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“I love offshore wind”

 |  Feb 15, 2012

The title is a quote from our member Randy, who came out yesterday on Valentine’s Day to show some love for Clean Energy! The room was full yesterday at a … Read more

Media Scrutinizes Modest Clean Energy Investments, Ignores Massive Polluter Tax Giveaways

 |  Jan 27, 2012

Imagine if reporters spent even a fraction of the time highlighting America’s hugely wasteful dirty energy subsidies as they do trying to gin up “scandal” in clean energy. How would … Read more

Heartfelt Testimonies Make the Difference at Philadelphia Hearing

,  |  Jan 24, 2012

Last week, I traveled to Philadelphia to testify at my first public hearing.  Upon my arrival, I immediately began to second guess myself and question my earlier enthusiasm at the … Read more

The Big Tell: Oil Prices Fall After Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Rejection

 |  Jan 19, 2012

Why would President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline cause oil prices to FALL? You have to wonder what Big Oil is more worried about: That it won’t … Read more

Big Oil’s Pipeline Stunt Will Backfire (Updated)

 |  Dec 16, 2011

12/22 Update:  Press reports indicate this afternoon that the House GOP will blink on the payroll tax bill and sign off on the version passed by a bi-partisan margin in the … Read more

Virginia’s Community Colleges are going green

 |  Dec 16, 2011

The Virginia Community College System hosted its annual Hire Education conference, Extreme Innovation – Workforce Edition, last week at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Virginia. More than 400 workforce development faculty and … Read more

Power plant in front of U.S. Capitol

Will House GOP Leadership Put Big Oil Donors Ahead of Economic Recovery?

 |  Dec 12, 2011

At a time when our members of Congress should be working to find common ground on legislation to help America’s struggling economy, House Republican leadership is instead taking the payroll … Read more

Crews Report Progress in Stopping Spill at Colorado Tar Sands Refinery

 |  Dec 5, 2011

While they’re still working to pinpoint the source, workers have made progress in keeping an oil spill north of Denverfrom getting any worse: Federal officials say a trench dug to … Read more

As Colorado Oil Spill Cleanup Efforts Continue, Cancer-Causing Benzene Found

 |  Dec 1, 2011

We’re learning more about an oily substance found in the Sand Creek north of Denver, CO. Investigators say it may have leaked from an underground pipeline: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency … Read more

Possible Tar Sands Spill Fouls Colorado Creek, Threatens Wildlife and Drinking Water

 |  Nov 30, 2011

Authorities are investigating an oily muck found in a creek north of Denver near the Suncor Energy tar sands refinery in Commerce City: Environmental Protection Agency officials say small dams erected … Read more