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itsgettinghotinhere.org - 4/28/2009
Obama Launches Energy Education Initiative
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By Teryn Norris & Jesse Jenkins Today, President Obama announced a new national energy education initiative to inspire and train tens of thousands of young Americans “to tackle the single most important challenge of their generation — the need to develop cheap, abundant, ...
guardian.co.uk - 4/24/2009
Clean coal push marks reversal of UK energy policy
— guardian.co.uk — Decision not to allow any new coal-powered plants to be built in Britain without carbon capture represents... a major victory for the new Department for Energy and Climate Change and green pressure groups No new coal-fired power stations will be ... (more) Clean coal push marks reversal of UK energy policy

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Obama Launches Energy Education Initiative
watthead.blogspot.com - 4/27/2009
Obama Launches Energy Education Initiative
— watthead.blogspot.com — By Teryn Norris & Jesse Jenkins Last summer we developed a proposal for a National Energy Education... Act (NEEA) to launch a major new federal initiative supporting clean energy-related education, in collaboration with our Breakthrough Generation Fellows. We published the proposal in two ... (more) Obama Launches Energy Education Initiative

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climateprogress.org - 4/28/2009
House Energy panel delays markup of energy and climate bill — in part to accommodate Republicans ...
— climateprogress.org — In general, I have argued for going a tad slower on the whole process of writing and... voting on comprehensive energy and climate legislation. Now E&E Daily (subs. req’d) reports: Democratic leaders of the House Energy and Commerce ... (more) House Energy panel delays markup of energy and climate ...

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What's Happening: Clinton on International Climate Plans, Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking Water, and more
Greenlight | OnEarth Magazine, from NRDC — ... FORMPotenial Breakthrough in Harnessing the Sun's Energy "New solar thermal technology overcomes a major challenge facing solar power – how to store the sun’s heat for use at night or on a rainy day. As researchers tout its promise, solar thermal plants are under construction or planned from Spain to Australia to the American Southwest."  [Yale Environment 360]FROM THE BLOGS Obama Launches Energy Education Initiative [It's Getting Hot In Here]    

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