Latest Stories in Energy Policy - Page 13
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UK Government Secretly Promotes Canadian Tar Sands, Fights EU Legislation
The self-proclaimed "greenest government ever" is busy promoting one of the dirtiest fuels on the planet.
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Investment in Renewables Trumps Fossil Fuels for First Time Ever
For the first time ever there's more money going into clean energy than fossil fuels. But it's not all good news.
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20,000 Gather to Protest "Chernobyl on Wheels" Nuclear Shipment in Germany
Tens of thousands protested a shipment of radioactive waste in Germany today.
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French Police Tear Gas and Arrest Anti-Nuclear Protesters
Riot police fought anti-nuclear activists protesting the transport of nuclear waste from Normandy to Germany.
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Sorry, Mitt: Not Even Fringy Climate Denial Will Get the Tea Party to Like You
In which Mitt Romney emerges from his Tea Party pupa, fully and 100% transformed from a climate realist to a fringe science denier.
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65% of Americans Want a Carbon Tax: New Study
Who says it's impossible to put a price on carbon?
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What's the #1 Air-Pollution Source in Montreal During Winter? Old Wood Stoves and Fireplaces
The government is offering incentives ranging from $300 to $900 to replace old polluting wood stoves and fireplaces with cleaner-burning modern models.
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Brilliant Solar Industry Parody Calls BS on "Greenest Government Ever" (Video)
A cutting campaign video from the UK solar industry uses Prime Minister Cameron's own words to make the case for supporting clean energy.
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UK Solar Cuts May Be CHallenged By Coalition Partners
Opposition politicians are mad about solar subsidy cuts. But the coalition's Liberal Democrats are getting ready to revolt too.
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Karl Rove's 'EPA Farm Dust' Attack Ad Pulled Off the Air for Being Untrue
The GOP has manufactured a myth that the EPA is bent on regulating farm dust. Are people catching on?
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Renewable Energy Investment To Double Globally By 2020 - But Is Just One-Third Of What's Needed
Even with doubling renewable energy investment over the next decade, and a near tripling by 2030, just over 15% of energy use will come from clean sources.
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The Capitalist Case for Why Solar Subsidies Make Sense
No energy source has been developed without Government support. Solar is no different.
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Power Plants Stressing Freshwater Resources Around the Country
Analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that coal and nuclear power plants are using "vast amounts of local water for cooling", stressing watersheds.
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Wind Power to be as Cheap as Natural Gas by 2016
A new report in Bloomberg New Energy Finance says that wind should be 'competitive' with natural gas in just five years.
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Germany Announces 15% Lower Feed-In Tariff Support For Solar Power
Since 2004, German support for solar power under its feed-in tariff program has declined 57%...And this is doing things correctly.
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Texas' Water Shortage Turning Ranchers & Farmers Against Coal-Fired Utility Expansion
...More water for cooling coal fired plants means less for ranching and farming.
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If US Followed Germany's Lead on Solar, We'd Create 2.5 MIllion Jobs: Bill Clinton on the Daily Show (Video)
The former president chats with Jon Stewart about how we can create millions of green jobs with smart, simple policies.
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Boulder Votes to Go Clean Energy On Its Own
Boulder, Colorado, voted last week to create its own utility to help break away from coal.
