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"Obama Considers Tapping Oil Reserve"

"The Obama administration is considering tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to rapidly rising gasoline prices brought on by turmoil in the Middle East, the White House chief of staff, William M. Daley, said on Sunday."

Source: NY Times, 03/07/2011

Fossil-Fuel Economy Threatens World's Ocean Reefs

Besides being a keystone of the ocean ecosystem, coral reefs are of huge commercial value. But they are seriously threatened by floods, runoff, rising ocean temperatures and acidity which are all symptoms of our fossil-fuel economy.

Source: TIME, 03/07/2011

"DOE Approves $102 Million Loan Aid For Maine Wind Farm"

"The Department of Energy said on Thursday it has offered a conditional $102 million loan guarantee to support a wind farm in Maine. The financial aid will support the Record Hill wind project, a 50.1 megawatt wind power plant and transmission line in Maine."

Source: Reuters, 03/04/2011

"Pressure Limits Efforts to Police Drilling for Gas"

Past efforts to regulate toxic and polluting waste from oil and gas drilling operations were thwarted when back-room industry pressure subverted the law and science that justified it. Today, history may be about to repeat itself.

Source: Grist, 03/04/2011

"US EPA Says Big Budget Cut Would Hurt Public Health"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect citizens from premature death and other health problems would be gutted if Congress slashes funding as threatened by Republican lawmakers, its chief said on Wednesday."

Source: Reuters, 03/03/2011

"The Governator Goes Green"

"Arnold Schwarzenegger told you he’d be back. Just months removed from a raucous seven years as California governor, the global warming gladiator is about to hopscotch around the planet in his new role as a green technology cheerleader."

Source: Politico, 03/02/2011

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