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"President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan"

"President Obama moved on Wednesday to bolster the nation’s production of corn-based ethanol and other alternative liquid fuels and ordered the rapid development of technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal."

Source: NYTimes, 02/04/2010

"Green Groups Oppose Obama On Nuclear Power"

Environmental groups fear President Obama's plan to guarantee loans for private power companies to build nuclear plants -- loans too risky for free-market lenders to touch -- would be a set-up for another corporate bailout.

Source: NPR, 02/03/2010

"Obama To Outline Biofuels Strategy"

"President Barack Obama on Wednesday will outline a government strategy to boost development of U.S. biofuels and address their environmental challenges, an administration official said."

Source: Reuters, 02/03/2010

Panel To Examine Nuke Waste Options After Yucca

"The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the formation of a blue ribbon commission to evaluate policy options for a safe, long-term solution to America' growing piles of spent fuel from commercial nuclear power plants ...."

Source: ENS, 02/02/2010

Obama's Budget Impacts Environment in Many Ways

President Obama's $3.8 trillion fiscal 2011 budget proposal, released Feb. 1, funds private nuclear plants, Great Lakes and Chesapeake cleanup, and acquisition of land for conservation. It cuts Yucca Mountain, fossil subsidies, and EPA. It still hopes to get revenue from cap-and-trade ... and affects the environment in myriad other ways.

Source: Wash Post, 02/02/2010

"Power Plant Opponents Watch Permit Process Closely"

"Opponents of planned wood-burning power plants in southern Indiana are watching closely as state officials finish work on an air permit that would dictate what types of wood products the first of the plants can burn."

Source: AP, 02/01/2010

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