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Blackout: Dwindling Coal Reserves and the Siren Song of "Clean Coal"

David Roberts | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Capture and Storage, Peak Coal, Clean Coal, Energy Return on Investment, Peak Oil, Eroi, Hubbert Curve, Energy Crisis, Richard Heinberg, Coal, Green News
David Roberts

If we don't begin massive investment in renewable power sources, civilization could be at risk before the end of the century. Such is the stark conclusion of Blackout, one of the scariest books I've ever read.

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With Ordinary Cubans Sweltering In The Dark, Shouldn't The Government Follow Suit?

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

Read More: Cuba, Energy Crisis, Saving Energy, Energy, Electricity, World News
Yoani Sanchez

It would be a good idea to ask the members of the National Assembly to travel to their August 1st meeting on public transport so as not to waste fuel on their chartered bus.

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Palin Says Thanks But No Thanks To Stimulus Money

Shannyn Moore | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Palin, Energy Assistance, Alaska Legislature, Alaska, Economic Stimulus Package, Energy Crisis, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Shannyn Moore

Gov. Sarah Palin dropped the hammer today on $80 million from the state budget. In a "bring it on" move, Palin dared the legislature to over-ride her veto.

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Retrospective, Pardon, President Obama, Hostages, Ronald Reagan, Economy, James Carter, Carter's First 100 Days, Obama, Cold War, Assassination Attempt, President, Reagan, Iran, History, Ford's First 100 Days, Gerald Ford, Assassination, Nixon Pardon, President Carter, President Reagan, President Ford, Historic, Economic Crisis, Ford, Carter, Obama's First 100 Days, Energy Crisis, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Fdr, Reagan's First 100 Days, First 100 Days, First Hundred Days, Chris Weigant, Jimmy Carter, Nixon, Monopoly, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Obama 100 Days, 100 Days, Politics News
Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Solar Energy Reality Check

Huffington Post | Rob Lamkin | Posted 02.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Panels, Energy, Slideshow, Solar, Alternative Energy, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Environment, Energy Crisis, Myths, Solar Power, Green News

Solar energy is the most promising source of clean, renewable energy. It is also one of the most misunderstood. Myths about solar energy--its challen...

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Revolution Now

Richard Stuebi | Posted 02.02.2009 | Green

Read More: US Economy, Financial Crisis, Energy Policy, Energy, Energy Crisis, Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Wall Street, Barack Obama, Sustainability, Green News
Richard Stuebi

I prefer an interpretation similar to what I've seen from a number of sources in recent weeks: that innovation and ingenuity are in fact amplified during difficult times.

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Northwest Indiana May House New Ethanol Plant

Chicago Public Radio | Michael Puente | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Lake County Ethanol Plant, Alternative Energy, Northwest Indiana Ethanol Plant, Powers Energy One, Renewable Energy, Energy Crisis, Ethanol Plant Indiana, Ethanol, Chicago News

Officials in Northwest Indiana have already Ok'd the construction of a facility that will turn garbage into ethanol. But finding a suitable site may c...

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Nuclear Power May Return To Illinois

Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Energy, Chicago Matters, Nuclear Power Illinois, Energy Crisis, Nuclear Power Plants, Alternative Energy, Illinois Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Power Debate, Renewable Energy, Nuclear Energy, Chicago News

Illinois was once the cradle of the commercial nuclear power industry. In fact, utilities built so many reactors the Prairie State is still number one...

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Energy Crisis Could Last 50 Years Or More

Guardian | Bibi Van Der Zee | Posted 12.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Crisis, Energy Gap, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Green News

Yes, in the government's happy daydreams we will be providing much of our power through off-shore wind by 2020. Other countries too are working as har...

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Dear NASCAR: Get a Clue!

Patricia Martin | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Auto Industry, Nascar, Energy, Brian France, Big Three Automakers, Carbon Emissions, Jimmie Johnson, Energy Crisis, Global Warming, Chicago News
Patricia Martin

It's time for NASCAR to pull a U-turn. Leadership needs to get on board the green express and point NASCAR in the direction of sustainable, renewable auto sports.

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The Obama Challenges

John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Iraq War Wire, Iraq Veterans, Afghan War, Pakistan, 2008 Presidential Race, The Bush Administration, Us Economy Recession, Labor Unions, Windfall Profits Tax, Barack Obama, Alternative Resources, Alternative Energy, Obama Administration, Energy Crisis, Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Nouri Al-Maliki, Financial Crisis, Iraqi Troops, Muqtada Al-Sadr, Trade Agreements, Politics News
John Bruhns

As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.

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The Pelosi Panic

Brian Oxman | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Nancy Pelosi, Energy Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Politics News
Brian Oxman

What the gas crisis did was deprive the mortgage, banking, and insurance industries of their fine line of profitability like a gust of wind on a high-wire act.

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One Man Will Win the Presidency, But Why Does He Want To?

