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The US Department of Energy (DOE) will hold its first Science for Our Nation’s Energy Future: Energy Frontier Research Centres Summit & Forum from May 25 through 27 in Washington D.C. The summit will bring together scientists and energy policy leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities in applying the US’ scientific and technical resources to critical energy needs. It will also highlight early successes of the DOE’s Energy Frontier Research Centres and promote collaboration across the national energy enterprise
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US energy summit to explore storage, fuels, more
Carbon Nation is a terrific documentary that is opening today for one week in: Portland, OR – Regal Fox Tower Stadium Seattle, WA – SIFF Cinema And it is opening next Friday for one week in San Francisco, at the Landmark Opera Plaza Cinema . The DVD will be out next month. You can see the trailer — which I’m not entirely thrilled with — here: Yes, this is “a climate change solutions movie [that doesn't even care if you believe in climate change],” which I suppose is okay for marketing purposes.
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Carbon Nation is a great documentary on clean energy solutions
Boyd Cohen, CO2 IMPACT In 2009, I co-founded a company called CO2 IMPACT to develop high quality carbon offset projects in the Americas. While I have a Ph.D.
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Why Companies Don’t Care About Climate Change
– By guest blogger Bill Becker As the House debated the federal budget this week, Democrats (176 of them, to be precise) tried to save billions of dollars by take taxpayer subsidies away from the five biggest oil companies. The motion failed, but they shouldn’t give up. If we are looking for ways to chip away at the budget deficit, to keep America competitive and to use market-based mechanisms to build a competitive clean energy economy, then subsidy reform should be near the top of the list. Think of it this way: Imagine an Olympic marathon in which the U.S
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Time for fossil fuel companies to pay their fair share
Every since Gillard’s unsurprising statement a week ago that there will be a carbon price set by the end of next financial year (in preparation for an ETS in a few years) there has been Federal mayhem. Death-threats, comparisons of Gillard to Gaddafi, and shrieks of outrage as Tony Abbott marshals his “People’s Revolt” via angry, right-wing shock-jockery and his Liberal troops hyperbolate the
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Hidden carbon price: We already pay $170 a tonne