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Jon Soltz: Republicans Put Oil Money Above Troops' Lives

2012-05-29T12:40:20Z

While we all love the environment and want to be good stewards of the earth, the military isn't on some kind of ecological mission when it comes to renewables. They're trying to help ensure men and women come home to their loved ones.

Read more: Pentagon, Iraq War, Phil Gingrey, John McCain, Steven Anderson, Military, Alternative Energy, James Inhofe, Big Oil, Oil, Green Energy, House Armed Services Committee, Afghanistan War, Green Energy u.s. Army, Clean Energy, u.s. Army Green Energy, Politics News

Erin Mazursky: Let There Be Light: Clean Energy Innovation at Home Supports Stability Abroad

2012-05-29T11:26:34Z

The benefit of supporting American-made clean energy extends far beyond direct job benefits and bringing money into the economy.

Read more: Clean Energy, Wind Energy, International Development Energy, Green Innovation, Green Energy, Alternative Energy, Green News

Kelly Rigg: International Climate Negotiations: Cutting the Gordian Knot

2012-05-29T09:08:41Z

The Gordian knot of climate politics holds that action should be taken in a certain order, while opinions differ on what, exactly, that order should be. As a result, virtually every aspect of the climate negotiations becomes a proxy for these more fundamental disputes.

Read more: Climate Change, Green Energy, Climate Crisis, Bonn Climate Conference, Bonn Climate Talks, Green News

Steven Cohen: Clean Energy Caught in the Political Mire

2012-05-29T08:24:00Z

Forget about oil depletion allowances -- how about the construction of the interstate highway system? How about the deduction for mortgage interest and property tax? Both stimulated increased use of fossil fuels.

Read more: Renewable Energy, Politics, 2012 Presidential Election, Fossil Fuels, Sustainability, New York Times, Green News

Senate Panel Reins In Pentagon On Clean Energy

2012-05-26T11:06:01Z

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon's investment in green energy requires too much green paper for some in Congress.

A sharply divided Senate Armed Services C...

Read more: Video, Military Green Energy, Senate Armed Services Alternative Energy, Pentagon Alternative Fuel, Pentagon Green Energy, Senate Armed Services Committee, Military Alternative Energy, Military Environment, Green Energy, Green News

Robert L. Cavnar: Dirty Business: How Unaccountable Bureaucrats Kill Clean Technology

2012-05-25T19:00:16Z

While we fight this battle against our own government for clean energy, we are being welcomed with open arms in Russia, China, Indonesia, and Australia, all who want our technology now.

Read more: Government, Bureaucrats, Blm, Clean Technology, Clean Energy, Stonewalling, Luca Technologies, Green News

Elliott Negin: Knocking the Wind Out of U.S. Energy Options

2012-05-25T10:42:49Z

Renewables currently generate only about 5 percent of U.S. electricity, but by 2030 they have the potential to produce more than 40 percent, half coming from wind. And yet, unless Congress acts soon, the wind industry will have to trim its sails.

Read more: Energy, Wind Power, Oil Subsidies, Renewable Energy, Wind Energy, Natural Gas, Department of Energy, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, Coal, Production Tax Credit, Green News

Longmont Company To Build Nation's First Biofuels Plant

2012-05-24T13:24:33Z

A Colorado-based biofuels company announced a partnership Wednesday to build what will be the nation's first commercial biofuels plant with an expecte...

Read more: Longmont Colorado, Green Gasoline, Video, Louisiana, Biofuels, Sundrop, Green Energy, Colorado Green Energy, Sundrop Fuels, Green Energy Economy, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, Denver News

Heather Taylor-Miesle: Day One

2012-05-24T13:13:38Z

Mitt Romney rolled out two new ads touting what he plans to do on his first day on the job if elected president. Both are filled with some lofty goals, with the scariest part being that he may actually believe he can accomplish all these tasks on day one.

Read more: Clean Energy, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, 2012 Election, Mitt Romney 2012, Elections 2012, Barack Obama 2012, Green Energy, Energy Policy, Politics News

Jeffrey Ball: Energy: Who Cares?

2012-05-24T12:57:54Z

This holiday weekend, many Americans will feel what seems a powerful pain at the pump. But an American energy revolution that shifted meaningfully away from fossil fuels would require something more than episodic financial pain. It would require ongoing economic smarts.

Read more: Wind Power, Oil and Gas, Energy, Gas Prices, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Renewables, Green Energy, Solar Power, Clean Energy Future, Energy Revolution, Business News

Obama Touts Clean Energy in Battleground State

2012-05-24T10:40:03Z

Despite sustained criticisms from the oil industry and his presumptive general election opponent on energy issues, President Barack Obama has, in rece...

Read more: Obama Energy Policy, Clean Energy Tax Credits, White House, 2012 Election, Obama Energy, Barack Obama Iowa, Elections 2012, Clean Energy, Obama Iowa, Barack Obama 2012, Tax Credit, Barack Obama, Politics News

Chris Warren: LA's Solar Gangs

2012-05-23T18:01:31Z

Homeboy prepares ex-gang members and those who have been incarcerated for careers in the solar industry. I now understand the tremendous potential solar has to transform individual lives, especially of those who have made terrible mistakes and come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Peter Bosshard: World Bank to Fund Destructive Dam Through the Backdoor?

