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Fossil fuel subsidies "bringing us closer to irreversible climate change"

— news.mongabay.com — Mongabay: The Green Economy Coalition is urging G20 finance ministers to rapidly put an end to fossil fuel subsidies. In a letter to the ministers, the coalition argues that these subsidies are contributing directly to climate change and making it ... (more) Fossil fuel subsidies "bringing us closer to ...

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Peak Oil News:  Natural gas should be the vehicle fuel of the immediate future

The Oil Drum:  Drumbeat: November 7, 2009

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MarkUdall: Read my op ed with T Boone Pickens on how natural gas can be a bridge fuel towards a clean energy economy: http://bit.ly/20JtbB 14 days ago

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Natural gas should be the vehicle fuel of the immediate future
Peak Oil News — ... They really are crucial for our country’s future, along with the pressing need we also have to spur job growth and get our economy fueled up. In spite of all the talk about energy independence since the first “energy crisis” in 1973, we are still importing nearly two-thirds of the oil we use in the United States. Why is this a national security problem? Because we are dependent on that oil from many countries and regions that are unstable or unfriendly to the United States. G J Sentinel

Drumbeat: November 7, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... for oil companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. hired a nephew of U.S. Senator Richard Durbin to argue the industry’s case against climate-change legislation that threatens to slash profits. Insights from the ASPO Peak Oil Conference One of the more interesting themes that emerged from this year's ASPO peak oil conference was the problems of maintaining complex systems, and the role that energy plays in them. Sen. Mark Udall and T. Boone Pickens: Natural gas should be the vehicle fuel of the immediate ...