Senate Republicans Filibuster Energy Bill

Washington Post | Steven Mufson and Jonathan Weisman | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Congress, Alternative Energy, Fuel Efficiency, Senate Republicans, Nancy Pelosi, Filibuster, Energy Bill, Fuel Economy Standards, Politics News

Senate Democrats failed to muster enough votes this morning to close debate on the energy bill passed by the House yesterday, setting the scene for a ...

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House Approves First Increase In Fuel Efficiency Standards In 3 Decades

AP | H. JOSEF HEBERT | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics

Read More: Fuel, Energy Bill, Congress, Fuel Efficiency, Fuel Economy Standards, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

The House approved the first increase in federal automobile fuel efficiency requirements in three decades Thursday as part of an energy bill that also...

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Nancy Pelosi Is Kicking Ass

David Roberts | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Congress, Energy Bill, Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Environmentalism, Politics News

There's remarkable stuff going on up on the Hill today: thanks to the persistence of Pelosi (and others), the energy bill has been almost entirely restored to its original strength.

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