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| 2010-03-11 | |
| America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges—our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming—while also boosting our economy. | |
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| 2009-09-23 | |
| This report details the dramatic growth of public transportation in 2008, and the corresponding energy and environmental benefits. These details are viewed in light of fewer miles driven in most states last year. It also documents transit growth across the country continuing into this year, highlights future potential benefits and outlines ways to improve the state of public transportation. | |
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| 2009-09-09 | |
| As the Senate begins to consider climate and energy legislation, this report examines the nationwide and state-by-state impacts of the energy efficiency provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act. | |
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| 2009-01-13 | |
| President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to make clean energy and green infrastructure a cornerstone of America’s economic recovery. In his first radio address of 2009, the president-elect said "to put people back to work today and reduce our dependence on foreign oil tomorrow, we will double renewable energy production and renovate public buildings to make them more energy efficient.” This report provides specific recommendations in support of the president-elect’s efforts to ensure a green economic recovery and estimates the environmental benefits of those recommendations. | |
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| 2008-11-11 | |
| Across the country, Americans are hurting. From the big cities of the coasts to the industrial heartland to our rural communities, the slumping economy is taking its toll in shuttered businesses, disappearing jobs, bankruptcies, foreclosures and an increased sense of anxiety about our collective future. | |
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| 2008-07-01 | |
| America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. Almost half of the energy we use - 10 percent of the energy in the world - powers our buildings. Most of this energy comes from burning fossil fuels. Our reliance on these fuels makes us vulnerable to supply disruptions, contributes to global warming and other environmental problems, and is becoming increasingly expensive. | |
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| 2007-11-14 | |
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| 2007-06-18 | |
| New England is heading for an energy crisis. Indeed, it may have already begun. Energy prices are high and increasingly volatile. The region’s energy infrastructure is strained. The long-term outlook for oil and natural gas supplies is questionable. And our use of energy contributes to a variety of environmental and public safety problems, not the least of which is global warming. | |
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| 2006-10-18 | |
| America has the technological know-how and the resources to move away from dependence on oil and other fossil fuels and toward a cleaner, more secure New Energy Future. | |
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| 2006-07-20 | |
| Energy companies have proposed building a fleet of new coal-fired power plants across America. | |
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| 2005-11-30 | |
| In recent years dozens of studies have examined the benefits of increased energy efficiency. This white paper seeks to summarize and highlight the benefits to Rhode Island of investing in ratepayer funded energy efficiency programs, appliance efficiency standards and other state-based programs that improve energy efficiency and conservation in Rhode Island. | |
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| 2005-09-26 | |
| The current crisis in our energy system is the result of decades of bad decisions: the decision to unleash an unconstrained boom in natural gas-fired power plant construction during the 1990s that has since contributed to price spikes throughout the economy; the decision to allow aging coal-fired power plants to continue to operate under outdated emission standards; the decision to subsidize fossil and nuclear fuels at the expense of renewable power and energy efficiency. | |
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| 2005-09-26 | |
| Rising oil prices are pinching the American economy. And, if many oil industry analysts are correct, prices won’t be coming back down any time soon. Indeed, it appears that the era of “cheap oil” may well be over. | |
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| 2005-09-12 | |
| Nine Northeast states from Delaware to Maine are currently working to develop a regional system to limit global warming pollution from power plants. | |
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| 2005-08-31 | |
| Nine Northeast states from Delaware to Maine are currently working to develop a regional cap-and-trade system to limit global warming pollution from power plants. | |
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| 2005-08-23 | |
| In August of 2001, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) agreed to a comprehensive Climate Change Action Plan with the long-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the region by 75-85%. | |
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| 2005-07-26 | |
| Nine Northeast states from Delaware to Maine are currently working to develop a regional cap-and-trade system to limit global warming pollution from power plants. The program, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), represents one of the first significant efforts to address global warming in the U.S. | |
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| 2004-06-14 | |
| In August of 2001, the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) agreed to a comprehensive Climate Change Action Plan with the long-term goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the region by 75-85%. | |
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| 2004-05-01 | |
| In recent years dozens of studies have examined the benefits that increased use of renewable energy would have on prices, jobs and economic development. | |
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| 2004-04-22 | |
| On April 22, 1970, America celebrated its first Earth Day, demonstrating a national and truly bipartisan outpouring of concern for cleaning up the environment. | |
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| 2003-04-16 | |
| Our current reliance on dirty, unreliable sources of energy such as coal, oil and nuclear power for electricity generation has left this country with a legacy of asthma attacks, oil spills, radioactive waste and global warming. | |
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| 2002-07-02 | |
| As the long Fourth of July weekend approaches, families are packing their minivans for short getaways; college students are packing their coolers to head to the beach; and city dwellers are heading out to enjoy nature in our National Parks. Children are celebrating their summer vacations at neighborhood playgrounds, summer camps and community swimming pools. However, Americans are at risk of losing these simple pleasures and much, much more. | |
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| 2002-03-28 | |
| The Senate energy bill began, under Senator Daschle's leadership, as a promising vehicle for meeting our nation's energy needs, cutting oil dependence, diversifying our energy portfolio, saving consumers money and otherwise forging a path to a clean energy future. | |
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| 2002-01-31 | |
| In the midst of a very grim budget picture, Congress is preparing to dole out huge new subsidies to the energy industries. | |
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| 2001-05-01 | |
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