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"DOE Makes $30B Available to Jumpstart Renewable Energy,' Smart Grid' Projects"

"The Energy Department is making up to $30 billion in loan guarantee authority available for renewable energy and electric grid modernization projects."

Source: NYTimes, 07/31/2009

"Has Portugal Solved The Electric Car Problem?"

Portugal may be the first nation out of the blocks in the scramble for electric automobiles. Its motives may be more selfish than ecological.

Source: Reuters, 07/31/2009

"'Clunkers' Auto Rebate Plan So Popular That It's Broke"

"New-car shoppers appear to have already snapped up all the $1 billion that Congress appropriated for the 'cash for clunkers' program, leading the Transportation Department to tell auto dealers Thursday night to stop offering the rebates."

Source: NYTimes, 07/31/2009

"Efficiency Drive Could Cut Energy Use 23% by 2020, Study Finds"

"The biggest opportunity to improve the nation’s energy situation is a major investment program to make homes and businesses more efficient, according to a study released Wednesday."

Source: NYTimes, 07/30/2009

"White Roofs Catch on as Energy Cost Cutters"

White roofs, a measure recently urged by Energy Secretary Steven Chu, are catching on both as a way of fighting global warming and a way to cool houses cheaply.

Source: NYTimes, 07/30/2009

"Senate Passes Energy and Water Bill"

"The Senate on Wednesday passed a $34.3 billion energy spending bill that backs up President Barack Obama's promise to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada."

Source: AP, 07/30/2009

"U.S. Court Approves Gulf of Mexico Oil Drilling Plan"

"In a big win for oil companies, a federal appeals court said it will allow the U.S. Interior Department to move forward with oil and natural gas leasing plans for the Gulf of Mexico that were drawn up by the Bush administration."

Source: Reuters, 07/30/2009

"China, United States Pledge Climate Teamwork"

"Is it possible that the long performance of the 'You first, sir,' vaudeville routine by the Alphonse and Gaston of the global greenhouse is drawing toward a close?"

Source: Dot Earth, 07/29/2009

"Call to Curb Speculators in Energy"

"The country's top regulator of commodity markets said Tuesday that the government should 'seriously consider' strict limits on the trades of purely financial investors in the futures markets for oil, natural gas and other energy products."

Source: NYTimes, 07/29/2009

Sole U.S.-Owned Reactor-Fuel Enrichment Plant Denied Loan

"The federal government will not lend $2 billion to USEC, the sole American-owned uranium enrichment company, the Energy Department said on Tuesday."

Source: NYTimes, 07/29/2009

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