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White House returns to solar power past with new panels
2013-08-16 12:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The Obama administration is reportedly making good on its long-awaited pledge to install solar panels on the White House roof, after an original set of panels were dismantled by President Ronald Regan during the 1980s. The administration first approved plans to install solar panels on the White House in October 2010, which at the time was highly symbolic move designed to underline President Obama's commitment to environmental issues. Between 20 and 50 panels had initially expected to be installed...
White House to Get Solar Panels Installed This Week, Three Years After Promising
2013-08-15 07:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Obama administration had pledged in October 2010 to put solar panels on the White House as a sign of the president`s commitment to renewable energy. The White House official, who asked not to be identified because the installation is in process, wrote in an e-mail the project is "a part of an energy retrofit that will improve the overall energy efficiency of the building." At the time of the 2010 announcement, then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu and White House Council on Environmental Quality...
White House calls for increased grid spending
2013-08-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The cost of weather-related power outages is high and rising as storms grow more severe and the U.S. electric grid gets older, according to an Obama Administration report that calls for increased spending on the nation's electric power system. Power outages cost the economy $18 billion to $33 billion per year, according to the report, a figure that has been rising steadily over the past 20 years. That can rise to $40 billion to $75 billion in years with severe storms such as 2008's Hurricane Ike...
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Coal: White House meeting part of new, uncertain relationship between EPA, industry
2013-08-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenwire: Last week's much-touted White House meeting between Obama administration environmental leaders and West Virginia Democrats on coal was part of what advocates are calling an increasing dialogue between both sides of the contentious debate. U.S. EPA and top lobby groups alike have been stressing cooperation rather than disagreement about proposed and potential rules affecting coal-powered electricity and mining. While some coal boosters don't see anything positive coming out of dialogue with the...
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White House prospects mix at governor's meeting
2013-08-04 22:37:54| Automakers - Topix.net
Health care, budgets and education top the official agenda for the National Governors Association annual summer meeting.
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