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"Some Oil- and Gas-Drilling Leases May Be Reinstated"

"The leases, auctioned near the end of the Bush administration, were blocked by Obama's Interior Department. Now a report opens the door to 30 of them being reissued."

Source: LA Times, 06/16/2009

"Tax Incentives Put Solar Within Reach"

"Buying a solar system for your home still is not as simple or inexpensive as say picking up a new water heater. But solar energy advocates argue that the systems are affordable and obtainable for just about everyone -- right now."

Source: Environment Report, 06/15/2009

"DOE Revives FutureGen, Reversing Bush-Era Decision"

"The Obama administration gave conditional support today for a federal-industry partnership that would build an advanced coal-burning power plant in Illinois to trap and store carbon dioxide emissions, reversing a Bush-era decision to abandon the FutureGen project."

Source: Greenwire, 06/15/2009

Rep. Henry Waxman: "Marathon Man"

"Henry Waxman’s climate change bill won’t make it into law this year. That’s why he’s the right guy for the job."

Source: Washington Monthly, 06/12/2009

"Congress Abandoning Obama Clean Energy Goals"

"Congress is all but abandoning President Barack Obama's goal of producing fully one-quarter of the nation's electricity from renewable sources -- wind, solar and the like -- by 2025, though a push for at least some increase is making headway."

Source: AP, 06/12/2009

"Biofuel Producers Give EPA an Earful"

"Biofuel and farm groups objected to the U.S. EPA's revisions to the National Renewable Fuel Standard today at a public hearing in Washington."

Source: ENS, 06/11/2009

"Senate Panel Blocks Directional Drilling in ANWR"

"A Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the panel's top Republican, to allow access to oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by drilling for it from outside the refuge."

Source: AP, 06/11/2009

Green Jobs Sector 'Poised for Explosive Growth,'

A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts says that "green-collar workers" and the "clean-energy economy" have been growing faster than the rest of the U.S. economy and are poised for explosive growth.

Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2009

"Shell Sells Cellulosic Ethanol Blend in Canada"

"A Canadian service station today became the first in the world to sell gasoline blended with biofuel made from wheat straw."

Source: NYTimes, 06/11/2009

"Fighting Over Oil And Water"

"In the future, keeping your gas tank full could make disputes over water in the American West a lot worse. It's because energy companies hope to develop the oil shale industry. Getting oil from shale requires lots of water, and the richest oil shale deposits happen to be in the dry state of Colorado."

Source: Environment Report, 06/10/2009

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