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Obama Sets Ambitious Goal To Reduce U.S. Oil Imports (via Huffington Post)
Low Levels Of Radiation Found In U.S. Milk (via NPR)
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Biofuel companies have made several recent venture capital funding announcements. In this interview, environmental journalist Todd Woody discusses these announcements and his outlook for the industry.
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Obama to detail US energy security strategy (via The Canadian Press)
Obama's cursed energy hand (via CNN Money)
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Updated March 30, 2011
Another call for a gasoline boycott is gaining some traction on Facebook. This one has garnered some 1.6 million fans in the past few weeks. That's a lot of people who are promising to stay away from the pumps on March 31. I maintain my point that a one-day or one-company...
Homeowners across the country are discovering how they can save money by installing small-scale renewable power, like solar panels or a wind turbine, on their homes. In this interview, CNET reporter Martin Lamonica discusses how to take advantage of renewables and the potential savings.
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BP Managers Said to Face U.S. Manslaughter Charges Review (via Bloomberg)
Nuclear plant near NYC a fire risk, state says (via MSNBC)
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Tainted Water at 2 Reactors Increases Alarm for Japanese (via The New York Times)
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With real-time nuclear meltdown in Japan, and emergency allied airstrikes on Libya, time-pressed Americans might be forgiven for skipping past highlights of President Obama's trip to South America. But the president signed deals in Brazil and Chile that are sure to impact the U.S. energy economy.
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Japan downplays fears of setback in nuclear crisis (via Reuters)
Investigator: Defects at nuclear plants unreported (via Associated Press)
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Key congressional lawmakers are supporting a bill that would prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Rep. Fred Upton, chairman of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, is being criticized at home for his support of the measure.
In southwestern Michigan, Upton's home district, the American Lung Association has put up several...
Congress is considering measures that would delay or stop the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. In this interview, Mother Jones reporter Kate Sheppard explains the bills in the House and Senate and looks at their prospects for passage.
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California utilities may soon have to get one-third of their electricity from renewable energy by 2020, but they just missed a more modest goal of generating 20 percent of their power from renewables by last year. In this interview, environmental journals Todd Woody explains why they missed the mark and how they hope to reach the goal set for the next decade. He also discusses the challenges facing the solar industry.
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Some companies have put behavioral science into practice to get people to change their habits when it comes to energy use.
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The nuclear crisis in Japan is indeed a cause for concern. The earthquake- and tsunami-ravaged country is now facing possible meltdowns in three nuclear reactors, with several more under a state of emergency. Some countries are already taking drastic actions to curb their nuclear programs in response. But the United States would be wise to let the situation play out before making any rash decisions that could affect the nation's...
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Obama on nuclear energy: "Nothing's completely failsafe" (via CBS News)
Japan Says 2nd Reactor May Have Ruptured With Radioactive Release (via The...
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Japan Faces Potential Nuclear Disaster as Radiation Levels Rise (via New York Times)
Can behavioral science help get people to use less energy? Grist reporter David Roberts says behavioral science is based on the idea that if you want people to change their behavior, you need to understand what drives human behavior. They can then take those motivations into account in their policy.
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Stricken Japan nuclear plant rocked by 2nd blast (via The Atlanta Jouranal-Constitution)
Japan Nuclear Plant Troubles Deepen (via The Wall Street Journal)
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Our Mix panelists and energyNOW! contributors, Dan Weiss of the Center for American Progress and Tyson Slocum of Public Citizen, picked up their discussion on tapping the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the energyNOW! Green Room.
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5 things to watch at Barack Obama's news conference (via Politico)
Japan Issues Emergency at Nuclear Plant (via Wall Street Journal)
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GOP gas price claims under fire ahead of climate vote (via The Hill E2 Wire)
White House, GOP lock horns over US oil production (via The Hill E2 Wire)
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The debate in Congress about the EPA may seem like a high-stakes poker game, with the agency's ability to do its job – and a federal shutdown – riding on it. But the real game here is political football, and it's a safe bet that neither side will want to take the air out of...
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U.S. Department of Energy Announces New Biofuel to Replace Gasoline (via Clean Technica)
Pa.: No red flags over radioactivity in 7 rivers (via The Washington Post...
The world's first solar-powered car that a person could drive was built in the 1950s and shown to the public a few years later. Charles Escoffery, a scientist and pioneer in solar energy, brought the car to England from the United States for this demonstration.
... Amy Westervelt, reporter for The Faster Times, and Ken Silverstein, executive editor at EnergyBiz Insider, explain which two national energy issues got their blood boiling this week in a web-exclusive extra feature.
In this week’s “What Got Your Blood Boiling” segment, our panelists hone in on two very different developments.
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Last Wednesday was a big milestone for people who care about public health and a livable climate. Two utilities announced the planned closure of nine coal plants.
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Today, in the UK, the world's oldest nuclear power plant shut down.
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The U.S. led the world in clean energy investment in 2011, but China retained the top spot in the latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index from Ernst & Young.
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