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Powering Up America: The Revolution Began Yesterday

Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
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EMILY HALL TREMAINE FOUNDATION
There’s a revolution underway. It’s not on the news and politicians aren’t talking about it. In fact, the mainstream media has probably given you the exact opposite impression. But right now, and all over America, a new economy is emerging – one built on a foundation of cleaner fuels and increased energy productivity. Our opportunity: Powering Up. This report defines a new, multi-faceted energy transformation taking place throughout America. The phrase, Powering Up, encompasses the way Americans, in ever larger numbers, are:

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Hydropower Reform Can Save Rivers

Monday, August 19th, 2013

American Rivers and our partners have worked to improve the operation of the many hydropower projects around the country, creating benefits for the river’s health, fish, and anglers.

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Lincoln, NE: Importance of an Energy Evaluation

Friday, August 16th, 2013

–5citytv on YouTube.

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Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA Introduction America is in the midst of a fracking boom … and a fracking bust. In North Dakota, times are booming. The state has rapidly become the nation’s second-largest oil producer due to the use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (the combination of technologies used in fracking) to tap oil supplies from […]

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Energy Savings Strategies For Transit Agencies

Monday, August 5th, 2013
Energy Savings Strategies For Transit Agencies

TRANSIT COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM Introduction Synthesis Purpose Rising energy prices, budget constraints, and concerns about energy independence, sustainability, and climate change have put pressure on all sectors of the economy to use energy as efficiently as possible. This is particularly true in the transportation sector, which accounts for approximately 28% of U.S. energy consumption (1). […]

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Lighting the Way: What We Can Learn from America’s Top 12 Solar States

Thursday, July 25th, 2013
Lighting the Way: What We Can Learn from America’s Top 12 Solar States

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA Executive Summary Solar energy is on the rise. America has more than three times as much solar photovoltaic capacity today as in 2010, and more than 10 times as much as in 2007. In the first three months of 2013, solar power accounted for nearly half of the new electricity generating capacity in […]

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Carmel, CA: New life for the Carmel River

Friday, July 19th, 2013

Video of the story of the removal of the San Clemente Dam and the restoration of the Carmel River. –caamwater on YouTube.

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Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Chapter 1: Overview and Scope of the Study Legislative Background to the StudyIn 2008, Congress directed the U.S. Department of the Treasury to work with the National Academies to undertake “a comprehensive review of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to identify the types of and specific tax provisions that have […]

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How Green Is My State?

Thursday, July 11th, 2013
How Green Is My State?

Visua.ly Walking around in your neighborhood, you may see recycling cans on your curb, solar panels on your neighbor’s home, hybrid vehicles in nearby driveways, and mass transit stops just a few blocks away. With all the efforts our communities make to reduce, reuse, and recycle, are other neighborhoods following suit? How about state-wide efforts? […]

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Coal Exports from the Pacific Northwest

Friday, July 5th, 2013
Coal Exports from the Pacific Northwest

WASHINGTON STATE FARM BUREAU Executive Summary This study discusses how the proposed investments in bulk commodity terminals at Cherry Point and Longview can result in increased real income levels for residents of Washington State and, by extension, in other parts of the United States. The particular focus of the report is on the incentives to […]

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