Latest Stories in Energy Policy - Page 14
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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.
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Rick Perry Would Kill the Dept. of Energy, If He Could Remember it Existed (Video)
This video, which features 53 seconds of why Rick Perry will not be our next president, also reveals his desire to eliminate the DOE.
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US Commerce Department Investigating Alleged Illegal Chinese Support For Solar Power
New import tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels could be implemented next year.
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US Energy Use Climbing Again - After 12yr Low In 2009
Data from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows US energy use was up in 2010, with renewable energy essentially flat.
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The Fight to Save the Delaware River Continues
New natural gas development guidelines released for Delaware River Basin raise major concerns.
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Row Over UK Feed-In Tariffs Gets Political. And Decidedly Nasty.
As the UK Government plans swining and hasty cuts to solar subsidies, the opposition party accuses it of crippling an industry in its infancy.
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Move Away From Fossil Fuels by 2017 or Dangerous Climate Change is Inevitable, IEA Says
Our use of fossil fuels keeps expanding at such a rate that unless we change that, moving quickly towards low carbon energy sources, "the door will be closed forever" on preventing climate change.
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How a Transition Town Defeated Fracking
Transition Towns usually focus on local food systems and generating clean energy. One group also took on the fracking industry. And won.
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus Asks Obama to Halt Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline (Video)
The Seinfeld star joins the growing legion of celebrity activists fighting the proposed pipeline.
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Delaying UK Solar Cuts Would Cost Households Less Than GB£2 a Year
The UK Government argues solar subsidies must be cut now to avoid heinous financial consequences. It's own figures tell a different story.
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Republican Presidential Candidate: We Need to "Break Oil's Monopoly"
Jon Huntsman, the sanest GOP presidential candidate, once again bucks the party establishment with common sense.
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Did Obama Just Reveal He Might Delay or Deny the Keystone XL Pipeline? (Video)
In a recent interview, Obama discusses the pros and cons of Keystone XL, leading to wild speculation as to whether he's leaning towards approving or denying it.
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UK Solar Industry on the Ropes, Battling Dramatic Government Cuts
Having experienced an unprecedented boom, the UK solar industry may have to absorb over 50% cuts in Government subsidies. But industry insiders say there is another way.
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More Like This Please: Attack Ad Hits GOP Congressman for Supporting Handouts to Big Oil (Video)
Republicans claim we need to cut government spending, but continually vote to give billions in federal handouts to Big Oil. Pointing out this hypocrisy could prove a powerful political tactic.
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Will Belgium Abandon Nuclear Power Too?
Belgian politicians are the latest to consider a phase out of nuclear power. Is this a good thing?
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Boulder, Colorado Voters Approve Measure to Break From Xcel, Establish Municipal Utility
Election day in Colorado yesterday, with the most-watched ballot issue in Boulder was whether voters would allow the city to establish a municipal electric utility. Turns out that voters did support the initiative, though fewer wanted to pay for it.
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Devastating Earthquake in Eastern Turkey Fails to Shake Ankara's Nuclear Plans
Reports that Turkey would reconsider its nuclear plans following a deadly earthquake in the eastern part of the country sounded too good to be true. They were.
