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Wind Power Finally Getting Its Due

T. Boone Pickens | Posted 07.20.2009 | Green

Read More: T. Boone Pickens, Ken Salazar, Jon Wellinghof, Steven Chu, Jon Huntsman, Kathleen Sebelius, Brian Schweitzer, Bill Richardson, Evolving Energy Tech, Green News

Business is booming in the wind energy sector, and you know who is most keenly aware of that? America's governors.

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Vehicle Hydrogen Fuel Cells Killed

Steve Parker | Posted 06.20.2009 | Business

Is there a White House technology double-standard, is it Obama-ish realism or are oil companies lobbying as they must to keep their black gold from turning into clean, abundant hydrogen?

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Chu Says "No" To Hydrogen Fuel Cell Research

CNET News | AOL News | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Fuel Cell Cars, Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Cars, Department of Energy, Green Energy, Green News

"We asked ourselves, 'Is it likely in the next 10 or 15, 20 years that we will convert to a hydrogen car economy?' The answer, we felt, was 'no,'" Chu...

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Obama's First 100 Days: My 10 Favorite Moments

Adriana Dunn | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gary Locke, Troop Withdrawl, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Bo the Dog, Steven Chu, Obama Inauguration, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Obama 100 Days, Guantananamo Bay, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Participate in Government, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

It's been a momentous time for America and our new president, who has restored the faith of many in our nation and our government.

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Chu Announces $193 Million For Renewable Energy Research

AP | JUDITH KOHLER | Posted 05.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Stimulus, Green Energy, Green Technology, Green News

GOLDEN, Colo. — The primary U.S. lab for renewable energy will receive $110 million in federal stimulus funds and another $83 million will go to...

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Energy Secretary Chu Misses His Bike

Grist | Posted 05.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Bike Culture, Steven Chu, Bicycles, Green Living, Green News

We all know Secretary Chu has to toe the party line, which, for now, is cap-and-trade. No, what hurt was this: Q: Is it true you don't drive a ca...

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Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

Josh Dorner | Posted 05.25.2009 | Green

This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives.

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Rep Joe Barton Brags About Asking Energy Secretary Where Oil Comes From

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steven Chu, Video, Joe Barton, Idiots, Politics News

I have to think that one of the reasons it can be difficult to get smart people to work in the government is because you regularly encounter people wh...

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A Good Week in Washington for Climate Action

Frances Beinecke | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Us Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), Climate Legislation, Henry Waxman, Carbon Emissions, Earth Day, Global Warming, Steven Chu, Green News

We have 228 days until the international climate negotiations begin in Copenhagen, but today stands out among them.

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Islands Could Disappear, Energy Secretary Warns Island Nations

AP | Posted 05.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Rising Sea Level, Climate Change, Environment, Global Warming, Green News

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is warning that if countries don't do something about climate change, "some island st...

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Rolling Stone's Environmental Rock Stars

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Walmart, Al Gore, Philippe Starck, Environmentalists, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Biofuel, Economy, Agriculture, Green, Neil Young, Henry Waxman, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Van Jones, Coal, Barack Obama, Bruce Nilles, Steven Chu, Solar Energy, Michael Pollan, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Electric Cars, Rolling Stone, Environment, Sierra Club, Bonnarroo, Green Living, Green News

It may not be the cover of Rolling Stone, but the Sierra Club's own Bruce Nilles is nonetheless a rock star for being No. 74 on the iconic rock magazine's "RS 100: Agents of Change" list.

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Energy Secretary Chu Backs FutureGen 'Clean Coal' Project

AP | Posted 04.30.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Illinois Clean Coal, Clean Coal, Alternative Energy, Steven Chu, Futuregen, Steven Chu Futuregen, Futuregen Coal Plant, Green Energy, Chicago News

WASHINGTON - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu says a futuristic coal-burning power plant slated for Illinois that languished under the previous admini...

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Hey Sen. Durbin: FutureGen Dogs Bark, Green Caravan Moves On

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.13.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Dirty Coal, Steven Chu, Coal, Carol Browner, Green News, Dick Durbin, Renewable Energy, Green Energy, Coal Mining, Black Lung, Clean Coal, Futuregen, Energy, Coal Industry, Dick Durbin FutureGen, Chicago News

While Durbin's eyes are on the prize of "38 billion tons of coal" that sit under our feet in the Illinois coal basin, he is missing the renewable energy revolution that is sweeping the rest of the nation.

