State of the Union Address 2012: Obama Emphasizes Clean Energy and Environmental Policies
State of the Union Address 2012: Obama Emphasizes Clean Energy and Environmental Policies
Though he made no mention of Solyndra, the bankrupt solar company that benefited from a government loan program, or Keystone XL, the controversial oil pipeline he rejected to much celebration and criticism last week, the president showed political backbone in refusing to back down from his commitment to investing in developing renewables.
Obama vowed to incentivize manufacturers to make energy upgrades, as well as to green the carbon footprint of the nation’s military. He announced that the Department of Defense will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history, with the Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes per year. Continue Reading State of the Union Address 2012: Obama Emphasizes Clean Energy and Environmental Policies Here
Categories: Global Warming, Green Politics Hot Topics, Green Politics News, Green Politics Special Reports Tags: clean, energy, gas, Keystone, Obama, oil, pipeline, president, said, state
Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama
Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama - Stands up to big oil - Good for him!
In defense of his actions of rejecting the permit, Obama placed blame on the Republicans in Congress, who in using brinkmanship forced passage of a measure late last month requiring the administration to render a decision on the pipeline by Feb. 21. Continue Reading Keystone XL Pipeline Deal Rejected By President Obama Here
Categories: Green Ethics Energy, Green Politics Hot Topics, Green Politics News, Oil Spills Tags: administration, decision, jobs, Keystone, new, Obama, oil, permit, pipeline, state
Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada
Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada
Calgary-based Athabasca Oil Sands Corp said it exercised an option to sell its 40 percent interest in the MacKay River project in northern Alberta to PetroChina so it could free up money to concentrate on some of its other oil sands and light crude projects.
After the project won regulatory approvals last week, the partners had 30 days to decide to exercise put and call options on Athabasca’s stake. They have a similar arrangement with a larger, nearby project still awaiting a go-ahead from regulators. Continue Reading Asian Oil Takeover? PetroChina Buys Out MacKay River Oil Sands Project In Canada Here
Categories: Oil Spills, World News Tags: asian, billion, canadian, invasion, million, oil, petrochina, Project, Sands, takeover
Non-Toxic Cleaning Products Make Your Own Non-Toxic Multi-Purpose Cleaner
Non-Toxic Cleaning Products Make Your Own Toxin Free Multi-Purpose Cleaner
Here are three recipes for all-purpose, toxin free cleaners for your home. Two of them are sprays and the other is a creamy scrubber. While they don not have toxins as far as cleaners go, it’s not a good idea to ingest them or let your toddler get into them unsupervised (after all, these recipes smell yummy!). But these cleaners are safe enough for your children to help you clean with your supervision. Continue Reading Non-Toxic Cleaning Products Make Your Own Non-Toxic Multi-Purpose Cleaner Here
Originally posted 2010-09-18 14:02:07.
Fracking Responsible For Earthquakes? Rare Ohio Earthquake May Prove It!
Fracking Responsible For Earthquakes? Rare Ohio Earthquake May Prove It!
Ohio’s Department of Natural Resources on Sunday suspended operations at five deep well sites in Youngstown, Ohio, where the injection of water was taking place, while they evaluate seismological data from a rare quake in the area. The wells are each roughly 9,000 feet deep, or almost 2 miles, and are used to dispose of the waste water from oil and gas wells. The process is directly related to fracking, which is the controversial injection of chemical-laced water and sand into shale rocks to release the oil and gas contained in them. Critics of the fracking process say that the high pressure injection of the liquid causes seismic activity. Continue Reading Fracking Responsible For Earthquakes? Rare Ohio Earthquake May Prove It! Here
Recycle Aluminum – How, Where and Why Recycle Aluminum?
Recycle aluminum cans is one of the best things you can do to help the environment!
Americans recycled nearly 56 billion aluminum cans in 2010, and seeing that it takes 95 percent less energy to produce a can from recycled materials than to make one from raw materials, the increase in recycling meant a lot less oil had to be used! The amount of energy saved from aluminum can recycling in 2010 is equal to the energy equivalent of 17 million barrels of crude oil or nearly two days of all U.S. oil imports. Continue Reading Recycle Aluminum – How, Where and Why Recycle Aluminum? Here
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