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Young Veterans Tell Congress: Cleaner Energy Is Safer for America

October 16, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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afghanistan, climatechange, energyandclimate2009, globalwarming, iraq, moveamericabeyondoil, nationalsecurity, operationfree, securityrisk, veterans

I have read plenty of briefings about the national security risks posed by climate change, but it is far more powerful to hear about them from people who have seen the grave consequences of our oil dependence first hand: veterans...continued

Why World Energy Ministers Went to Jidda, Not Pensacola

June 25, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

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biofuels, gasprices, moveamericabeyondoil, offshoredrilling, offshoredrillingmoratorium, oilcrisis, oilspills, pluginhybrids

Over the weekend, Crown Prince Abdullah, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, and energy ministers from around the world gathered in Jidda, Saudi Arabia in a desperate effort to tackle the worst energy crisis we have seen in decades. They did...continued