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Terry Engelder on the Federal Role in the Shale Gas Revolution

January 6, 2012 by Breakthrough Institute
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As a part of the Breakthrough Institute's in-depth investigation of shale gas extraction and the role of the federal government in the development of many of the key enabling technologies, we interviewed Terry Engelder, professor at the University of Pennsylvania and one of Foreign Policy's 100 Global Thinkers. Dr. Engelder has authored... [read more]

President’s Budget Backs Climate Change Action

February 2, 2010 by nrdc switchboard
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President Obama’s FY2011 budget proposal reiterates his commitment to creating jobs and strengthening our economy by building a clean energy future, and his determination to combat climate change through international agreements, comprehensive new climate and energy legislation, and action under the Clean Air Act.  The message... [read more]

President Obama Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for Federal Operations

January 31, 2010 by Matt Dernoga
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Good to see his executive order is finally being implemented.  Press release President Obama Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for Federal Operations Target to Drive Energy Cost Reductions in Federal Operations, Creating Clean Energy Jobs WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama today announced that the Federal... [read more]

Citizens United, competing free speech, and “associations of citizens”

January 24, 2010 by Lynne Kiesling
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I’ve spent the past several hours reading the Supreme Court’s opinion in Citizens United vs. the FEC; the document is available at the Supreme Court web site, and I encourage anyone who has an opinion about or interest in political expression and freedom of speech to read it. In other words, every American citizen, and our republic,... [read more]

Setting a leadership path: Obama Executive Order on Federal Energy

October 5, 2009 by A Siegel
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Somewhat hidden to most Americans (on purpose), the Bush Administration’s Executive Order 13423 was perhaps the best energy-related action taken by George W Bush. It set meaningful energy efficiency targets and created paths for more effective energy management across the federal government. Today, President Barack Obama signed an... [read more]

Qteros: Turning mud to big money

July 1, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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Can we find a clean, planet-friendly fuel to power our cars? Electric cars will take a decade, at least, to have a majorimpact on climate change, while corn ethanol has a slew of well-documented problems. Investors and the government are increasingly focused on so-called next-generation biofuels, which turn sustainable feedstocks (not... [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]

Wall Street’s freak out

September 19, 2008 by Lou Grinzo
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Because the overall state of the financial markets is just as pervasive (and sometimes perverse) a factor influencing virtually everything in modern life, kind of like energy, in fact, I think it’s worth front-paging a little discussion of it even on this site. For those who haven’t noticed, the US federal government is in the process... [read more]