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Now Is The Time: Pass the NAT GAS Act

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: John Sullivan, T. Boone Pickens, John Larson, Orrin Hatch, Harry Reid, NAT GAS Act, Natural Gas, Robert Menendez, Foreign Oil, Dan Boren, Green Energy, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

The NAT GAS Act is the only way I know to quickly and effectively reduce our dependence on foreign oil. It will also save consumers thousands of dollars on fuel costs and protect our environment.

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EIA: US Emissions Diving More Than 4% in 2009

Dennis Markatos | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Solar, Oil, Climate Change, Coal, Recession, Global Warming, US Emissions, Natural Gas, Green News
Dennis Markatos

US greenhouse gas emissions are falling quickly in 2009 and bringing us within close reach (a few years) of 1990 levels.

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Taking Back Energy Future with Natural Gas

Michael J. Newport | Posted 08.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Mike Newport, T. Boone Pickens, Mainland Resources, Natural Gas, Pickensplan, Green News
Michael J. Newport

What's an environmentally responsible source of clean energy that is available in America today that can eliminate our dependence on foreign oil? It's natural gas.

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The Human Toll of Fossil Fuel Use

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Renewable Energy, Oil, Wind Power, Climate Change, Natural Gas, Coal, Solar Power, Green News
Dennis Markatos

Reduced emissions are not the only benefit to renewable energy. Another stark difference between fossil energy and renewable energy is the risk to workers close to the fuel from the mine to the point of use.

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The Simple Arithmetic of Global Warming Supports the Economics of a Climate Change Bill

David Fiderer | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Emissions, Clean Coal, Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Natural Gas, Climate Crisis, Coal, Global Warming, China, Climate Bill, Green News
David Fiderer

One of the great ironies of our age is that skepticism of global warming is treated with greater respect than, say, Holocaust denial.

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Calling It Like I See It

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: New York Times, Natural Gas, T. Boone Pickens, Wall Street Journal, Pickens Plan, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

Do you think the U.S. can afford to spend half a trillion dollars on imported oil? I sure don't. Yet that's how much we spent in 2008.

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China's Burma Oil, Gas Pipeline To Begin

TNN | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Myanmar, Foreign Affairs, China Gas Pipeline, Burma, China Pipeline, China-Myanmar Pipeline, China-Burma Pipeline, China Myanmar, China, Natural Gas, Advocacy, World News

China begins lying a gigantic 1,100 km long gas and oil pipeline to Myanmar in September; the official media said a day before the visit of Burmese l...

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Government Report: US Emissions Projected to Tank ~3.5% in '09

Dennis Markatos | Posted 07.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Oil, Eia, Us, Coal, Global Warming, Recession, Natural Gas, Green News
Dennis Markatos

The US Energy Information Agency has further lowered its emissions projection for '09, due to lower coal consumption based on a drop in demand for fuel and the substitution of coal for natural gas.

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The Future of Natural Gas Drilling

ProPublica | Posted 07.04.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Drilling, American Petroleum Institute, Rep. Diane DeGette, Natural Gas, Green News
ProPublica

Tomorrow a House Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee will hold its first hearing of 2009 on controversial issues related to the burgeoning natural gas drilling industry.

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Computers Should be Held to the Same Standard as Cars

Tom Hayes | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Foreign Cars, Electricity, General Motors, Oil, Cars, Obama Administration, Natural Gas, Bill Gates, Solar Power, Silicon Valley, Politics News
Tom Hayes

Silicon Valley is not Detroit; technical challenges are welcomed here in an industry that thrives on brutal creative destruction.

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Booming U.S. Gas Fields Represent the Future of American Energy

Michael J. Newport | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Natural Gas, Green Energy, Green Energy Economy, Green News
Michael J. Newport

I believe it's time for America to decide if we are really serious about becoming an energy-independent nation, immune to geopolitical conflicts, or remain complacent.

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Stop Worrying About World Crude Supplies

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 06.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Russia, Oil, Foreign Oil, Natural Gas, Opec, China, Venezuela, Brazil, Ukraine, Kuwait, Islamic Republic of Iran, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

Spending time worrying over global oil maneuvers by foreign governments is a waste of time and money. We should have a national project to use domestic natural gas and reduce our imports of foreign oil.

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Economy, Gas Drilling Regulations Worry Colorado Community

coloradoindependent.com | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Obama Environment, Drilling, Environment, Drilling Regulations, Natural Gas, Green News

Government officials on the Western Slope are bracing for a drop-off in natural gas drilling of up to 80 percent this summer -- and a corresponding pl...

