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| 2010-03-09 | |
| America has virtually limitless potential to tap the energy of the sun. Solar energy is clean, safe, proven and available everywhere, and the price of many solar energy technologies is declining rapidly. By adopting solar energy on a broad scale, the nation can address our biggest energy challenges – our dependence on fossil fuels and the need to address global warming – while also boosting our economy. | |
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| 2009-12-15 | |
| The wind blowing over the ocean along Maryland's coast is a vast, untapped energy resource. Capturing just a fraction of this resource can help to modernize Maryland's electricity system for the 21st century. Accordingly, Maryland's Public Service Commission should take action to encourage development of the state's offshore wind energy resources, setting a goal of commercial operation of the first major offshore wind farm by 2014. | |
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| 2009-05-15 | |
| We're facing enormous energy, economic, and environmental challenges. We need to use our energy more wisely, and buildings offer a great opportunity to do just that. Since much of the energy we use in buildings is wasted, we can cut back on our energy consumption simply by making our buildings more efficient. We can also save money and put people back to work if we commit to highly efficient homes and businesses. | |
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| 2008-11-11 | |
| This report lays out a blueprint for how we can repower America for the 21st century, cleaning our environment while revitalizing our economy. Clean energy is our path to a renewed economy that puts people back to work, contributes to long-term prosperity, rebuilds our communities, and protects our environment – a path that is increasingly recognized by opinion leaders, politicians, investors and workers as our best chance to work our way out of our current economic troubles, while building a stronger, more self-reliant and environmentally responsible America. | |
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| 2008-07-01 | |
| America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. Almost half of the energy we use — 10 percent of the energy in the world — powers our buildings. We could be using far less energy in our buildings. Homes and businesses exist that use a fraction of the energy of typical buildings — some also generate 100 percent or more of the energy needed to power them on-site, using renewable sources such as wind and solar power. | |
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| 2007-11-14 | |
| This report highlights state action in five areas of clean energy policy and the benefits of those actions. Seven states have adopted strong policies in at least four of those areas, five states have adopted strong policies in at least two areas and meaningful policies in one to two others, and nine states have taken strong actions recently to promote energy efficiency and the use of renewable sources of energy. | |
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| 2006-09-27 | |
| America has the technological know-how and the resources to move away from dependence on oil and other fossil fuels and toward a cleaner, more secure New Energy Future. | |
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| 2006-07-20 | |
| Energy companies have proposed building a fleet of new coal-fired power plants across America. As of June 2006, power producers have approximately 150 new coal-fired plants on the drawing board, representing a $137 billion investment and the capacity to supply power to 96 million homes. | |
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| 2006-06-20 | |
| Nuclear power is an expensive and risky way to address global warming—especially when compared to alternatives such as improved energy efficiency and the expansion of renewable energy production. Moreover, the nuclear industry’s shoddy safety record and insufficient response to the growing threat of terrorism suggest that new nuclear power plants—or the continued operation of aging plants—could cause more problems than they solve. | |
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