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Famous Arctic Explorer talks about energy crossroads

October 15, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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birds, canada, energycrossroads, normcoleman, oilsands, oilshale, tarsands, willsteger

Will Steger is the first person to have made his way across the Antarctic on foot, a daunting terrain of ice waves and howling winds. There were no dogs, no company at all. Just endless white, a man and his wooden...continued

Charting a Greener Course for Aviation Fuels

September 25, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming

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aviation, biofuels, boeing, fuel, oilsands, oilshale, pollution, tarsands, virginatlantic

Today, key players in the aviation industry, led by Boeing and Virgin Atlantic Airways, have joined forces with academics and environmental groups to launch a push for low carbon fuel. This new coalition, Sustainable Aviation Fuels Users' Group, is being advised by NRDC and the...continued

A Victory for Clean Energy: Section 526 Stands Strong

September 24, 2008

Posted by Liz Barratt-Brown in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy

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canadiangovernment, defenseauthorization, dod, liquidcoal, oilsands, oilshale, section526, tarsands

Following nine months of assault on Section 526 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Congress decided today to keep intact a critically important fuel contracting requirement- marking a big win for clean energy supporters. The provision-- known...continued

Liz Barratt-Brown
Liz Barratt-Brown
Senior Attorney
Washington, DC
I came to NRDC in 1981 and have worked with NRDC’s International Program for the...
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