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Obama Energy
Pick a Nobel
Physicist

Chu was an early advocate for climate change solutions

Dec 10, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Nobel laureate Steven Chu is Barack Obama's nominee for energy secretary, the Wall Street Journal reports. The acclaimed physicist, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, was an early advocate for finding scientific solutions to climate change, and his lab is doing groundbreaking work in developing carbon-neutral sources of energy,... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • alternative energy • green energy • Nobel Prize • President Obama • Obama Cabinet • energy secretary

(Newser) - Barack Obama says he will move quickly once in office to enact an ambitious, two-year plan to save or create 2.5 million jobs, Bloomberg reports. Obama announced his plan in his weekly radio address, where he also warned that “we risk falling into a deflationary spiral that could... More »

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Barack Obama • alternative energy • infrastructure • credit crisis • economic stimulus package • green revolution • job creation • President Obama • economic downturn

OPINION

 A Look at Obama's 
 Energy Blueprint 

Going green will help bring US out of crisis: Klein

Nov 13, 08 1:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Detroit's looking for a bailout. China just announced a massive stimulus package, including big investments in transportation and energy. What’s a president-elect to do? Barack Obama would be best served by making good on his promise to create an alternative energy economy, writes Joe Klein in Time.... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • energy • green building • alternative energy • Center for American Progress • energy policy • John Podesta • President Obama

Green Energy Jobs: Will They Save the Economy?

Obama's plans for investment in renewable energy turn cost into benefit

Nov 7, 08 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's ambitious plans to use green energy investment to rev up the economy are igniting fierce debate over the math behind them, the Wall Street Journal writes. The president-elect says $150 billion in investment will create five million jobs over the next decade, in construction and installation. Critics charge... More »

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Barack Obama • alternative energy • green energy • renewable energy • Department of Commerce • job creation • President Obama

ANALYSIS

These Stocks Will Flourish During Obama Years

Health care, infrastructure, alternative energy look are looking up

Nov 5, 08 11:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Oilmen cheered when George Bush moved into the White House, and investors in Internet companies saw their portfolios gain ground under Bill Clinton. But what's going to be hot once Barak Obama moves into the White House? In Time, Stephen Gandel suggests three sectors and a handful of companies that... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • alternative energy • stocks • highways

OPINION

Brooks: Want Real Economic Stimulus? Fix the Roads

A National Mobility Project would create jobs, leaving lasting impact: Brooks

Oct 31, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Panic is afoot, so of course, Congress is bearing down on another stimulus package, though the last one seems to have missed the mark. These “politically designed, ad hoc” measures “amount to an economic sugar rush,” David Brooks writes in the New York Times. If he’s... More »

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alternative energy • infrastructure • highways • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

OPINION

Gas Prices Are Down—and That's Bad

Investment in green
is our only way out of crisis, writes Friedman

Oct 22, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gas prices are dropping at last, back down to an average of less than $3 a gallon for the first time in a year. That's good news for recession-fearing consumers, writes Thomas L. Friedman, but there's a downside: the push to drive less and make Detroit build more fuel-efficient cars... More »

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energy • alternative energy • gas prices • green technology • Thomas Friedman • bailout • financial crisis

glossies

 New Solar Tech Can Top This 

Solyndra's designs can capture light from any angle

Oct 12, 08 7:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California company's new, sun-sucking glass tubes aim to solve solar power's practical problems, the Economist reports. Chief among them are flat panels that miss the sun—by looking the wrong way—and cost more than $40,000 per household to install. Solyndra's new technology uses glass tubes that capture... More »

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environment • California • alternative energy • renewable energy • solar power • solar panels

 Oil's Slide as Chaotic as Its Rise 

Plunging crude prices can be almost as disruptive as their rise

Sep 17, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Crude oil prices have fallen 38% from their July high of $147.27 a barrel, and the decline is causing nearly as much consternation around the world as its meteoric rise in the first half of the year, reports the Washington Post. Oil-dependent governments are worried about revenues and... More »

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alternative energy • business • crude oil • oil production • oil exploration • oil prices

 House Passes Drill Bill 

'Compromise' bill allowing limited new drilling passes without GOP backing

Sep 17, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - An energy bill including a partial lifting of the ban on new offshore drilling has passed the House, reports the Washington Post. The vote split largely along party lines, with most Republicans rejecting the package for not going far enough. The measure would allow new drilling beginning at 50 miles... More »

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alternative energy • House of Representatives • energy bill • oil companies • offshore oil • energy policy

