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City Environmental Initiatives Win Innovations Prize

Carol Kellermann | Posted 05.05.2013 | New York
Read More: Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Heavy Heating Oil, Nyc Department of Environmental Protection, Air Quality, Surdna Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Citizens Budget Commission, Rockefeller Foundation, Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Energy Efficiency, Living Cities Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, NYC Clean Heat, New York City Mayor's Office, Environmental Defense Fund, New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation, Air Pollution, Nyceec, New York News
Carol Kellermann

Too often, government is satisfied with regulation and enforcement. Yet in New York, the Mayor's Office has created effective collaborative mechanisms to go further, and Mayor Bloomberg and the Mayor's Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability deserve enormous praise.

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No 'Oops Moment' for Congressman Who Suggests Eliminating Energy Department

Jason Salzman | Posted 03.12.2013 | Denver
Read More: KFKA 1310 AM, Amy Oliver, Energy Department, U.S. Department of Energy, Governor Bill Ritter, Rep Cory Gardner, Denver News
Jason Salzman

On KFKA radio's Amy Oliver Show Tuesday, Congrassman Cory Gardner suggested that the federal Energy Department is "something we ought to look at and see whether or not they are actually justified to be there anyway."

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Highlights From the Front Lines of the New Ecosystem of Innovation

Joan Michelson | Posted 01.19.2013 | Business
Read More: Energy, Conocophillips, Verge, Zappos, GE Energy, Kpmg, NRG Energy, Clean Energy Alliance, Arpa-E, Green Connections Radio, John Argo, U.S. Department of Energy, Joan Michelson, Cea, Cheryl Martin, Green Economy, Greeenbiz, Business News
Joan Michelson

I had the privilege of moderating a stellar on "The New Ecosystem of Innovation" at the recent Greenbiz VERGE conference in San Francisco. My panelis...

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A Job Creation Saga

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Sunoco, Pennsylvania Center for Workforce Information & Analysis, Conocophillips, Philadelphia Energy Solutions, David M. Marchick, Usw, United Steelworkers, Gov. Tom Corbett, Marcus Hook, Philadelphia Refinery, Jim Savage, Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, Trainer Refinery, U.S. Department of Energy, Brian P. MacDonald, Fox News, Phillips 66, Delta Airlines, The Carlyle Group, Jobs, Unions, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Industry can survive in the USA. Unions can thrive in the USA. Government can work. And private equity can do good things.

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Chicago Helps Crack Code to the Matter of Life, Doesn't Get Invited to God Particle Party

Roxane Assaf | Posted 08.27.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Quantum Physics, Particle Collider, US-Department-of-Energy, Cern, Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Quantum Mechanics, Physics, Chicago News, Higgs Boson, Melbourne, Matter and Energy, National Science Foundation, God Particle, Higgs Particle, Geneva, US Department of Energy, Particle Accelerator, Higgs Boson News, Fermilab, Particle Physics, Chicago News
Roxane Assaf

Imagine being part of the discovery of something that potentially cracks the code to the origins of the universe by understanding the structure of matter.

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Dying for Work

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.12.2012 | Business
Read More: Massey Energy, Bp, Taxi Cab Standard, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Deepwater Horizon, Mitt Romney, Tesoro, Seaman?S Manslaughter Law, Beryllium, Bill Richardson, American Criminal Law Review, Osha, Upper Big Branch, Miners, Workers Safety, Mining, Coal Mining, Upper Big Branch Mine, Workers Rights, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Every day, 12 workers die on the job in America -- often because a corporation has defied regulations or ignored standard safety procedures. Many more die prematurely from work exposure to toxic materials.

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Space Exploration Reaches New Milestones - for Technology and Jobs

James M. Gentile | Posted 02.08.2012 | Technology
Read More: Nasa, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, LSST Corporation, Innovation, Scientific Innovation, Space Exploration, U.S. Department of Energy, Apollo Space Program, Technology, Science, Job Growth, Mars, Funding for Scientific Research, Silicon Valley, Lsst, Technology News
James M. Gentile

Where would America be today without Silicon Valley? And where would Silicon Valley -- and all of the jobs that have flowed from it -- be without U.S. space exploration?