Linda Kulman | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hbo, Iran, Al Gore, Wall Street, Iraq War, Energy Crisis, An Inconvenient Truth, Mccain, Obama, Tina Fey, War and Peace, Sarah Palin, Presidential Debates, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Linda Kulman

God bless McCain and Obama -- those politicians with egos the size of California and Texas put together -- is all I have to say. Someone has to have K-P duty.

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It's the Oil Shale, Stupid

David Sassoon | Posted 11.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Shale, Global Warming, Energy, Energy Crisis, Commerical Development of Oil Shale, Offshore Oil, Green News
David Sassoon

If oil shale gets developed, the nation and the globe will be sent on a path to an endless fossil future and a steep acceleration of global warming pollution.

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Picky About the Pickens Plan

Christiana Wyly | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, George Bush, Energy Prices, Clean Coal, George W. Bush, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Big Oil Profits, Green Energy, Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens Wind Turbines, Texas, Corn Prices, Oil Drilling, Green Technology, 2008 Presidential Race, T.Boone Pickens, Oil, Oil Prices, Natural Gas, President Bush, Pickens Plan, Green News
Christiana Wyly

"Son, I used to be IN the Oil Lobby! We don't have to worry about them. We the people are more powerful than any lobby any day of the week."

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"All of the Above" Is Really the Worst Old Energy Ideas

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Gas Prices, All of the Above, Coal-to-Liquids, Big Oil, Oil Shales, Oil Prices, Energy Crisis, Mountaintop Removal, Liquid Coal, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Our nation's oil addiction is hobbling economic growth and consumer spending power.

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The U.A.E. and the U.S.

Bill Chameides | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Co2, Environment, United Arab Emirates, Oil, Energy, US Oil, Oil Drilling, Middle East, Energy Crisis, Solar Power, Green News
Bill Chameides

Even more surprising, the United States produces more oil than the U.A.E. -- 8 million barrels a day compared to the the U.A.E.'s 3 million.

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Republican Deceptions on Energy: The Little, The Big, The Hysterical

David Fiderer | Posted 09.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Energy Crisis, Offshore Drilling, Lou Dobbs, John McCain, Politics News
David Fiderer

Lou Dobbs signed on to the Republicans' disinformation campaign, but what about legitimate journalists? Who in the mainstream media has enough guts to say a lie is a lie?

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Embracing the Challenge to Repower America

Cathy Zoi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Geothermal Power, Carbon Emissions, Repower America, National Security, Environment, We Campaign, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Al Gore, Alliance for Climate Protection, Solar Power, Green News
Cathy Zoi

Meeting this challenge will deliver the affordability, stability and confidence our economy needs, as well as a healthy environment, while generating millions of jobs that can't be outsourced.

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The Misconception of Nuclear Power

Alec Baldwin | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Crisis, Clean Energy, Nuclear Power Plants, Energy Policy, Nuclear Power, Politics News
Alec Baldwin

The claim that nuclear power is clean is a lie, not only due to the carbon-heavy mining and refinement processes, but also the avoidance of what to do with the ever-increasing stockpile of its deadly radioactive waste.

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Can Google Fix The Energy Crisis? Easily?

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 08.08.2008 | Green

Read More: Efficiency, Dan Reicher, Saving Energy Saving Money, Weatherization, Energy Crisis, Congress, Energy Policy, Google, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Dan Reicher, Google's guru of all things related to energy and the environment, came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with some ideas on how...

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Is Congress Powerless In The Energy Crisis?

ClimateProgress | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Tax Incentives, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, U.S. Congress, Renewable Energy, Energy Crisis, Congress, Energy Policy, Green News

Do the 535 elected leaders in the United States Congress have what it takes to help America solve its energy and climate crises? Apparently not. Cong...

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On Morality of War, Art Imitates Life

Lincoln Chafee | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Energy, Sydney Pollack, Oil, Energy Crisis, Iraqi Oil, Iraq, Politics News
Lincoln Chafee

It may be easy, in the coming months, for Americans to forget the immorality of the Iraq War. But American foreign policy must be consistent with our interests as well as our morals.

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America's Greatest Source Of Renewable Energy: Whine Power?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.26.2008 | Green

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Gas Prices, Energy Crisis, Conservation, Al Gore, Anwr, Offshore Oil Drilling, Energy, Green News
Kerry Trueman

We're so screwed that there's no way we can drill ourselves out of this mess. What will it take for people to accept the fact that the era of livin' large is over?

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The Truth About Offshore Drilling

Michael Schwartz | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Oil, Obama Energy Policy, Energy Crisis, John McCain, McCain and Business, Offshore Drilling, Offshore Drilling Oil Prices, Oil Prices, Outer Continental Shelf, Politics News
Michael Schwartz

Though McCain's plan for offshore drilling will not ease the energy crisis, it is dandy patronage for the oil industry, who will be able to make nice profits from extracting and selling the 200,000 barrels per day.

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