President Obama addresses ongoing fiscal cliff talks
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I realize that the last thing you want to hear on New Year’s Eve is another speech from me. But I do need to talk about the progress that’s being made in Congress today.
Search Results for clean energy
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David Levine: No more business as usual
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My family and I live in Lower Manhattan. Hurricane Sandy left us, as it did so many other families and businesses, without power, heat, hot water and refrigeration. Out heartfelt best goes out to all who were affected. Recovery hasn’t been easy – not for any of us.
Conservationists celebrate landmark offshore wind lease in Virginia
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Conservation groups praised the Obama Administration’s announcement on Friday of a lease sale for the offshore wind energy area 23.5 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Department of the Interior announced it would be conducting a competitive lease sale for the 112,800-acre area identified last February. DOI will auction the entire area as a single lease. The lease sale is an important step and is the result of cooperation among regulators, environmentalists, utilities and state lawmakers-all of whom support offshore wind energy for Virginia.
Earth Talk: Environment and politics
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The non-profit League of Conservation Voters (LCV) helps Americans sort out the good guys from the bad when it comes to the environmental track records of candidates in important high-level races across the country. Besides endorsing specific candidates, the group also keeps a running “dirty dozen” list of the politicians with the worst environmental records. Meanwhile, the group’s LCV Action Fund is a related political action fund that can channel funding to the candidates it supports.
Nan Grogan Orrock: The budget and Pentagon spending
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Budget decisions in Washington come home to roost right here close to home. And the impact can be devastating.
Tim Kaine joins Wyden on tour of GridPoint
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U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden joined U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine for a tour and employee townhall at GridPoint Inc., an industry leader in providing businesses with energy solutions that increase efficiency and decrease overall energy costs
Katherine McFate: Strengthen state oversight of fracking
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States have begun to respond to citizen complaints, but no state requires enough upfront collection of data and monitoring of drilling operations to ensure protection of local water supplies
Remarks by President Obama at Virginia Beach campaign event
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President Obama talks to voters at a campaign event in Virginia Beach on Friday
Kaine discusses Latino business in Manassas
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U.S. Senate candidate Tim Kaine met with Latino business leaders and community members Thursday at a roundtable discussion in Manassas. Kaine shared his approach to strengthening the economy and creating jobs, focusing on strategies he found successful in Virginia—investing in small businesses, developing a talent-based economy, and working to find common ground to address fiscal issues
Bill Ritter Jr.: EPA’s rules for new coal plants
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Every day, we see the clear connection between the health of our citizens, the health of our environment, and the health of our economy. Unfortunately, national public debate is often dominated by the claim that we must choose between a clean environment and economic prosperity
