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Standing Up for Re-ENERGYSE

March 26, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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Last week, DOE Under Secretary Kristina Johnson testified on behalf of RE-ENERGYSE before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development (excerpted below) emphasizing the critical need to invest in energy education in 2011. Breakthrough has been call for a national investment in STEM education since June 2008 when... [read more]

Think You Know What a 'Green Job' Is? Think Again

March 10, 2010 by Jesse Jenkins
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When you think 'green jobs,' do you conjure images of green hard hats, caulk guns, and tool belts? Well it might be time to start thinking about 'green' lab beakers, 'green' drafting tables and 'green' brief cases as well, because the careers needed to secure competitive clean energy industries will also run the gamut from cutting-edge... [read more]

Chu: Yes, We Need a Manhattan Project on Energy

March 9, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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The federal government should be investing "tens of billions of dollars" annually to drive a Manhattan Project-style pace of innovation necessary to address the scale of the energy challenge facing the U.S., said Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday. Speaking to a packed auditorium at Stanford University, Chu expanded: "If you look at... [read more]

RE-ENERGYSE America: Obama’s proposal for clean-energy education

February 2, 2010 by Teryn Norris
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In a promising development for aspiring clean energy scientists, engineers, and technicians, the Obama administration’s 2011 budget request includes a proposal for the nation’s first comprehensive federal education initiative focused on the clean energy sector, called RE-ENERGYSE (Regaining our Energy Science and Engineering Edge). The... [read more]

Senate Rejects Obama's Energy Education Program

July 31, 2009 by WattHead Guest Contributor
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By Yael Borofsky, originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute Yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (H.R. 3183) appropriating $34.3 billion in energy spending for FY2010. The bill supports Barack Obama's campaign promise to shut down Nevada's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility and funds... [read more]

Obama Administration "Strongly Opposes" Senate's Attempt to Cut RE-ENERGYSE Program

July 28, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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By Devon Swezey,Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteToday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expressed "strong opposition" to the Senate's attempt to cut funding for two key Obama administration energy initiatives, which received no support in the recent committee markup of Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The... [read more]

Will America Lose the Clean Energy Race?

July 27, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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“Will America lose the clean-energy race?”That’s the question my Breakthrough Institute colleague Teryn Norris and I raise in an op ed featured in today’s San Francisco Chronicle.You can also read an extended version at the Huffington Post.With China, South Korea and Japan all moving aggressively to corner the burgeoning global clean... [read more]

RE-ENERGYSE a New Generation of Clean Energy Innovators

July 24, 2009 by Jesse Jenkins
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Originally posted at SolveClimate.com Forty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 mission touched down on the surface of the moon, and the U.S. won the space race. As we celebrate this historic moment, we are reminded that today America faces a new global competition that will have far greater implications for the future of our nation and... [read more]