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Hearing takes on the energy future of PA
- Lansdale Reporter
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2010-07-29 |
| Area residents and several state representatives got a look at Pennsylvania's energy future, or several possible futures, Wednesday afternoon. | |
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History Goes Solar
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-07-15 |
| It's wonderful to see historic buildings across Philadelphia adopting green energy and becoming certified as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). | |
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Let Go of Oil
- PIttsburgh Tribune Review
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2010-07-07 |
| Jonah Goldberg's column "The real green fuel: Oil" argues that oil is better for the environment than its alternatives. But the real argument isn't oil vs. biofuels -- we must reduce our dependence on oil, no matter what. | |
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Going greener aids our national security
- Beaver County Times
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2010-05-21 |
| As Memorial Day approaches, we prepare to honor our veterans who have fought and died for us. | |
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Oil spill shows need to change policy
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-05-12 |
| The explosion of an oil rig on April 20 and the approval of the nation's first offshore wind farm a week later laid bare the energy choices facing our nation ("Wind farm OK boosts local bids," April 29). | |
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Regional wind farms get boost from Cape Cod approval
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-04-29 |
| Offshore wind developers in New Jersey and Delaware applauded an announcement Wednesday by the Obama administration to allow the Cape Wind project off Cape Cod to go forward. | |
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A step forward in energy policy
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-04-06 |
| Rather than deepening our dependence on oil and natural gas, we need to be getting more of our energy from clean, renewable energy sources and decreasing our overall energy use. | |
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Drilling plan outrages environmental group
- Doylestown Intelligencer
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2010-04-01 |
| Philadelphia-based PennEnvironment isn't too happy about the Obama administration's proposal to open vast expanses of the Atlantic coastline, Gulf of Mexico and the northern coast of Alaska to offshore oil drilling. | |
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Report Urges Increase in Energy Efficiency for Buildings
- Pittsburgh WDUQ
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2010-03-31 |
| Penn Environment has released a report calling on state and federal leaders to improve energy efficiency standards for new construction and to provide incentives for retrofitting old buildings because buildings consume 40% of U.S. total energy consumption—almost 10% of world consumption. | |
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New fuel and emissions standards follow Pa's lead
- Harrisburg Patriot-News
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2010-03-30 |
| The Obama administration’s announcement — expected later this week — of final new fuel economy and emissions standards for America’s cars will be a historic step. | |
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| 2010-03-09 | |
| A local environmental group has released a report suggesting that solar power should meet ten percent of the nation's total energy needs by 2030. | |
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America needs Clean Energy Act
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2010-02-21 |
| America's dependence on foreign energy resources continues to prove harmful to both the country's security and the global climate. | |
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Environmental group endorses electric cars
- Bucks County Courier Times
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2010-01-22 |
| If cars, pickup trucks, SUVs and vans were powered by electricity, oil use could be reduced by roughly one-third, according to PennEnvironment spokesman Nathan Willcox, whose office released the study Thursday. | |
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Seize this moment
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-10-15 |
| It's clear that a growing majority of businesses in Pennsylvania and nationwide are realizing that continuing with our current flawed energy system is potentially the worst economic plan of all. | |
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Clean energy opportunity
- Doylestown Intelligencer
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2009-10-09 |
| While the state budget battle captured most political headlines last week in Pennsylvania, the U.S. Senate was taking a potentially historic first step toward a clean energy economy. | |
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Climate bill stokes business debate
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-10-05 |
| While introducing her climate change bill Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., told a cheering crowd in front of the U.S. Capitol, "we have expanded our coalition in the business community." In Pennsylvania, that coalition includes businesses that stand to benefit, such as energy-efficient windows manufacturer Serious Materials and wind turbine maker Gamesa. | |
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Gasoline savings up in '08
- Delaware County Daily Times
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2009-10-02 |
| Pennsylvanians saved 186.7 million gallons of gasoline in 2008 by riding public transit in record numbers — or the amount of gasoline consumed by 323,6000 cars in a year, according to PennEnvironment. | |
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Mass transit ridership is up in PA
- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader
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2009-09-25 |
| Pennsylvanians rode mass transit in record numbers and reduced miles driven in 2008, saving millions of gallons of gasoline, according to a study released earlier this week by the PennEnvironment advocacy group. | |
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State's commuters going green
- Philadelphia Metro
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2009-09-23 |
| Pennsylvania's highways and roads were a little less crowded last year as motorists cut down on driving by 4 percent, environmental advocates said yesterday. | |
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Strong clean energy law would create many PA jobs
- Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice
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2009-09-16 |
| Every once in a while we can do less with more. Energy efficiency is one of those times-- we can use less energy and create more jobs for Pennsylvanians | |
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Report: Bill would save money, jobs
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-09-10 |
| A report by an energy-conservation advocacy group contends that Pennsylvania households would save an average of $236 a year and that 17,600 jobs would be created in the state over the next decade if Congress passed an energy and climate bill approved in June by the House. | |
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Local officials discuss energy efficiency law
- WFMZ-TV Channel 69 (new window)
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2009-09-09 |
| PennEnvironment's message is to urge Congress to pass a new energy and climate bill. The group released a report that says stronger energy efficiency policies in the bill could reap even bigger rewards. | |
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Time to embrace clean energy
- Carlisle Sentinel
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2009-09-05 |
| There's never been a more important time to repower America and our economy with clean energy. | |
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Energy, climate policy could fuel job growth
- Pittsburgh Business Times
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2009-08-28 |
| There’s never been a more important time to repower America and our economy with clean energy. | |
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In Pa. House, heavy debate over clean-energy bill
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-08-09 |
| Overshadowed by the still-unresolved budget battle in Harrisburg, another legislative drama is playing out in relative obscurity. It involves arguably the most important piece of energy/environmental legislation pending in Pennsylvania. | |
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Leaders hope green jobs will help heal employment void
- Philadelphia Inquirer
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2009-07-31 |
| With traditional manufacturing dwindling in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, leaders in both states have turned to "green jobs" to fill at least some of the void. They have been cheered on by business, labor, and environmentalists alike. | |
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Report: PA could spend $1 trillion on fossil fuels
- Central Penn Business Journal
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2009-07-02 |
| Pennsylvania could spend as much as $1 trillion on fossil fuels between 2010 and 2030, according to a new report from the advocacy group PennEnvironment. | |
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| 2009-05-26 | |
| Committing to 3 percent of power from carbon-sequestered sources in just six years is a time frame unlikely to occur, said Nathan Willcox, of PennEnvironment, an environmental advocacy group. "There's potential for sequestration to work in Pennsylvania, but the million-dollar word is potential," Willcox said. "It's never been done and we are not at all sure that it's going to work." | |
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Obama has made green go
- The Philadelphia Inquirer (new window)
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2009-05-19 |
| The economy and foreign policy got much of the attention in early analyses of President Obama's administration, but one of the best measures of the administration's achievements may be the groundwork it's laid for an extraordinary environmental legacy. | |
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Advocacy group's report calls for federal, state 'green' policies
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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2009-05-14 |
| Building or retrofitting buildings and housing to make them "green" and energy efficient could have big and relatively fast environmental and economic benefits, according to a report by PennEnvironment. | |
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