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White House Issues Apology By Jaczko

December 13, 2011 by Dan Yurman
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Chief of Staff Bill Daley breaks White House silence over escalating conflicts about the NRC The shouting may be over in the long simmering dispute that broke out into the open last Friday at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko has issued an apology via the White House to the other four commissioners... [read more]

Effective vs. Ineffective Nuclear Advocacy

October 31, 2011 by Steve Skutnik
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Recently, there's been a push among supporters of nuclear energy to try and promote nuclear energy-related petitions in the White House's recent propaganda stunt online citizen petition initiative, "We the People". Some of these petition topics included advocacy of specific nuclear prototype projects (such as the integral fast reactor [... [read more]

Texas Gaining Smart Grid Buzz

May 26, 2011 by Michael Giberson
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Texas is becoming a recognized leader in smart grid development, and just wait, it is going to get better. One external bit of circumstantial evidence for this claim comes from a meeting last week at the White House hosted by Aneesh Chopra, Assistant to the President and Associate Director for Technology within the White House’s... [read more]

Steve Chu on the White House going solar

October 6, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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I posted yesterday the news account of the White House decision to put solar panels back on the White House.  I had thought that the WH spinmeisters might not want to do this for fear  of being associated with the presidency of Jimmy Carter, which first put up solar panels before Reagan tore them down.  But in fact most... [read more]

The Obama White House Goes Solar

October 5, 2010 by Osha Davidson
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The Obama administration has announced plans to install solar panels on the White House. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and Council of Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley made the announcement this morning during a federally-sponsored GreenGov Symposium at George Washington University. [read more]

Jimmy Carter Solar Panel Heads Back to White House

September 8, 2010 by Taylen Peterson
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In a time when little to nothing is getting done about climate change at the legislative level, much of the efforts of the frustrated environmental movement must be symbolic in nature. Such is the mood and motive of Bill Mckibben, and others en route to Washington D.C. with one of the now-legendary Jimmy Carter solar panels that once... [read more]

Enough, Mr. President

May 20, 2010 by Osha Davidson
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Word on the street is that the White House is preparing to get tough with oil giant BP. The Administration sent a letter Thursday to BP chief Tony Hayward strongly urging him to create a website on which to post data about the oil disaster and to keep the information current. Not good enough. Not nearly. And here’s why: BP no longer... [read more]

Lindsey Graham says, “yeah,” there’s a chance for climate to move forward this year - On the bipartisan bill he wrote with Kerry and Lieberman: "I really believe in this product. I think it's a damn good solution."

April 29, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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WashPost’s Ezra Klein has posted an interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about the immigration and climate bills.  Since my Monday post, it’s been hard to tell whether the Senator has been principled or petulant — or perhaps a bit of both. I’ll excerpt the parts of his interview with Klein about the climate bill and you can... [read more]

We Can’t Afford to Wait for Climate Action

April 26, 2010 by Frances Beinecke
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The clean energy and climate legislation so vital to our country has been temporarily delayed. We need to get it back on track. We can’t afford to lose any more time. Americans want action on legislation that will create jobs, cut our oil imports in half and reduce the carbon pollution that threatens us all. Senators Kerry, Graham, and... [read more]

White House tells amazing inside story of how the Copenhagen Accord was reached

December 20, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The White House Office of the Press Secretary has now released the remarkable details of how Obama achieved the Copenhagen Accord. The point CAP Senior fellow Andrew Light made in his summary analysis of the deal is that it represents “a move away from developed vs. developing countries to major emitters and everyone else” (see “Obama... [read more]

What comes next?

December 18, 2009 by Lou Grinzo
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The news is breaking as I write this that a deal has been struck in Copenhagen. While none of us has seen the details yet, the comments being made from involved US officials don’t sound too promising. White House Announces ‘Meaningful’ Climate Deal: The United States, China, India and South Africa have reached a “meaningful agreement... [read more]

Breaking: US will announce target for cutting carbon emissions before Copenhagen

November 23, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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White House hits back on climate critics That’s the banner headline at the Politico, which reports: “It would be a mistake to conclude that the international community’s failure to reach a final treaty in Copenhagen is due to a lack of domestic legislation in the United States,” said a senior White House official, who briefed... [read more]

A Clunkers Look-back

November 2, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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Somehow I missed last week's minor tempest concerning this summer's Cash for Clunkers program (CFC.) It apparently started when auto industry publisher Edmunds, Inc. issued a report indicating that the effective cost to the government of the incremental sales stimulated by the program averaged roughly $24,000, rather than the $4,000 or... [read more]

American companies tell Senate “We Can Lead” on clean energy; Chu, Locke, Browner headline clean economy forum with business leaders this a.m.

October 7, 2009 by Joseph Romm
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The Clean Energy Economy Forum will be webcast live at www.whitehouse.gov/live starting this morning (Wednesday) around 9:15 am (I think).  Details at the end.  What follows is a Wonk Room repost. Hundreds of business executives are descending on Washington this week in support of a clean energy economy. Calling for... [read more]

White House Leads Way by Increasing Efficiency in Nation’s Most Recognized Home.

September 18, 2009 by Peter Troast
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The White House has never been so green. Photo: Inhabitat.com The Obamas have announced that they will seek LEED certification for the White House, presumably in an effort to prove that improving energy efficiency is a goal that can be attained, and to demonstrate that retrofitting even old (even a very old) building can be done... [read more]