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How Can Washington Green America's Economy?

August 18, 2011 by Jesse Jenkins
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Before discussing the best way to green the economy, it’s important to note that the U.S. economy has been greening steadily over the past three years. Buoyed by the policies established and extended by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the largest federal investment in clean tech in American history, the clean energy industry has experienced precipitous growth, as documented by Mark Muro and colleagues at the Brookings Metro program in their recent "Sizing the Clean Economy" report. [read more]

Petrobras to Double Oil Output by 2015

August 3, 2011 by John Daly
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Perhaps the biggest foreign-policy story of the past decade, thoroughly overlooked by the American media after 9/11 and its subsequent monomaniacal focus on terrorism, security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the fact that Latin America has essentially moved away from Washington's influence.This quiet revolution from below, in... [read more]

Energy Information Administration Press Release

April 29, 2011 by Michael Tobis
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H/T KoTR, who asks "does anybody see a problem with this?"Immediate Reductions in EIA's Energy Data and Analysis Programs Necessitated by FY 2011 Funding CutWASHINGTON, DC - The final fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget provides $95.4 million for the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a reduction of $15.2 million, or 14 percent,... [read more]

Jim Hopf - Clean Energy Standard gains traction at Nuclear Energy Summit

December 14, 2010 by Joseph Koblich
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In a previous post on the ANS Nuclear Cafe, I discussed how a Clean Energy Standard (CES) that included nuclear energy would be more effective (as well as more fair) than a portfolio standard that includes only “renewable” energy sources. There have been encouraging signs recently that this CES concept is gaining traction in Washington.... [read more]

Opportunities and Ironies: Climate Policy in Tokyo, Seoul, Brussels, and Washington

March 21, 2010 by Robert Stavins
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As I write this, I’m on board a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, California, on my way home to Boston, having spent the week of Harvard spring break meeting with senior government officials, academics, and leaders of civil society in Tokyo and Seoul on behalf of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.... [read more]

Support increasing for nuclear energy

February 9, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Kentucky scouts for nuclear plant sites State officials in the blue grass state, which is dominated by the coal industry, are scouting potential nuclear power plant sites around Kentucky as part of an effort to expand the state's electricity supply beyond coal-fired generators. One of the potential uses of nuclear energy is to provide... [read more]

American Exceptionalism and the Energy Challenge: Proposing a New Paradigm in Energy Research

February 10, 2009 by Henry Gentenaar
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America occupies a special niche among nations. As Seymour Martin Lipset, grand political thinker, wrote, America is an exceptional place (as in unique and different).  One of the many things that defines American exceptionalism is that good ideas can sprout from anywhere along its vast political, social and economic ecosystem and... [read more]

Celebrating Green---You've Come a long way, Baby!

January 22, 2009 by Henry Gentenaar
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How far we’ve come. Thirty years of struggling, dreaming and shouting to be heard culminated in celebration this week in the nation’s capital, as young and old alike gathered to rejoice at the prospect of a progressive new era for our country. I’m not talking about race, by the way. I’m talking about the Green Inaugural Ball hosted by... [read more]

Washington’s coal wars

January 15, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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The debate over clean coal has come to Washington in a big way. Specifically, you can see it in Metro Center, D.C.’s busiest subway stop, where millions of people, including those headed to town for President-elect Obama’s inauguration, will see walls of posters and banners saying that “clean coal” is a myth. The ad campaign comes... [read more]

Is Geothermal the Exception to the Heaven and Hell Metaphor?

January 7, 2008 by Jonathan Smith
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The Big Gav has been on a geothermal kick of late. Most recently, he ponders whether the state of Washington is sitting on a hot energy source? “The United States is frequently embarrassed over its energy policy,” noted the Big Gav. “The most recent occurrence was in the area of geothermal energy.” Last fall, the Senate’s Energy and... [read more]

What Wrong with the Same Old Song and Dance?

November 29, 2007 by Jonathan Smith
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The plan initially filed by the developers essentially amounted to “well, we can’t sequester emissions now but we’ll figure out a plan to do it later.” That doesn’t cut it, the state Siting Council (reasonably) said. Erik Robinson1, writing for The Columbian - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX (Nov 28, 2007) reports... [read more]

Beating Back the Coal Rush: Proposed Washington Coal Plant Halted!

November 28, 2007 by Jesse Jenkins
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Great news from Washington state!State energy facility siting regulators in Washington announced yesterday that they have halted permitting for a proposed coal-fired power plant near Kalama on the Columbia River in southwest Washington.Before the state Energy Facility Siting Council will continue permitting the proposed coal... [read more]

Surety Industry Raises Red Flags Over D.C. Green Building Act

October 11, 2007 by Stephen Del Percio
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Concerns over LEED creep (the application of LEED mandates to private projects) include the potential for awkwardly- or hastily-drafted legislation to change the risk structure associated with a given green construction project for various project stakeholders. For example, back in early August, the Surety and Fidelity Association of... [read more]