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Energy Secretary Chu to step down
WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu said he is leaving the Obama administration, ending a tenure marked by active development of alternative energy that won plaudits from environmentalists and drew attacks from conservatives, especially after the...
Tags: Energy Saving, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Politics, Stanford University
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Letters: Climate danger
Re "Climate change won't wait," Opinion, Jan. 6 It is hard to understand President Obama's stand on climate change. His Energy secretary, Nobel laureate Steven Chu, said four years ago that, if we don't dramatically slow global warming, "we're looking...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Natural Disasters, Politics, Barack Obama, Ronald Reagan
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Obama fundraiser linked to loan program that aided Solyndra
The White House faced mounting political complications as a second top fundraiser for President Obama was linked to a federal loan guarantee program that backed a now-bankrupt Silicon Valley solar energy company, and as two California lawmakers called for...Tags: Bill Lockyer, Economy, Business and Finance, Laws, Politics, Barack Obama
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Obama was warned of loan dangers long before Solyndra sank
Top of the TicketTim Geithner and Lawrence Summers warned Obama about the dangers of Energy Secy. Stephen Chu's loan program vetting process.... -
McManus: Fuming about gas
When the price of gasoline rises, the supply of hot air expands. Just look at the recent GOP attacks blaming President Obama for prices that exceed $4 a gallon in some parts of the country. Not only is Obama responsible, according to some Republicans,...
Tags: Market and Exchange, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Politics, Barack Obama
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Goldberg: Obama's pump debacle
As gasoline prices climb, President Obama's poll numbers plummet. In February, a Washington Post/ABC poll had Obama up 6 points against Mitt Romney. Monday's poll has him down 2.
According to the polls, gas prices are a huge part of the story,...Tags: Market and Exchange, Economy, Business and Finance, Environmental Issues, Politics, Barack Obama
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Karl Rove accuses Obama campaign of 'influence peddling'
Karl Rove, architect of George W. Bush's presidential victories, is steeped in the business of political fundraising. He co-founded one of the major "super-PACs," American Crossroads, which will try to cut into President Obama's fundraising advantage in...Tags: Arne Duncan, Politics, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Crossroads
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Administration officials double as Obama campaign speakers
Obama administration Cabinet members and senior aides are fanning out across the country in an aggressive fundraising drive, taking advantage of porous campaign finance laws that allow them to appear as marquee speakers and raise substantial money for the...Tags: Environmental Issues, Laws, Politics, George W. Bush, Barack Obama
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Natural gas fracking needs to be monitored, panel says
GreenspaceFracking report: The assessment was the Obama administration's first major pronouncement on the coast-to-coast shale gas boom that has raised concerns about the risks to underground water supplies from the mixture of sand, water and chemicals injected... -
U.S. government buys its first electric vehicles
GreenspaceThe federal government handed over the keys to a handful of electric vehicles it purchased Tuesday. The 116 cars -- a mixture of Chevrolet Volts, Nissan Leafs and Think Cities -- are the first electric vehicles to be purchased by...... -
Time to update the Energy Star program?
GreenspaceThe governmentâs Energy Star system, used to rate products and retrofitted buildings for energy efficiency, could use a fixer-upper of its own, a legislator said Monday. The voluntary program uses relative instead of absolute ratings, comparing subjects...
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