March 22, 2012
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Friday Finds: The Clean Air Diet
Forget Fritos: Air pollution may be making people fat
The Latest On: Energy Efficiency
February 22, 2012
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Obama's Energy Efficiency Clock Is Running Slow
In his State of the Union address, President Obama stated that the administration would “not walk away from the promise of clean energy.” The president also recognized that, especially in these tough economic times, “the easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.”
February 10, 2012
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Friday Finds: McDonalds’ Pink Slime Problem
McDonald’s takes pink slime goop out of burgers
February 2, 2012
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Unplugged: DOE Drops The Ball On Energy Standard
You probably pass by them all the time on the street without giving them a second glance: those gray cylinders on telephone poles. They are called distribution transformers -- and they are a crucial component of the electric grid. They serve to reduce the high voltage used in distribution lines to the lower voltages we use in our homes, offices and businesses.
December 19, 2011
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Unplugged: Who Asked GOP To Take On Light Bulb Fight?
Usually when our elected leaders fight federal rules, they are going to the mat for their corporate benefactors. Yet we scratch our heads in wonder over who exactly has pushed them to take on this light bulb fight. Last week, the House GOP majority included in their must-pass funding legislation a rider to block funding for DOE’s enforcement of certain light bulb efficiency rules.
December 16, 2011
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Lump of Coal (Make That a Clump of Oil) In Your Stocking
It’s that time of year again. No, I’m not talking about the great big man in the red suit and last-minute Christmas shopping.
I’m talking about the House GOP majority trying to deliver on their year-long assault on environmental and public health protections in the last two bills that will be passed by Congress this year.
December 9, 2011
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Friday Finds: New Mexico’s Dairy Industry Steps In Cow Pie
New Mexico dairies forced to clean up their cow pies
November 15, 2011
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More Appliance Listings Missing Energy Efficiency Information
Back in July, I wrote about the lengths to which shoppers sometimes have to go in order to find legally required energy efficiency information about appliances for sale online. In response, more than 10,000 of you wrote in supporting our petition telling the Federal Trade Commission to require online retailers to display that information front and center in their product listings.
November 11, 2011
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New Jersey Rally Protests Dirty Energy Power Lines
There was more than the usual lurking going on Thursday afternoon in Lurker Park in East Hanover, New Jersey. More than 50 people turned out to protest the Obama administration’s fast-tracking of a proposed electrical power line that would bring coal-fired power to New Jersey. The protesters say we should be using less, not more, coal-fired power and new information now shows that clean energy solutions can keep the lights on in New Jersey.