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Good News About The Military-Industrial Complex and Energy Security

May 17, 2011 by Nicole Lederer
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Osama Bin Laden is gone, but in the nearly 10 years since his attack on our country, the primary threat to our economic and national security – our dependence on foreign fuel – remains. Rather than embracing rational energy policy to advance innovative solutions to our energy vulnerability, we’re still fueling both sides of a war: fighting terrorists who are funded partly from profits from the oil we purchase. And how are we getting our troops to the battle? Using even more oil. [read more]

Cleantech thriving in California under AB 32, data shows

April 5, 2010 by Dallas Kachan
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Efforts to repeal California's progressive emissions reduction law are gaining steam heading into the state's general elections this November. The fate of the bill is likely to become a central issue in the elections. Already, both Republican gubernatorial candidates have called for suspending the state's Global Warming Solutions Act of... [read more]

Defying a Blizzard for Clean Energy Policy

February 22, 2010 by Nicole Lederer
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In the face of flight and train cancellations and warnings of a total shut down of the eastern seaboard, I recently joined eight other clean tech leaders to fight my way into Washington. We arrived at a moment when federal carbon and clean energy policy is hanging in the balance and brought the message that a cap and price on carbon is... [read more]

Home Videos from the New Energy Economy

December 11, 2009 by Nicole Lederer
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About a week ago something unusual happened. I received an email from the U.S. Ambassador to Finland.  He was worried about going to Copenhagen as part of the U.S. delegation to the climate negotiations and getting his head handed to him by a bunch of irate delegates from other countries who believe that the United States is doing... [read more]