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Cincinnati Explores 100% Renewable Energy Plan

February 7, 2012 by Jonathan Smith
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Cincinnati is working on a new power aggregation deal right now that could lead to the entire city being powered from 100 percent renewable energy sources. The deal, city officials say, could be finalized within the coming months and be in place for consumers by summer 2012. Such a move would make Cincinnati the largest city in the... [read more]

Flex-Fuel Competition for OPEC?

April 6, 2011 by Geoffrey Styles
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An op-ed in this morning's Wall St. Journal by former CIA Director James Woolsey makes an interesting and seemingly pragmatic suggestion for improving America's energy security. [read more]

Cleantech Investment Reaches Record High in 2011 Q1

April 6, 2011 by Nathanael Baker
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The first financial quarter of 2011 closed last week, and the early numbers suggest it was a record quarter for cleantech investment. [read more]

Rep. Giffords and the New Energy Economics and Security Consensus

January 13, 2011 by Daniel Goldfarb
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A confluence of recent events, both tragic and inspiring, have once again reminded us that America’s national security is inextricably linked to its energy posture. As a result, a new consensus is emerging within government and the private sector: the U.S. military can make the nation and its soldiers safer while simultaneously aiding in an economic transformation to a less carbon intensive economy. [read more]

Cleantech, Globalization and Energy Independence

November 12, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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  The following guest essay is by Kevin P. Kane. Kevin is an Oil & Gas analyst and cleantech business consultant living in South Korea. Kevin previously published two widely circulated essays: American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan Pipedream and Energy Security Populism: Oil Prices, American Leaders, and Media. In this essay... [read more]

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A Conceptual Plan for Zero US Carbon Emissions and Energy Independence by 2050

October 31, 2010 by Ed Reid
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There appears to be a growing consensus here that halting the increase of atmospheric CO2 concentration would require reducing global annual CO2 emissions to zero. There also appears to be a growing consensus that this emissions reduction should occur by 2050. There is no global plan to achieve this result. There is also no US plan to... [read more]

Independence Day Thought: Energy

July 2, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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By Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger The long holiday weekend will undoubtedly bring the usual calls for energy independence. With a hole in the bottom of the ocean continuing to spew tens of thousands of gallons of oil daily into the Gulf and hundreds of thousands of American troops stationed around the world endeavoring, among... [read more]

Finland approves plan for two more reactors

July 2, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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The country is serious about energy independence and dealing with climate change The BBC reports Finland's parliament approved the construction of two new nuclear power stations by a vote of 120-72, which indicates the ruling coalition holds a majority on the issue in the 200 member chamber. The bill was opposed by Green League and the... [read more]

The Cost of Energy Independence

June 19, 2010 by Robert Rapier
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I have noted before that every president since Nixon has talked about the need to get the United States off of foreign oil and moving toward energy independence. Jon Stewart recently captured this theme in a very funny, but troubling segment: An Energy-Independent Future While Jon does a good job of demonstrating that this idea of... [read more]

Energy Independence Is America's Most Elusive Technological Goal

June 18, 2010 by Keith Schneider
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In calling for a new "national mission" to achieve energy independence during his Oval Office address earlier this week, President Obama was clearly seeking inspiration from his predecessors, a number of whom actually achieved the big technological goals they'd pursued. At various inflection points in the nation's history, presidents... [read more]

How We Can End Our Addiction to Oil

May 31, 2010 by Craig Severance
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What Will it Take to End Our Oil Addiction?      Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill     Peak Oil Coming Sooner Than Expected May 29, 2010 by Craig Severance It's time we moved on to something else, or this is going to kill us.  Not only are world oil supplies running out, but... [read more]

Finland to build two new reactors

May 9, 2010 by Dan Yurman
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Russian neighbor seeks energy independence with nuclear energy Finland’s parliament is expected next month to approve government requests for authorization to proceed with two new proposals to build nuclear reactors in that country.  The country’s political leadership based the request on two objectives – achieving energy... [read more]

What Does Tiber Tell Us?

September 4, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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Like many bloggers this week, I've been thinking about the implications of BP's big, new oil find in the Gulf of Mexico. Some analysts suggest that the Tiber field might contain as much as 3-4 billion barrels of oil, though much of it might never be recovered. The Wall St. Journal's Environmental Capital blog suggests that such... [read more]

"Over a Barrel" - Part I

July 31, 2009 by Geoffrey Styles
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I finally caught up with last Friday's broadcast of an ABC News special entitled, "Over a Barrel: The Truth About Oil." The subtitle gives a strong hint at the tone of the piece, though Charles Gibson and his crew did a reasonable job of lining up some talking heads who could offer a balanced perspective, along with the more predictable... [read more]

Italy’s nuclear renaissance becomes real

July 12, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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Next steps – select sites and build Under a new law now approved by its parliament this week, Italy will in the next six months identify candidate sites for new nuclear reactors. The law also requires the government to set up a regulatory authority to manage the process of building the plants and administering the safe storage of... [read more]