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Cleaner, Greener And Richer by Chris Flavin and Molly Hull Aeck, | September 15, 2005
Renewable energy can do more than protect the environment. It can also alleviate poverty. read more »Cheap Gas Is A Bad Habit by Robert J. Samuelson, The Washington Post | September 14, 2005
Katrina demonstrates just how much our dependence on oil makes us vulnerable. It's time to act. read more »Energy Policy: DOA by Michael T. Klare, | September 8, 2005
The Bush energy policy, signed only two months ago, has collapsed. It's now time to start over. read more »Beyond Petroleum by Brian Siu, | September 2, 2005
Hurricane Katrina has highlighted the U.S. oil supply's vulnerabilities. It also opens the door for smart alternatives. read more »Why Nuclear Power Is Not The Answer by Philip Warburg, boston.com | May 9, 2005
Nuclear power is not the panacaea Bush claims. Instead, we need to clean-up fossil fuel plants, invest in renewables, and build public transit. read more »
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Dumping Solar: Study Sheds Light on US-China Solar PV Trade Flows, cleantechnica.com | February 14, 2012
Mitsubishi Unveils Solar-Powered Vehicle Charging Station, cleantechnica.com | July 26, 2011
The reality of a standalone fueling station along the highway, not dependent on an energy supply chain reaching over the world into the bowels of a Saudi oilfield is almost here. more »Safe nuclear does exist, and China is leading the way with thorium, telegraph.co.uk | June 22, 2011
US technological lead abandoned in the sixties because it didn't produce enough plutonium for nuclear bombs.
A few weeks before the tsunami struck Fukushima’s uranium reactors and shattered public faith in nuclear power, China revealed that it was launching a rival technology to build a safer, cleaner, and ultimately cheaper network of reactors based on thorium. more »
Solar Powered Wheelchair Sets World Records, alternative-energy-news.info | January 26, 2011
In a sometimes cynical world there is something just so inspiring about the journey Haidar Taleb, a 47 year old man from UAE, m more »Huge Solar-Plant Project Approved, The Wall Street Journal | October 26, 2010
A proposal to build the world's biggest solar-thermal power plant in the Southern California desert got the go-ahead Monday from the Obama administration, which used the announcement to bolster its message that renewable energy creates jobs. more »
Climate Regulations Coming for Trucks, Buses, Politico | October 22, 2010
China Plans to Reduce Its Exports of Minerals , The New York Times | October 19, 2010
Time Right to Resume Deepwater Drilling, CNN | October 19, 2010
Last week, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lifted the moratorium on deepwater drilling almost two months before it was set to expire. It was the right decision at the right time, because developments over the last three months, including new rules and regulations, will make deepwater drilling far safer than it was before.
Governors Races: Losing The Western Climate Initiative, wonkroom.thinkprogress.org | October 19, 2010
The Western Climate Initiative — a regional cap-and-trade compact between California, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Montana and four Canadian provinces — was established in 2007 and scheduled to go into effect in 2012. There are governors’ races in all the states except Montana and Washington. more »
In Kansas, Climate Skeptics Embrace Cleaner Energy, The New York Times | October 19, 2010
Residents of this deeply conservative city do not put much stock in scientific predictions of climate change. “Don’t mention global warming,” warned Nancy Jackson, chairwoman of the Climate and Energy Project, a small nonprofit group that aims to get people to rein in the fossil fuel emissions that contribute to climate change. “And don’t mention Al Gore. more »