2012-05-23T12:49:10Z

On June 21, the World Bank is expected to submit to its Board of Directors a credit of $684 million for a 1,000-kilometer-long transmission line from Ethiopia to Kenya. Strong evidence links this transmission line to the Gibe III Dam.

Read more: Rivers, Foreign Aid, Ethiopia, Kenya, World Bank, Green News, Clean Energy, World Bank Gib III Dam, World-Bank-Ethiopia, Gib III Dam, World Bank Kenya, Green News

Jeff Biggers: Mountain Mourning: Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal: Interview With Marilyn Mullens

2012-05-23T12:15:43Z

After serving her country as a major in the U.S. Army for 22 years, Marilyn Mullens is now leading a group of her fellow Appalachian women to the West Virginia state capitol on Memorial Day to protest the growing humanitarian crisis of mountaintop removal mining.

Read more: Appalachia, Women, Dirty Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Green Energy, Coal, Protest, Mountaintop Removal Mining, Mountaintop Removal Mining Protest, Mountaintop Removal Protest, Green News

Saudi Arabia Looks To The Sun

2012-05-23T16:36:00Z

By Angus McDowall and Reem Shamseddine RIYADH/DAMMAM, May 23 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, may finally be g...

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Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen: 'Green News Report' - May 22, 2012

2012-05-22T20:13:08Z

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport.

The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app!.

IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Republica...

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Jeff Biggers: Fukushima Tour de Force: New Book Chronicles Nuclear Devil's Tango

2012-05-22T19:26:34Z

In Devil's Tango, Pineda brings together a refreshingly bold command of the facts and myths of the nuclear industry with her extraordinary prose to offer a rare look into many of the overlooked implications of the Fukushima tragedy.

Read more: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, President Obama, Fukushima, Books, Nuclear Power, Cecile Pineda, Nuclear Energy, Green Energy, Gregory Jaczko, Japan, Cecile Pineda Devil's Tango, Books News

Van Jones: More Solar, Not Less

2012-05-22T18:56:54Z

Central to the move towards localized clean energy is a little-known policy called "net metering." Today, there are over 100,000 rooftop solar energy systems in California and net metering is the policy responsible for 99% of them.

Read more: Climate Change, Clean Energy, Solar Energy, Solar, Solar Power, Green News

GOP Takes Aim At U.S. Navy’s Great Green Fleet

2012-05-22T16:38:58Z

From Earth Techling's Pete Danko:

The U.S. military’s embrace of alternative energy seems to drive a segment of the public crazy – witness the ...

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Carl Pope: How to Sell an Electric Car

2012-05-22T15:04:11Z

In the slow and sluggish world of cars, where even setting fixed prices for a new car has been a bridge too far, financial innovation is proving a hard sell. That's dangerous for American leadership in EV's and for the climate.

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Stefanie Penn Spear: NPR Takes a Deeper Look Into Fracking Boom

2012-05-22T13:25:05Z

We need to educate our fellow Americans about the risks associated with continued use of fossil fuels and support policies that will transition our nation to relying on cleaner, renewable sources of energy.

Read more: Renewable Energy, Energy Crisis, Natural Gas Industry, Fracking Pollution, Npr Fracking, Fracking, Natural Gas Boom, Fracking Pollutants, Green News

Michael Brune: Solar Rollover Credits: The Right Thing for California

2012-05-22T12:15:16Z

Very quietly, California utilities are threatening to undermine the dream of widespread clean energy in our state.

Read more: Net Metering, Solar Power, Net Metering California, Solar Energy, San Francisco Impact, Solar-Rooftop Panels, California Energy, Net Metering Solar Energy, La Impact, Solar Rooftops, Green News

Obama To Push Clean Energy Technologies In Iowa

2012-05-22T16:16:54Z

WASHINGTON (AP) — Anxious to show voters he's working to create jobs, President Barack Obama is putting tax credits to boost clean energy in the spo...

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Keith Harrington: Time for Obama's "Marriage Equality Moment" on Clean Energy

2012-05-22T10:45:40Z

It's time to unequivocally say "I do" to real solutions. As with marriage equality, the president might be pleasantly surprised to find that coming out means no love lost on the right and a surge of enthusiasm from a politically active constituency.

Read more: Clean Energy, Joe Biden, Polling, Election 2012, "All-of-the-Above" Energy Policy, Barack Obama, Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Green News

Kelly Rigg: G8 Deaf to Climate Change Warnings by International Energy Agency

2012-05-21T17:01:50Z

When the chief economist for the International Energy Agency issues a dire warning, you'd think the world's leaders would sit up and take notice.

Read more: Renewable Energy, G8, Climate Change, International Energy Agency, Wwf, Iea, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Green News