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Retooling American Manufacturing to Drive for Energy Independence

Bob MacDonald | Posted 08.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Solar Manufacturing, Fossil Fuels, Economic Crisis, Green, Cash for Clunkers, Environmental Impact Reports, Manufacturing, Silicon Valley, Bay Area, Solar Energy, Auto Industry, Green Auto, Green News

Resolving the worst financial crisis in history and attempting to wean the American economy off of fossil fuels: These efforts are actually more synergistic than most people realize.

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Carbon Capture a Pipe Dream

Blaise Zerega | Posted 08.10.2009 | Green

Read More: fora.tv, Michael Pollan, Clean Coal, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Steven Chu, Agriculture, Blaise Zerega, Futuregen, Clean Energy, Coal, Australia, Climate Change, Australia Climate Change, Green News

There's much to love about carbon capture, in theory. But carbon capture continues our dependence on coal-fired power plants, and does little to change the status quo.

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G-8 Failure Reflects U.S. Failure on Climate Change

Dr. James Hansen | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmentalism, Climate Change, Fossil Fuels, American Clean Energy and Security Act, c02, Global Warming, Waxman-Markey, Green News

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is no more fit to rescue our climate than a V-2 rocket was to land a man on the moon.

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3 Steps To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint By Half

planetgreen.discovery.com | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Reduce Carbon Footprint, Airplane Travel, Environmental Footprint, Carbon-Footprint, Green Power, Fossil Fuels, Greenhouse Gases, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Vegetarianism, Carbon Footprint, Green Living, Green News

While every person's footprint is a bit different, one thing is true for everyone: You can reduce your carbon footprint by half (or more!) with these ...

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Hans Jørgen Koch Explains Why IRENA Is "50 times More Than the IEA"

Lily Riahi | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Lily Riahi speaks with Hans Jørgen Koch about why we need the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) especially given the existence of the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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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

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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Historic Fight in Congress for Our Clean Energy Future

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Energy, Earthjustice, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Coal Industry, Green News

Our goal is clear -- to break their dirty energy monopoly -- and we are making progress. But, as these examples illustrate, the struggle is fierce.

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Do All Roads Lead to Copenhagen?

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Energy, Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Green News

Scientists and environmentalists have invested enormous energy trying to put global warming on the top of the public's agenda. So far, for most Americans, it still isn't.

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Exxon Responds to Avaaz Spoof Ad: "We Don't Understand"

Ben Wikler | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Avaaz, Carbon Emissions, Advertising, Fossil Fuels, Climate, Exxon Mobil, Exxonmobil, Exxon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Advocacy, Climate Bill, Green News

While ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel companies now talk a good game on climate change, they're still lobbying full-force to prevent a strong global climate treaty.

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What Are the Carbon Costs in Your State?

Mike Sandler | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Cap and Dividend, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Waxman-Markey, Fossil-Fuels, Epa, Electricity, Carbon-Cost, ab32, Waxman-Markey-Bill, Coal, Environmental Protection Agency, Green Living, Green News

Unfortunately, the economics of estimating how much climate policy might cost households has almost as many variables and feedback loops as climate science.

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Sacred Bull

Tom Christopher | Posted 05.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Agriculture, Cows, Sustainable Food, Fossil Fuels, Carbon Footprint, Agriculture, Ontario, Vegetables, Green News

Transport in bulk by rail or ship is more energy efficient than moving foods in small quantities from farm to market by truck.

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Paper Company Tax Boondoggle: Paying Companies To Add Fossil Fuels

The Nation | Christopher Hayes | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Tax Credit Fossil Fuels, Tax Credits, Fossil Fuels, Paper Companies, Business News

Thanks to an obscure tax provision, the United States government stands to pay out as much as $8 billion this year to the ten largest paper companies....

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Energy: What Americans Don't Know Can Hurt Us

Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Environment, Renewable Energy, Oil, Public Opinion, Natural Gas, Climate Change, Coal, Global Warming, Global-Warming, Oil Dependency, U.S. Oil, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, Renewable-Energy, Green News

A lot of the political debate on energy is blowing right past most Americans.

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Daryl Hannah Behind the Scenes at the Coal Plant Protest

Jack Hidary | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green

Read More: powershift09, Harry Reid, Plant Protest, Activism, Fossil Fuels, Speaker Pelosi, Renewable Energy, Pelosi, Oil, Clean Energy, Student Activisim, Daryl Hannah, Coal, Coal Power, Natural Gas, Washington/United States, Green News

Here is Daryl Hannah, actor and activist, prepping for the coal power plant protest in Washington, DC. This plant provides power to the Capitol and other key government buildings.

