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  • The Climate Empire Strikes Back -- By: Greg Pollowitz

    Planet Gore

    President Obama's plan to fight global warming now involves a brand new bureacracy. Washington Times:

    It's reinventing-the-wheel time. The Obama administration has announced intentions to create a big, fat, shiny, new federal office called the "Climate Service" to track global warming, complete with six regional offices and lots of good intentions.

    "It" [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 11:45am EST
  • Safety Valves and Rabbit Holes -- By: Chris Horner

    Planet Gore

    You have heard much talk about various schemes devised by members of Congress to ensure that the energy tax masquerading as a rationing scheme -- the cap-and-trade wonder that President Obama insists will cause your electricity prices to "necessarily skyrocket" and "bankrupt" key industries -- won't cost you anything. And' [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 8:30am EST
  • Wanting to be heard

    James Bruggers

    All they seemed to want was for people to say 1) we're sorry, and 2) it won't happen again. Well, they also wanted to hear more about why it won't happen again. And to relay their experiences about living in next to industrial facilities.

    I covered a community meeting' [...]
    Posted: February 09, 2010, 8:22am EST
  • Caterpillar to Join FutureGen Alliance

    Green Car Congress

    Number of comments: 2

    Caterpillar Inc. intends to join the FutureGen Alliance, a public-private partnership established to build a first-of-its-kind coal-fired, near-zero emissions power plant in Mattoon, Illinois.

    The FutureGen facility is designed to be the cleanest coal burning plant in the world and will integrate advanced technologies for coal gasification, electricity production, emissions control, carbon dioxide [...]

    Posted: February 09, 2010, 5:33am EST
    by Mike Millikin

  • X Games Opened My Eyes

    It's Getting Hot In Here

    Number of comments: 4
    ... friends in the movement – if I can share an idea that I’ve just come to realize, it’s this: businesses can be our allies in the fight against climate change – with the exception of perhaps the Chamber of Commerce and a few others. They’re influential, powerful, and self-interested. [...]
    Posted: February 08, 2010, 6:10pm EST
    by michaellafemina

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