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Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy, and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments
watthead.blogspot.com - 2/19/2009
Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy, and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments
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By Professor Gregory Bothun and Jesse Jenkins Earlier this week, President Barack Obama signed into law the $787 billion economic stimulus package. The stimulus directs more than $80 billion to start the construction of a new, national clean energy infrastructure . Many are hailing this ...
Next Challenge on Stimulus: Spending All That Money
online.wsj.com - 2/13/2009
Next Challenge on Stimulus: Spending All That Money
— online.wsj.com — Associated Press Energy Secretary Steven Chu, with President Barack Obama, says he plans to speed up spending... at the DOE. (more) Next Challenge on Stimulus: Spending All That Money

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unep.org - 2/21/2009
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— unep.org — Statement of Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development U.S. Department of State... UNEP GC 25 February 16, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya Intervention on Mercury Thank you Mr. Chairman, I greatly appreciate the ... (more) -- 25 GC/GMEF  ...

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businessgreen.com - 2/18/2009
Obama's stimulus bill green lights green spending
— businessgreen.com — Business Green: US President Barack Obama will today sign the $787 billion economic stimulus package in Denver,... Colorado with proponents of green business celebrating that a tenth of the money will be directly targeted at environmental initiatives. ... (more) Obama's stimulus bill green lights green spending

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It's Getting Hot In Here:  Will Obama Put Real Money on the Table for Clean Energy?

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Will Obama Put Real Money on the Table for Clean Energy?
It's Getting Hot In Here — ... . But let’s be clear: those investments were just the beginning, and Obama needs to articulate a clear and viable plan to make the sustained commitment and ongoing public investments necessary to truly build a new energy economy. ...

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Detailed Summary of Energy Investments in Stimulus
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Stimulus Bill Provides Little Help to Today’s Car Buyers
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Denver nuggets
gristmill.grist.org 2/17/2009 — By Kate Sheppard President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package into law Tuesday during a ceremony at the Museum of Nature and Science in Denver. The package includes $62.2 billion in direct spending on green initiatives and $20 billion in green tax incentives. The Obama team ...
Who Wins with Passage of Economic Stimulus? Google, of Course
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$2 billion? Nah, more like $12.5 billion for plug-in cars in the stimulus bill
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Economic Stimulus, Clean Energy and the Scale of Our Challenge: Grading the Stimulus Energy Investments — It's Getting Hot In Here
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Friedman On Obama's Stimulus Package — Peak Energy
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