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Obama Steals the Show
It was one of those rare occasions when a video gets a standing ovation. But President-elect Barack Obama’s video greeting to 800-plus attendees at the Governors’ Climate Summit in LA had quite a few...
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Pipeline to Poznan
As a general rule, I’d say anything that already has 789 credentialed media members covering it doesn’t need me there. That’s the announced size of the press contingent at the UN climate talks going on...
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Postcard to Poznan
The United States might not have an international reputation as a leader in the fight against climate change, but on Saturday a few hundred San Franciscans came out to Crissy Field to tell the world...
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CNN: Berkeley Lab’s Chu to Head DOE
Reuters news agency is quoting CNN today in reporting that Steve Chu will get the nod from President-elect Obama to head the U.S. Dept. of Energy. Since 2004, the Nobel laureate physicist has been the...
View ArticlePelosi Agenda: Science, Science, Science (and Science)
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she hopes to have “the makings of global warming legislation” by June. The San Francisco Democrat was interviewed by Scott Shafer, as part of his pre-inauguration...
View ArticleAl Gore’s Plea to Congress for a Green Overhaul
Former Vice President Al Gore appeared before a Senate committee this morning, urging passage of the Obama recovery plan. “We have arrived at a moment of decision,” he said. Here’s a transcript of his...
View ArticleAfter All That, Disappointment in “Hopenhagen”
Delegates to the UN climate conference in Copenhagen have officially “taken note” of the deal squeezed out on Friday by major carbon-emitting nations, an action that seems to fall short of a ringing...
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The Solar Jobs Solution: Some Perspective
As anyone who got stuck in the traffic knows, President Obama made a call at one of the Bay Area’s new darlings of green tech, Fremont-based Solyndra Inc., which he called a “testament to American...
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Feds Float Future Fuel Efficiency Plan
Photo: Craig Miller If, fifteen years from now, new cars across the country are getting twice the miles per gallon that they do today, California can rightly claim some of the credit. On Friday the...
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Ask the Experts: 1 Million EVs by 2015?
The US already has more than a million hybrid-electric vehicles on the road. (Photo: Craig Miller) Continuing an exercise I started in yesterday’s post, I’ve asked a few experts to weigh in on two...
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