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Opinion: Why Aren't Environmentalists Cheering Higher Gas Prices?
By John Merline - AOL NewsAs gasoline prices continue to rise faster than station owners can update their signs, so too have calls to do something about the problem. Some Democrats are calling on President Barack Obama to uncork the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to help ameliorate the pain at the pump. Republicans are renewing calls for more domestic oil production, including offshore. So where are environmental groups? Sure, they're talking about the need for new, clean energy supplies, but often in the context of how that will help lower gasoline prices. But why aren't they out there cheering on high gasoline ...
Opinion: We Can't Drill Our Way Out of High Gas Prices
By not in system - AOL NewsAs the price of oil soars above $100 a barrel, Americans are experiencing sticker shock at the pump and economists are concerned about our fledgling economic recovery. Solutions exist that can get us off the oil market roller coaster, but they won't be found in more domestic oil fields. No matter how vocal the drilling supporters become, they still won't be able to address America's acute vulnerability to the whims of the global oil market. America consumes roughly one-quarter of the world's oil, yet we are home to less than 2 percent of the globe's proven oil reserves. So much for "Drill, ...
Feds Surge Forward on Solar Projects in the Southwest
By Michael Ames - Politics DailyIn the West, fighting the federal Bureau of Land Management is a time-honored tradition. But as today's agency focuses on renewable solar energy projects, the BLM is looking more friend than foe to recession-stricken southern Nevada. Ever since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 set the tangible goal of 10,000 megawatts of non-hydropower renewable energy by 2015, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior and the BLM have been working in tandem to facilitate large, utility-scale solar projects in the desert Southwest. The BLM, whose land conservation policies made it a constant ...
Peak Oil Is Here: What Should We Do?
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Oct. 7) -- The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas made a dire prediction today. The world has been extracting oil from the earth for just 150 years, but "peak oil," the point at which fuel production will begin to decrease while demand continues to increase, has finally come. "We are at the point of no return," said Jim Baldauf, ASPO-USA president. "Without affordable energy to drive our economy, we can expect price spikes and economic crisis to be the new normal. The debate about peak oil is over; it is time for bold action. If we do not change our current approach, we will see ...
Activists: Plutonium Traces in Air Near Rocky Flats
By Judy Pasternak - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- Activists questioning the thoroughness of the cleanup at an old nuclear weapons plant northwest of Denver say they have found particles of weapons-grade plutonium in air samples taken near the site. Part of the site is a national wildlife refuge that is slated to open for public recreation. The federal Department of Energy declared in 2005 that its decontamination of the Rocky Flats facility was complete, after a 10-year effort that cost $7 billion (although the DOE originally thought the project would take 65 years and $37 billion). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning ...
Department of Energy Wasting $2.2M of Energy a Year
By Dave Thier - AOL News(July 9) -- The Department of Energy has all kinds of energy-saving tips on its website, including a recommendation to use more efficient light bulbs -- but an internal audit shows that the department could stand to take some of its own advice if it plans on leading by example. The auditors visited seven Department of Energy sites with 96 buildings in total, and found that only two were using high-efficiency light bulbs. They estimated that the department was consequently wasting $2.2 million in electricity a year -- enough to power 3,200 homes, The New York Times calculates. "Each of the ...
DOT Floats New Rule to Boost Passengers' Rights
By Tamara Lytle - AOL News(June 2) -- Airline passengers would carry on a new list of rights -- for more cash when they are bumped off flights and better notification of baggage fees and flight delays -- under a rule issued today by the Department of Transportation. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said the measure would "raise the bar for airlines when it comes to treating passengers fairly." Passenger advocate Kate Hanni, head of FlyersRights.org, said she was thrilled with the proposed changes. "It's going to benefit passengers hugely," she said. Hanni said she's already seen progress from another rule that ...
Opinion: Time to Go Nuclear on Energy
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 29) – As part of his push for clean-energy jobs, President Obama in his State of the Union speech specifically called for "building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country." The line got standing applause from both sides of the aisle. And for good reason. Today, fossil fuels meet 85 percent of the energy needs of the United States. If we are to control the threat of climate change, we (and the rest of the world) will have to restructure our energy system to reduce dependence on energy sources that, like conventionally burned fossil fuels, release ...
Government Waste Under the Cloak of Greenness
By Joann M. Weiner - Politics DailyIt's time to stop covering up government waste, fraud and abuse with a "green" cloak. Yes, global warming is happening and, yes, the government can help slow the process by encouraging companies to reduce their greenhouse-gas emissions. One way is to retrofit high-polluting buildings with equipment more environmentally sound than that used when the buildings were constructed decades ago. But putting that equipment in buildings slated to be razed, as the Washington Post discovered has been happening, is not the way to go. It's not just wrong to spend limited government resources this way, ...
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