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Biggest Jump Ever In Greenhouse Gases, Higher Than Projected Worst Case Scenario

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 01.03.2012 | Green
Read More: Global Warming Gases, Video, Jump in Global Warming, Jump in Global Warming Gases, Greenhouse Gases, U.S. Department of Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Climate-Change, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases Jump, Green News

WASHINGTON — The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated,...

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Issa's Actions, Claims Collide

Bloomberg | By Jim Snyder | Posted 11.21.2011 | Politics
Read More: Energy, Doe, Rep. Darrell Issa, President Barack Obama, Darrell Issa, Green, Jobs, Clean Energy, Subsidies, California Energy, Green Energy, Barack Obama, Unemployment, Energy Department, Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy, Aptera Motors, Quallion LLC, Solyndra, Politics News

Republican Representative Darrell Issa, who said government subsidies to specific companies can encourage corruption, sought U.S. help in the past for...

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Court Throws Out Award For Rocky Flats Homeowners

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Rocky Flats Award, Rocky Flats $926 Million, U.S. Department of Energy, Rockwell International Corp, Dow Chemical Co., Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment., Rocky Flats, Denver News

DENVER — A $926 million award to thousands of Colorado homeowners in a lawsuit involving plutonium contamination from a now-defunct nuclear weapons ...

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Greensburg, Kansas: From Green-town to Clean-town

Michael DeJong | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Project Explore, Baking Soda, Eco-Environment, Donor Fatigue, Twilight Theatre, U.S. Department of Energy, Eco-Innovation, Green Economy, Usda, National Renewable Energy Lab, Country Music, PF Waterworks, Dorothy Gale, Twister, Vegetable Gardens, Fema, Leed, TADgreen Inc, Green Cleaners, Spirit of Greensburg Committee, Clorox Company, Man-Made-Disasters, White Vinegar, Clorox, Green Economies, Survivors, Ralph Appelbaum, Green Cleaning, Cooling, Small Business, Caroma USA, Clorox-Company, Bauer Power, Sichuan Provence, Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, Fund-Raising, Salt, Small Businesses, Leed-Certified-Home, Eco-Toxins, General Motors, Discovery Channel, Greensburg/GreenTown, Ground-Source Cooling, Sustainable German Technology, Borax, Meadowlark House, Global-Economy, OCW Foundation, AT&T, Rebuilding, Samoa Tsunami, China Earthquake, Education and Outreach, Clean Infrastructure, Outdoor Eco-Environments, Environmentally Conscious, Pollutants, Greensburg Kansas, Volcanic Ash, The Green Economy, Usde, Natural Home Magazine, Global Economy, German Technology, Discovery Communications, The Wizard of Oz, 9/11, Outreach, Eco-Friendly, Silo Eco-Home, Pollutant, Kansas, USDA-Rural Development, Office Depot, Sustainable Technology, Eco Friendly, EF Scale, OneCleanWorld Foundation, Big Well Museum, Environmental Sustainability, Sun Chips, Enhanced Fujita, Advocacy, Big Green Box, Fund Raising, One Clean World Foundation, Sterling-Publishing, Green-Economy, Sears, Outdoor Eco-Environment, Mother Earth News, EF5 Tornado, Natural-Home-Magazine, 24-Hour News Cycle, Environmental-Sustainability, Commercial Cleanser, Education, Green Infrastructure, Tsunami, Green Dwellings, Kiowa County Commons, Solar Hot Water, Wind Turbines, Tornado, Greensburg-Kansas, Conscious Living, Vinegar, Kiowa County, Kansas Tornado, Toxins, Disaster-Victims, Schmidt/Manlier Family, Green Buildings, Richard Haymes, Leed-Certified Home, Public Health, Greensburg 2020, Tropical Cyclone, Eco-Home, Commercial Cleaners, Sterling Publishing, Kiowa County United, Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing, George Jones, Green Industry, Rooftop Gardens, Fundraising, Cleaning, Viega, ef5, Ocwf, Bnim, Green News
Michael DeJong

After a tornado destroyed 95% of the town, Greensburg, Kansas reinvented itself by striving to become the greenest community imaginable.

