“It’s that Simple” Ad Calls on Congress to Support Public Health Protections Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, OH — This week the Sierra Club released a high saturation television ad in the Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus, OH media markets, thanking President Obama for protecting Americans from toxic pollution. The ad follows President Obama’s actions to prevent [...]
Washington, D.C. – This week, a bi-partisan majority in the U.S. Senate rejected Sen. Rand Paul’s attack on the life-saving Cross State Air Pollution Rule by a vote of 56 to 41. Attempting to use an obscure, Gingrich-era congressional tool known as the Congressional Review Act, Senator Paul’s effort would have left 240 million Americans [...]
The Obama administration’s decision to affirm Chukchi Lease Sale 193 in America’s Arctic Ocean is a clear case of politics trumping science. The Obama administration inherited the deeply flawed 2008 lease sale from the Bush administration. But in July 2010, a federal district court in Alaska ruled that the federal government had unlawfully failed to [...]
Noting Potential for Bipartisan Support, Alliance to Save Energy Washington, D.C. – The Alliance to SaveEnergy is urging President Obama to include energy efficiency initiatives amongthe proven job-creating approaches in tonight’s address to a joint session ofCongress. The Alliance said energy efficiency programs have a strong trackrecord of creating jobs and saving money for American [...]
The head of America’s leading insulation manufacturers association today saluted both houses of Congress for adopting energy efficiency incentives that will help spur thousands of jobs in the beleaguered construction and home renovation industries.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Eliminated during the last administration, SEAB is being re-established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 12-member board comprising scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials, will serve as an independent advisory committee to DOE Secretary [...]
Aug 13 2010 | Posted in
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U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced a series of initiatives underway at the Department of Energy to more broadly implement cool roof technologies on DOE facilities and buildings across the federal government. Cool roofs use lighter-colored roofing surfaces or special coatings to reflect more of the sun’s heat, helping improve building efficiency [...]
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a lawsuit against government-sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for their actions taken against property-assessed clean energy finance (PACE) programs in the U.S. “As the nation struggles through the worst recession in modern times, California is taking action in federal court to stop the regulatory [...]
Washington, DC – President Obama announced Saturday in his weekly video address that DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar, Inc. The loan will support the construction and start-up of Solana, a 250 net megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Arizona. “After years of watching companies [...]
10,000 American Flags Planted in Front of Washington Monument Washington, D.C. – Today, veterans, union leaders and environmentalists gathered in the shadow of the Washington Monument to call on President Obama to end America’s dependence on oil. Starting as an online campaign planting 50,000 virtual flags, volunteers began last night planting 10,000 actual American flags [...]
Jun 30 2010 | Posted in
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The condenser for the power plant block of the Andasol 3 Solar Thermal power project arrived at the building site near La Calahorra on Monday. Also the turbine for the Andasol 3 power plant has already reached the Mediterranean coast in the south of Spain. At the same time, the generator that was built in [...]
As BP’s oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, G20 heads of state, due to meet in Toronto this weekend, are planning to dilute last year’s commitment to phase out subsidies to Big Oil and Big Coal, according a copy of the draft statement seen by the environmental groups, Greenpeace and Oil Change [...]
At the request of President Obama, Secretary Chu and the Department of Energy’s National Laboratories are providing round-the-clock scientific support to help inform strategies to stop the BP oil spill. Secretary Chu has spent several days in Houston monitoring the top kill attempt, analyzing the data as it comes in and helping to develop strategies [...]
Jun 1 2010 | Posted in
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