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United Kingdom: Energy policy: how not to win an argument
2013-08-18 21:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The worst time to try to sort out a difficult argument is after the fighting about it has begun. The UK government, by appearing to rush to judgment in favour of fracking for gas, has lost any power of persuasion it might have had in the more measured debate that remains necessary but now seems increasingly unlikely. Similarly, by choosing its first exploratory oil drilling site in the south in a picturesque village within easy reach of London just as the politicians go on holiday, the energy firm...
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Sen. Manchins common sense approach toward energy policy ignores the threat of global warming
2013-07-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gazette: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin keeps doing his best to promote himself as some sort of reasonable, bipartisan deal-broker, using his common sense approach to various issues. This maneuvering led him yesterday to be the only Democratic Senator to oppose the confirmation of the woman his partys president wants to run the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the second term of the Obama administration. As we reported in todays Gazette, Sen. Manchin admitted that his vote against Gina McCarthy...
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GOP's Cuccinelli outlines campaign energy policy
2013-05-17 08:26:27| Waste Management - Topix.net
Republican Ken Cuccinelli proposed cuts to taxes and regulations on energy in the second policy statement of his campaign for governor Thursday in Virginia coal country.
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U.S. Energy Policy Should Take a Lesson From Germanys Energiewende
2013-05-15 13:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Energiewende may not be a household word in the United States today, but U.S. citizens and policymakers are likely to hear more about it. Its the name of Germany's ambitious energy transformation, which aims to move the country to at least 80 percent of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2050. Germany already gets nearly 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, up from just under 7 percent thirteen years ago. That is no small feat. Germany is a manufacturing powerhouse:...
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EU energy policy uncertainty deterring green investment, peers warn
2013-05-02 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: "Inertia and uncertainty" over EU energy policy is preventing institutional investors supporting desperately needed clean energy projects, a House of Lords committee will warn today. Around EUR1trn of investment is required by the end of the decade to support the development of a secure and low-carbon energy supply, peers say in a new report. But it expresses alarm at "the degree of uncertainty, complacency and inertia" around how this level of investment can be achieved. The peers conclude...
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