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Americans are Dying to Support our Fossil Fuel Habit

October 26, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Health and the Environment , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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airpollution, capandtrade, climateandenergy2009, coalfiredpowerplants, costofinaction, hiddencosts, kerryboxer, nationalacademyofsciences, nationalsecurity

A new report from the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reveals that our energy bills are $120bln higher than they appear due to the "hidden costs" associated with the air pollution created by burning fossil fuels. The...continued

Climate Bill Could Dramatically Increase US Energy Security

September 18, 2009

Posted by Andy Stevenson in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy

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API, cap2.0, climateandenergy2009, CO2, coalfiredpowerplants, coaltoliquids, energysecurity, EOR, markettransformation, nationalsecurity, newtgingrich, oilconsumption, oilshales, tarsands, waxmanmarkey

One of the key findings from a new NRDC climate policy study is that policies to support CO2 capture and sequestration at power plants and industrial facilities could also help recover almost 37 billion barrels of stranded domestic oil by 2050. This increase...continued