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No need to build new U.S. coal or nuclear plants -- FERC chairman
- Greenwire (new window)
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2009-04-22 |
| No new nuclear or coal plants may ever be needed in the United States, the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said today. | |
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Letters to the Editor :: Clean up energy act
- Glenview Announcements (new window)
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2008-11-27 |
| America can begin to rebuild its shattered economy and create millions of jobs by adopting a robust federal energy policy that cuts our oil dependence in half and transitions to 100 percent clean electricity. | |
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Letter -- Clean Energy
- The Daily Journal (new window)
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2008-11-25 |
| America can begin to rebuild its shattered economy and create millions of jobs by adopting a robust federal energy policy that cuts our oil dependence in half and transitions to 100 percent clean electricity. | |
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Letter to Editor: Clean energy must lead economic revival
- Chicago Sun-Times (new window)
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2008-11-23 |
| America can begin to rebuild its shattered economy and create millions of jobs by adopting a robust federal energy policy that cuts our oil dependence in half and transitions to 100 percent clean electricity. | |
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Letter to the Editor: Clean Energy Economy
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2008-11-21 |
| America can begin to rebuild it's shattered economy and create millions of jobs by adopting a robust federal energy policy that cuts our oil dependence in half and transitions to 100 percent clean electricity. | |
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Environmental Changes
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2008-10-24 |
| Last week, Environment Illinois released "Feeling The Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States." According to this report, 2007 tied for the second warmest year on record globally and was the 10th warmest year on record in the U.S. Locally, the 2007 average temperature was 2.2°F above normal (the 1971-2000 average) in the Chicagoland area. | |
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Environmental Groups Host Global Warming Conference in Belleville
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Suburban Journals) (new window)
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2008-09-03 |
| While many think of global warming as a national or international issue, a town hall meeting in Belleville last week emphasized the possibility of thinking globally and acting locally. | |
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Global Warming Shouldn't be a Partisan Issue
- Chicago Tribune (new window)
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2008-06-09 |
| As your June 3 editorial noted, this week the U.S. Senate was scheduled to debate the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act, which addresses the most daunting environmental problem of our age: global warming ("A chance to clear the air). | |
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Energy Efficiency Could Bolster Economy
- Forbes (new window)
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2008-03-19 |
| With energy prices rising, the economy slowing and worries about global warming growing, an environmental advocacy group says increasing energy efficiency in buildings and homes could help with all three problems. | |
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The Real Price of Tar Sands Oil
- The Washington Post (new window)
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2008-01-26 |
| Tar sands oil is produced through a destructive process that has deplorable consequences. | |
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Illinois report blames coal-fired plants for carbon dioxide increases
- Belleville News-Democrat (new window)
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2007-04-13 |
| A report released Thursday by an Illinois environmental group blames coal-fired power plants for nearly half the country's increase in carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels between 2000 and 2004. | |
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Illinois tops list in coal-fired plant emissions
- Crain's Chicago Business (new window)
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2007-04-12 |
| A state advocacy group claims that Illinois’ coal-fired power plants over the past 15 years have surpassed other states in their emissions of carbon dioxide, a gas that contributes to global warming. | |
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To start, cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Daily Herald (new window)
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2006-05-29 |
| Illinois should develop it's own action plan to address the threat of global warming. | |
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