Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
A difficult road awaits for energy conservation
Wall Street Journal, Neil King Jr., 7.22.08
Soaring gasoline prices, angst in Washington, economic malaise, fears of far worse to come — the U.S. has been through the energy wringer before, and even managed to ease the pain through conservation.
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Alternative energy a popular stop in US campaign
Reuters, Andrea Hopkins, 7.22.08
A small green clearing on a hilltop beside the Ohio River doesn’t seem like much of campaign stop, but John Baardson knows the scent of alternative energy and undecided voters will lure America’s presidential contenders before long.
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Ritter Returns From Artic, Talks Climate Change
CBS4 News Denver, 7.21.08
Gov. Bill Ritter just returned from a trip to the Arctic where he saw the melting ice first-hand, and he talked about the trip Monday to a group at the Capitol.
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Rebate rightly rejected
Hartford Courant Editorial, 7.18.08
State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal hit the nail right on the head Monday when he issued an opinion that Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s last-minute plan to give a modest rebate to electrical customers in Connecticut is illegal.
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We must break our dependence on oil
Townhall, William Rusher, 7.22.08
T. Boone Pickens is one of America’s biggest independent oil producers, so he could be forgiven if he simply chose to sit back and pile up his profits. But the Texas entrepreneur is convinced that America must break its dependence on oil as a major source of energy, and has announced that over the next few weeks he is going to outline in the major media a plan for doing exactly that. He is right on the money, and I am going to listen carefully to what he has to say.
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Indian vote clears way for US nuclear deal
Associated Press, Matthew Rosenberg, 7.21.08
India’s government survived a hotly contested confidence vote Tuesday, clearing the way for it to finalize a landmark nuclear energy deal with the United States.
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