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Our Dangerous Addiction to Immediacy

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Renewable Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Solar Power, Climate Change, Energy, Price of Oil, Oil Tax, Gasoline Tax, Reliance on Oil, Gas Tax, Price-of-Oil, Environmentalism, Oil Dependence, Cost-of-Oil, Oil Costs, Cost of Oil, Green News

The time has come for society to pay the true environmental and national security price tag of burning fossil fuels.

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The Moral Case Against Tar Sands

Ben Jervey | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Tar Sands, Climate Change, Canada, Carbon Emissions, Oil Sands, Fossil Fuels, Tar, Green News, President Obama, Environment, Prime Minister Harper, Alberta Tar Sands, Green News

If more people understood the conditions on the ground in Northern Alberta, the outcry against this dirtiest of fossil fuels would be a lot harder to ignore.

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Some Things You Should Probably Know About Natural Gas

Josh Nelson | Posted 02.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Coal, Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Economics, Electricity, Transportation, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas, Green, Oil, Global Warming, Energy, Climate Change, Green Energy, Green News

While replacing coal-fired power plants and reducing oil consumption remain key in transitioning to a sustainable energy policy, those who seek long-term solutions must look beyond natural gas as well.

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8 Dumb Things George W. Bush Said About The Environment

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Fossil Fuels, Fish, George W. Bush, Environment, Oil, Nuclear, President Bush, Pollution, Natural Gas, Green News

Well, it's just about time to say goodbye to George W. Bush, but before we do, we just have to look back at some of his more memorable quotes about th...

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The House Must Act Now on Cap-and-Trade Legislation

Gillian Caldwell | Posted 02.09.2009 | Green

Read More: House of Representatives, Cap and Trade, Ed Markey, Green Jobs, Fossil Fuels, Cap-and-Trade, Economy, Nancy Pelosi, Renewable Energy, Environment, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Global Warming, Henry Waxman, Green News

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this week that she has enough votes to pass cap-and-trade legislation aimed at curbing global warming, but would not commit to holding a vote in 2009.

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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

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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Mr. Buffet, Mr. Soros: Please Stop Investing in Filthy Fossil Fuels

David Sassoon | Posted 01.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Tar Sands, Warren Buffett, Climate Change, Coal, George Soros, Daniel Rice, BlackRock Advisors Inc., Fossil Fuels, Goldman Sachs Buffet, Energy Investment, Oil-Sands, Bloomberg News, Global Resources Fund, Green News

Buffet and Soros are men who could be showing us the way out of an endless fossil future. Instead, it looks like these men are showing us the opportunistic face of business-as-usual.

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Slump May Limit Moves on Clean Energy

New York Times | Elisabeth Rosenthal | Posted 12.27.2008 | Green

Just as the world seemed poised to combat global warming more aggressively, the economic slump and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans ...

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Wood Pellet Boilers: Carbon-Neutral Heating (VIDEO)

Chelsea Green | J S Mcdougall | Posted 12.21.2008 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Wood, Energy, Green Construction, S Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy, Environment, Wood Pellet Boiler, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Energy, Winter Heating, Green Living, Green News

Greg Pahl, author of Natural Home Heating: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Options, no longer relies on fossil fuels for winter heat. He has no...

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Tom Friedman: We Need "Overwhelming Force" To Green The Economy

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 12.12.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Thomas Friedman, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Green Collar Jobs, Tom Friedman, Fossil Fuels, Oil Subsidies, Green Energy, Green Economy, Solar Power, Green Technology, Hot Flat and Crowded, Friedman Green Economy, Green News

New York Times columnist and Hot, Flat and Crowded author Tom Friedman spoke at the CORE: club last Friday night on the energy crisis facing the Unite...

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Barack Obama's Bridge to the 22nd Century

Clint Wilder | Posted 12.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Obama Energy Policy, President-Elect Barack Obama, Malia Obama, Ann Nixon Cooper, S Renewable Energy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Fossil Fuels, Obama Family, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, Green News

2104 is the year that ten-year-old Malia Obama would turn 106, and her younger sister Sasha would do so in 2108. What will the nation and the world look like then?

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