GM Rolls Out Volt Tomorrow; Hopes for Game-Changer

Automaker sees battery-powered car as
turning point for company, Detroit

Sep 15, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - General Motors will unveil its new Chevy Volt tomorrow, hoping that the battery-operated car will reverse its long reputation as a gas-guzzling industry dinosaur and attract devotees of competitors' hybrids, reports the Wall Street Journal. GM hopes the Volt, a lithium-ion-powered car due to hit the market in 2010, can... More »

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alternative energy • General Motors • automaker • gas prices • electric cars • Chevrolet Volt

Experiment Raises Hope
of Solar Power From Space

Successful test opens the possibility of humanity getting its energy from space

Sep 13, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - An experiment in beaming solar power has raised hopes that humanity can harness huge amounts of solar energy from satellites, Space.com reports. Researchers sent the energy about 90 miles between two Hawaiian islands via radio waves. The transmission of energy a hundred times further than earlier experiments proves the... More »

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NASA • alternative energy • sun • satellite • solar power

 Crowded Northeast 
 Looks Offshore 
 for Wind 

Short of energy and too crowded to add  plants, US looks seaward for wind farms

Sep 3, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Northeast is the most promising region of the US for major development of wind power, the Wall Street Journal reports, with large coastal cities close to strong offshore winds and a shallow continental shelf good for erecting turbines. The federal government is getting ready to lease 10 tracts of... More »

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alternative energy • electricity • wind power • wind farm • offshore development

Outdated Power Grid Blowing
Wind Energy Hopes: Experts

Creaky infrastructure not able to deliver alternative energy to consumers

Aug 27, 08 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The nation's outdated and congested power grid is putting a damper on plans to expand renewable energy programs, the New York Times reports. Generating power from the wind and sun is becoming easier—but getting the power to consumers who live far from the country's windiest and sunniest places remains... More »

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alternative energy • power grid • electricity • renewable energy • wind • wind power • wind farm

Mayor Aims to Make Big Apple Windmill City

Wind could supply
10% of city's power under bold plan

Aug 20, 08 2:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mayor Mike Bloomberg has unveiled a bold plan to harness alternative energy to power New York City, the New York Times reports. The mayor is calling for windmills to be built on the city's bridges and skyscrapers, and for offshore wind farms to be created that could supply 10% of... More »

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New York City • alternative energy • Michael Bloomberg • renewable energy • solar power • wind power • wind farm

OPINION

Look to Danes for Energy Know-How

Tiny nation responded to '73 crisis with bikes, wind, oil tax: Friedman

Aug 10, 08 9:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hey, America, looking for a way to solve the energy crisis? Try following Denmark's lead, writes Thomas L. Friedman in the New York Times. The country has a few simple fixes that go a long way: Friedman observes half the rush-hour traffic is bicycles; wind provides 20% of the country's... More »

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alternative energy • Denmark • gas prices • gas tax • wind power • energy policy

 EPA Refuses to
 Lower Ethanol Quota

Agency denies request by Texas governor

Aug 7, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The EPA refused to cut a minimum ethanol quota today, despite critics’ charges that the biofuel mandate is driving high food prices, the New York Times reports. The agency approved Congress’ quota that requires the US use 9 billion gallons of ethanol in gasoline blends this year, denying Texas Gov.... More »

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ethanol • alternative energy • corn • biofuel • gas prices • cars • subsidy

 Obama Takes
 Campaign to
 Gas Pumps 

Spot to air at Florida filling stations links McCain to high prices

Aug 6, 08 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's campaign will run an energy-themed ad on TVs on Florida gas pumps starting today, the Palm Beach Post reports. The commercial highlights alternative-energy research and tax cuts as parts of Obama's plan to "break the grip of foreign oil," while presenting John McCain as more of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • John McCain • alternative energy • Obama 2008 • gas stations

 China's Wind Power Takes Off

Could compete with coal by 2015

Jul 27, 08 6:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Although known for its monstrous appetite for coal, China has spent the last few years ramping up its wind-power capacity, the Guardian reports. The amount of wind power generated has grown over 100% a year since 2005, with enormous wind farms popping up across the country. "It is huge,... More »

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China • alternative energy • growth • electricity • renewable energy • wind power • coal power

OPINION

Energy Crisis Requires a Global Agency

UN atomic watchdog argues for managed transition from oil

Jul 24, 08 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - A global agency is needed to deal with the developing energy crisis, Mohamed ElBaradei, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, writes in the Financial Times. Demand for energy is rising fast and alternatives to fossil fuels remain largely hypothetical, and though there are international organizations to deal with everything... More »

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oil • nuclear power • greenhouse gases • alternative energy • IAEA • fossil fuel • International Atomic Energy Agency • Mohamed ElBaradei

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