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Obama's Earth Day Energy Declaration: California May Be The Model He Says, But It's Not Enough

William Bradley | Posted 05.24.2009 | Green

Read More: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Climate Change, Iowa, Greenhouse Gas, Jerry Brown, George W. Bush, Geopolitics, Renewable Energy, V. John White, Earth Day, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, California, Nuclear, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Gray Davis, Green News
William Bradley

For those who think that it's too hard to build an economy without pursuing the old course on energy, Obama pointed to California, the world's seventh largest economy.

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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
Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson

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

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Obama Undermines His Credibility by Not Saying "Genocide" in Ankara

Harut Sassounian | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Campaign Promises, White House, Turkey, Turkish Parliament, Azerbaijan, Istanbul, Iraq, Ankara, Armenian Genocide, 1915, Karabagh, Alliance of Civilizations, politifact.com, April 24, Artsakh, Erdogan, Armenia, Gul, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Pres. Obama, Obameter, Natural Gas, Aliyev, Yerevan, World News
Harut Sassounian

It is not clear if Pres. Obama was deceived by the Turks' warnings to third parties not to interfere in the Armenian-Turkish negotiations.

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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
Jack Hidary

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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Top Dem Strategist Leaves Politics to Lobby for Utility Industry

Josh Nelson | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Cap and Trade, Renewable Electricity Standard, Politics, President Obama, Renewable Energy, Green, Green Energy, Global Warming, Coal, Climate Change, Dccc, Brian Wolff, Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, K Street, Natural Gas, Politics News
Josh Nelson

Brian Wolff's new job at the Edison Electric Institute, at least ostensibly, is to make it difficult for his former bosses to succeed on energy policy.

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'Obama Does Globalistan'

Russ Wellen | Posted 03.25.2009 | World

Read More: Oil, Geopolitics, Eurasia, Great Game, Economy, Barack Obama, Natural Gas, Pepe Escobar, Obama Does Globalistan, World News
Russ Wellen

Obama "inherits" a Globalistan where teeming masses have discovered, to their grief, that markets do not suppress poverty, unemployment and exploitation.

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Energy is Still a Piece of the Economic Puzzle

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Foreign Oil, Natural Gas, Economy, Energy, Russia, Energy Independence, Dependence on Foreign Oil, Georgia, Russian Oil, Ukraine, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

The rest of the world is wondering why no one in Washington appears to be the least bit concerned about the astonishing risks we continue to run by doing nothing about our dependence on foreign oil.

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Stimulus and Energy

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Russia, U.S. Economy, Congress Stimulus, Congress, T. Boone Pickens, Obama Stimulus, Opec, Economy, Economic Crisis, Clean Energy, Obama Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Stimulus, Ukraine, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Stimulus Package, Economic Stimulus, Natural Gas, Natural Gas Vehicles, Wind Power T. Boone Pickens, Ukraine Gas, Pickens Plan, Green News
T. Boone Pickens

We have the capacity to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 50% overall and reduce to zero the amount of oil we import from the Middle East, Africa and Venezuela. We don't have to be at the mercy of OPEC.

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It's Electric: US Emissions Drop Further

Dennis Markatos | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Wind, Oil, Efficiency, Solar, Electricity, Carbon Emissions, Coal, Natural Gas, Stimulus Package, Green News
Dennis Markatos

A focus on green jobs in the stimulus package can keep emissions on a downward trajectory throughout the next several years and provide ancillary benefits.

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Not Credible: T. Boone Pickens Floods Online Poll With Votes, Brags About Results

Josh Nelson | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Policy, T. Boone Pickens, Natural Gas, Foreign Oil, Oil, Natural Gas Vehicles, Global Warming, Energy, Climate Change, Green News
Josh Nelson

T. Boone Pickens has a bad habit of intentionally misleading people about the nature of his plan.

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Israel's Natural Gas Bonanza Could Help Electric Cars -- Or Start A War

Treehugger.com | Posted 02.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Ap, Electric Cars, Better Place, Cars, Israel, Green Energy, Shai Agassi, Green Technology, Natural Gas, Green News

Amidst all its struggles to develop clean and cleaner technologies (and a recent war with Gaza), it seem that Israelis got a huge gift this week: they...

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Five Things Mr. Obama Must Say About Detroit -- and Fast

Steve Parker | Posted 02.18.2009 | Business

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Fuel Costs, Toyota, Chrysler, Detroit Three, Corporate Average Fuel Economy, Volvo, Cars, Ford, Barack Obama, Nissan, Saab, Chevrolet Cruze, Hydrogen Economy, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Manhattan Project, General Motors, Daewoo Lacetti, Natural Gas, Chrysler Financial, Europe, Johnson Controls, Business News
Steve Parker

While GM and Chrysler both remain on life support (and Ford has also been talking with the government about a credit line or loan), the car and truck business around the world is not doing much better than Detroit.

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