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Dirty Coal Has Left the Building: Live Blog from DC

Jeff Biggers | Posted 04.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Dirty Coal, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Green News, Carol Browner, Climate Change, Steven Chu, President Obama, Ran, Capitol Climate Action, Mountaintop Removal, Clean Energy, Greenpeace, Cancer, Green Energy, Coal, Green News

Author Bill McKibben held down the corner of the park with plenty of media cameras. He declared simply: "Coal is killing the planet. Green energy is going to drive us out of this recession."

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Serious Shortcomings in Obama's Oversight of Stimulus Spending

Max Stier | Posted 03.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Economic Stimulus Package, Government Bailout, Federal Government, Steven Chu, Economic Crisis, President Obama, Department of Energy, Ig, Politics News

The economic stimulus package has raised serious questions about the ability of our federal government to fulfill its basic duties, and will require more than just close scrutiny.

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New York Times Stands in Solidarity with Washington Post

A. Siegel | Posted 03.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Science Reporting, Steven Chu, John Tierney, Climate Change, Science, New York Times, Media, Climate Change Skeptics, Global Warming Deniers, Journalism, Global Warming, Green News

We have to ask ourselves why theoretically serious newspapers hand over precious (and it is precious) column inches to such serial deceivers as John Tierney and George Will.

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Powershift09 to Capitol Power Action: Follow the Young

Jeff Biggers | Posted 03.27.2009 | Green

As the first massive act of civil disobedience, thousands will cross the line to demand an end to our nation's denial of the spiraling impact of dirty coal and old coal-fired plants.

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Live from DC - The Energy Summit

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.26.2009 | Green

While clean energy broadly speaking is on the table, the summit is mainly focused on power transmission -- how do you get solar, wind and other renewables to the grid?

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The Stimulus Is Here -- Now What?

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | Posted 03.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Green Collar Jobs, Economic Stimulus Package, Green Stimulus, Green Business, Green Economy, Green Politics, Barack Obama, Green News

So it's finally passed -- a huge chunk of money will be flowing to infrastructure projects that are supposed to be green in nature and reinvigorate a ...

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Chu: We Need A Science And Technology "Revolution"

New York Times | JOHN M. BRODER and MATTHEW L. WALD | Posted 03.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Energy, Green Politics, Barack Obama, Green Technology, Green News

Dr. Chu said a "revolution" in science and technology would be required if the world is to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and curb the emission...

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The State of Green -- Obama and the First 20 days

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Doe, Lisa Jackson, Environmental Policy, Clean Tech, Carol Browner, Steven Chu, State of Green, Obama, Green Economy, Jim Jones, Todd Stern, 100 Days, Stimulus Bill, Green News

Holly Kaufman: "Obama has ushered in a refreshing reliance on science, and a commitment to letting scientific fact, and even scientific hunch, see the light of day."

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CHU: Climate Change Imperils California Farms

Los Angeles Times | Jim Tankersley | Posted 03.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Steven Chu, Farming, Climate Change, Environment, Green Politics, California, Green News

Reporting from Washington -- California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Am...

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Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Coal?

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 02.28.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon Capture and Storage, Coal, China, Energy, Steven Chu Energy, Clean Coal, Steven Chu Obama, Green, Sustainable Energy, Green Energy, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Pollution, Steven Chu, Global Warming, Green News

With 20% of the world's population and an economy that continues to grow, China has 14% of the world's coal reserves, but less than 1% of the world's oil and gas reserves.

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Obama Signals Shift in Governing Philosophy

Max Stier | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

He is not just saying we need to improve government operations. He's saying we need to put this issue front and center and then he is taking real action.

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Obama Cabinet's Commitment To Real Science: Will Direct Focus First Towards Global Warming

Salon | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Carol Browner EPA, Lisa Jackson, Steven Chu Energy, Carol Browner Energy Czar, Lisa Jackson Obama Cabinet, First 100 Days, Carol Browner, Lisa Jackson EPA, Steven Chu Obama, Steven Chu, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, Global Warming, Obama Cabinet, Barack Obama Cabinet, Politics News

The greatest task of the Obama administration -- and the next 10 presidents -- is to avoid catastrophic global warming. The latest science warns that ...

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