Tag: Energy
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Obama Nominates Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
ECOWATCH — President Obama’s expected nominee for Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz, has a history of supporting dirty and dangerous energy sources like gas and nuclear power with polluting partners including …
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Offshore Wind Bill Renews Commitment to Clean Energy
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — These leaders understand that to support offshore wind development is to support a clean and prosperous future, where job growth is responsible and lasting, and investors are rewarded for putting their money in the right place …
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Sequester Cuts: How It Will Strain the Economy and Put Americans’ Health at Risk
DESMOGBLOG — Not only will the sequester cuts put a tremendous strain on our economy as a whole, but the health effects that will result from more pollution and less monitoring will become …
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There is No Planet B
TOMDISPATCH — While protesting that Sunday, I noted one slogan on a number of hand-made signs that struck me as the most pointed (and poignant) of the march: “There is no planet B.” It seemed to sum up …
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Keystone XL: A Choice Between Big Oil or a Sustainable Plant
BILL MCKIBBEN — There are many climate problems a President can’t solve, but Keystone XL isn’t one of them. It’s a choice between Big Oil and a more sustainable planet …