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Alternative Fuels Won't Help Military: New Report
A new study from the RAND Corporation claims that the US military will see no direct benefits in adopting alternative fuels -- but that benefits will "accrue to the nation as a whole", according to Science
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Climate & Energy Czar Carol Browner Leaving White House
Carol Browner, the Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change -- i.e., the administration's top climate post -- is stepping down. Speculation had long swirled that she was going to give up the job,
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Obama Should Talk Climate Change in His State of the Union Address
As per usual, the intertubes are awash with speculation of what President Obama will say during his State of the Union address -- along with plenty of friendly advice on what he should say, too! And who am I to sit on the
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Oil Spill Panel: Failures that Led to Disaster are 'Likely to Recur'
The presidential oil spill panel is gearing up to release its final report on the BP disaster, and it isn't pulling any punches. Chief among the findings is that one of the primary causes of the spill were "bad
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24 Best "Solar Zones" Identified Across US
The US Interior Department has released a report identifying the 24 best locations for solar development on public lands across the nation. These so-called "solar zones" across the Southwest have been pinpointed in
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Breaking: Ban on Offshore Drilling is Back! Sort of.
President Obama can't seem to make up his mind about banning offshore drilling -- does he want a drilling moratorium in place or not? Now, it once again looks like he does -- sort of, anyway. The White House is
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Stimulus Allows Big Polluters to Bypass Environmental Regulations
In its haste to jump-start "shovel-ready" stimulus projects, the Obama administration allowed many of the biggest polluters in the nation to sidestep key environmental regulations. The federal
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Yes, High Speed Rail is Still On the Way
Recent political developments may have led us to believe that the federal plan for high speed rail is falling apart (and perhaps getting replaced by out-of-control high-speed buses). A few governor-elects campaigned on the
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Where That Green $32 Billion Went: Recovery Act Update
It was the first big move made by the Obama administration, and yet the stimulus bill remains controversial and largely misunderstood. There's little disagreement among economists that the
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Obama Kills High-Speed Rail, Proposes High-Speed Buses? (Video)
That whole sustainable, comfortable, and high-speed transportation thing was overrated anyway. Who needs high-speed rail? See, as the Onion proposes above, all we have to do is paint
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Obama: Climate Reform Dead for at Least Two Years
In a press conference he held to address the results of the 2010 elections, president Barack Obama made a none-too surprising statement: That comprehensive climate and clean energy reform is kaput for at
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Election 2010: What it Means for Climate, Clean Energy & Green
The results from the 2010 midterm elections are just about all in, and surprises are few and far between. As expected, the GOP swept back into power in the House of Representatives, taking at least 60 seats so far. John Boehner will be
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Big Oil Spent $70 Million on Anti-Clean Energy Ads this Year
This is only one such anti-clean energy TV ad that Big Oil paid for this year. It's also full of misinformation and outright falsehoods. Oil companies outspent the clean energy industry 10 to 1 Sensing that the anti-regulatory attitude championed by the
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President Obama to Appear on MythBusters to Help Get Kids Excited About Science
Considering the dismal state of American knowledge of climate change science, and seeming dwindling enthusiasm for science and math more broadly, every little bit of
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Did a Betrayal from Inside the White House Kill the Senate Climate Bill?
In the months that have passed since the ignominious death of the Senate climate bill, there's been speculation abound as to what, exactly, caused its demise. Some argued that oil and coal interests were just too
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Breaking: Obama to Lift Offshore Drilling Moratorium
Aaaaand we're back. Back to the regularly scheduled programming of offshore drilling, dominant oil companies calling the shots, and the same backwards-looking energy policy we had before BP's Deepwater Horizon oil
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Obama's $50 Billion Infrastructure Plan a Bad Omen for Future of US Transit
Today, president Obama resumed a push for an infrastructure package he first announced a month ago on Labor Day. The $50 billion plan, intended to strengthen American highways, railroads, and runways, would
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How the Senate Killed Climate and Obama Helped it Die
Yes, the entire week has gone by, and for one reason or another I haven't yet commented on the New Yorker piece on the climate bill that sent ripples around the climate blogosphere. Hell, it inspired Grist's Dave Roberts to write
