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Cross-posted from Grist . As an activist who has been arrested for civil disobedience, organized national climate mobilizations, protested outside of coal plants and worked for Greenpeace, I am calling on my friends and colleagues to fight for the Kerry-Boxer “Clean Energy Jobs Act” and a strong global treaty in Copenhagen. On Monday Senator Barbara Boxer and Energy Secretary Steven Chu said there is a chance of passing a climate bill in Congress before the international talks in Copenhagen

I thought it was bad when California wanted to outlaw plasma screen televisions to stop global warming. I thought it was expensive when Sec. Steven Chu suggested the price of gasoline in America should be intentionally ramped up to European levels to discourage driving. I thought is was even more expensive when Australia wanted to tax procreation by forcing parents to pay a $5000 “baby levy” and an annual $800 carbon tax per child (I have five…right now anyway.) And then there is the

U.S. Department of Energy – Energy Efficiency and Renewable EnergyEERE NewsRecovery Act Announcement: Obama Administration Delivers More than $106 Million for Energy Efficiency and Conservation Projects in Nine StatesSeptember 24, 2009Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced today that more than $106 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is being awarded to 9 states to support energy efficiency and conservation activities. Under the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Ene

I’m not liking Obama’s arrogant Energy Secretary Steven Chu. Via the WSJ : When it comes to greenhouse-gas emissions, Energy Secretary Steven Chu sees Americans as unruly teenagers and the Administration as the parent that will have to teach them a few lessons. Speaking on the sidelines of a smart grid conference in Washington, Dr. Chu said he didn’t think average folks had the know-how or will to to change their behavior enough to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. “The American public…ju

August 30th, 2009John Q. PublicLeave a commentGo to comments Filed under: Biodiesel, Ethanol, EV/Plug-in, Flex-Fuel, Legislation and Policy, Natural Gas, Green Daily, USA What does it cost to displace 38 million gallons of petroleum per year? According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), almost $300 million. That’s the amount that DOE head Steven Chu announced last week would go from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act into buying about 9,000 “alternative fuel and energy efficient” ve