Tag: obama
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Obama’s New Year’s Resolution? More Fracking.
The 2014 US Climate Action Report to the United Nations is out. The official line from the White House is celebrating how the US is going to meet the 2009 Copenhagen greenhouse gas emissions commitment. However, we read the fine print and here is Barack Obama’s fracking plan for electricity generation in 2020: “Natural gas-fired…
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Biofuels Company Granted $4M from DOE after Hosting Obama at Fundraiser
Green company granted $4M from DOE after financier hosts Obama at DSCC fundraiser – by Lachlan Markay, September 20, 2013. Source: The Washington Free Beacon [Read “Cellulosic Ethanol: A Bio-Fool’s Errand” to learn more about the biofuels company LanzaTech.] The Department of Energy recently awarded a multi-million dollar contract to a green energy company financed by a major Democratic Party fundraiser…
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How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets
How Europe can Help Obama Achieve U.S. Climate Targets – by Glenn Hurowitz, June 28, 2013. Source: Grist As the global leader of climate action, European governments want to know how President Obama’s major climate speech affects Europe – and particularly whether the actions he outlined can allow the United States to reach its commitment to reduce…
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Obama and Romney Unite on Destructive Bioenergy Policy
President Barack Obama and Republican Party Nominee Mitt Romney may not see eye to eye on issues like same-sex marriage, immigration, or abortion, but when it comes to the candidates’ harmful stances on biomass energy and biofuels, the two might as well be running on the same ticket. Governor Mitt Romney Technically, Romney’s white paper on energy policy, The…
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To Win Ohio and Pennsylvania, Obama Must Oppose Fracking
by Alex Lotorto This morning, I was sipping coffee and watching Sunday morning talk shows with my parents. We talked about the presidential election when my dad muted the commercial breaks that consistently included fossil fuel industry commercials. My mom put it simply, “I made phone calls, put up posters, and worked at the [Obama]…
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