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Your Taxpayer Money Creating Clean Energy Jobs in...Japan?

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Taxes, Wind Power, Sherrod Brown, Renewable Energy, Jobs, U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Spain, Clean Energy, Taxpayers, Denmark, Chuck Shumer, U.S. Congress, Bob Casey, U.S. Department of Energy, Teamsters Union, Chamber of Commerce, Japan, Jon Tester, Pew Charitable Trusts, Wind Turbines, China, Stimulus Money, Business News
James P. Hoffa

The U.S. government is sending $1.8 billion in stimulus money to overseas wind energy companies. It's just wrong to spend U.S. tax dollars on clean energy technology from companies in Japan, Denmark and Germany.

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Will Politics Trump Economic Progress?

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Scientific Research, Bart Gordon, Harry Reid, Darpa, House Science Committee, Technology Education, US Department of Energy, America COMPETES Act, Science Education, Politics News
James M. Gentile

The United States is in danger of losing its global competitive advantage in science and technology, a prospect that would surely result in economic decline.

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Home Weatherproofing Aid for Low-Income Families

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 2009 American Recovery and Investment Act, Supplemental Security Income, Weatherization Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Aid to Families With Dependent Children, Home News
Jason Alderman

If you're plagued by winter drafts and high heating bills but can't afford to weatherproof your home, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Weatheriza...

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Cool Roofs

Mother Nature Network | Marsha Walton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Reflective Paint, U.S. Department of Energy, Solar-Reflective Paint, White Roofs, Cool Roofs, Valspar Corp., Hyperseal, Green News

The U.S. Department of Energy is encouraging the use of reflective paint and "cool roofs" to increase the energy efficiency of homes and commercial bu...

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Staying Warm: Easy Steps To Weatherize Your Home, Instead Of Turning Up The Heat

Planet Green | Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, Heat, Warm Home, High Home Heating Costs, Weatherize Home, Weatherization, U.S. Department of Energy, Green News

Whether you live in an old home that has stood the test of time, or a newer, more energy-efficient one, bring in extra warmth without breaking the ban...

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Congress Weans Us Off the Teat of Foreign Oil with Concessions to Offshore Drilling

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gas Prices, Foreign Oil, John McCain, T. Boone Pickens, Wind Energy, Mexico, Renewable Energy, Canada, Congress, Democrats, Coal, Legislation, Offshore Drilling, Cnbc, Fuel Efficiency, Turbine, Electricity, Wall Street, Climate Change, Nancy Pelosi, U.S. Department of Energy, Environment, Mercury, Department of Energy, Republicans, Turbines, Wind Farms, Global Warming, Simran Sethi, Kansas, Green Energy, Green News
Simran Sethi

Weaning America off the teat of foreign oil is something that every citizen can agree is a good thing. It will start to put funding into renewable energy infrastructure that we so desperately need.

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Young Science USA

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Science, Department of Energy, Steven Chu, National Institutes of Health, Barack Obama, Albert Einstein, Competitiveness, Doe, US-China-Economy, Education Budget, India Economy, Stimulus Higher Education, Steven Chu Energy Secretary, China Tech, National Institute of Health, Education Policy, U.S. Department of Energy, Relativity, Higher Education, Nih, China Economy, Cambridge University, Scientists, Politics News
James M. Gentile

If the future of our nation is not continually renewed by young Americans well supported in their advanced scientific research, we likely will have a very dim future indeed.

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The Climate Bill Will Cost You Just 23¢ a Day, EIA Analysis Shows

Treehugger | Matthew McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Secretary Chu, Energy Information Agency, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, US-Department-of-Energy, Green News, Green, Climate Legislation, Green Living, Department of Energy, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Bill, Green News

You've surely heard various competing claims about how much the American Clean Energy & Security Act will increase energy prices. [...] New analysis ...

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University Of Chicago Loses Bid For $550M Particle Accelerator

Crain's Chicago Business | Lorene Yue | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: U of C, University of Chicago Particle Accelerator, University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne Governement Bid, Chicago News

Argonne National Laboratory lost its bid for a government project that would have generated hundreds of jobs and brought millions of dollars to the st...

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