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Gore Challenges America to 100% Clean Energy in 10 Years
Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years," said former Vice President and Nobel Peace Laureate Al Gore Thursday....

Hydrogen Cars Will Need Multi-Billion Dollar Jumpstart
It will take massive subsidies from the U.S. government to make hydrogen fuel cell vehicles a significant part of the nation's transportation future, according to a National Research Council report released Thursday. The study finds that even under a best-case scenario only about two million hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be on American roads by 2020, less than one percent of the nation's estimated total number of cars and trucks....

Infrastructure Renewal Will Drive Governors' Efforts This Year
Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell Monday took the reins of the National Governors Association and announced that the organization's annual Chair's Initiative, chosen each year by the incoming leader, will focus on strengthening infrastructure investment....

U.S. Corn Production Feeds Expanding Gulf Dead Zone
This year's dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is likely to be the largest on record and growing U.S. corn production is a primary cause of the worsening conditions, federal and state scientists said Tuesday....

Bush Removes Executive Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling
Saying that Americans are worried about the high price of gasoline, President George W. Bush today removed the executive ban on offshore exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf, the OCS, that has stood since his father was in the Oval Office....

Oilman Pickens Promotes the Wind
Texas billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens is throwing his influence and money behind a campaign to wean America from its dependency on petroleum and shift to renewable energy sources, particularly wind....

Global Warming Chief Among Threats to Coral Reefs
Nearly half of U.S. coral reef ecosystems are considered to be in "poor" or "fair" condition according to a new analysis of the health of coral reefs under U.S. jurisdiction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA....

GAO: Responders' Detection of Hazardous Releases Inadequate
More than six years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, local first responders do not have tools to accurately and quickly identify the release of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear materials in an urban environment, according to a new report issued by the Government Accountability Office, GAO, the investigative branch of Congress....

Extreme Weather Events Predicted for Warming North America
Atlanta is thirsty, New York is sizzling, Des Moines is flooded - all these situations have happened this year, and a new federal government report predicts an increasing frequency of the same kinds of extremes across North America as the planet warms....

Everglades Recommended for Relisting on World Heritage Danger List
Everglades National Park was removed from the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites in danger last year against the advice of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, IUCN. The vast wetland in southern Florida had been on the danger list since 1993 and in the opinion of the Swiss-based conservation alliance it still belongs there....

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America For Sale?4:05 pm July 23, 2008
Foreign Governments' Links to Secretive Buyout Firms Raise Potential National Security Concerns, Says New Public Awareness Campaign . . . . Ads...

5 Key Quotes from UPS on the Freight Industry and the Economy4:03 pm July 23, 2008
Here are five key quotes from UPS (UPS) conference call:. . 1. The state of the overall economy. . It's obvious to everyone in the business world...

Fuel Crunch Turns Ford From Trucks To Small Cars4:01 pm July 23, 2008
Ford Motor Co. plans to bring six small vehicles to the U.S. market from overseas to meet growing demand for more fuel-efficient options.. A person ...

Obama In His Own Words3:48 pm July 23, 2008
Quotes from Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting.. . In his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Boston, on July 27 ...

Government: Airfares in US rose 4.4 pct in 1Q3:47 pm July 23, 2008
Average domestic airfares rose 4.4 percent in the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year earlier, the government said Wednesday ...

Blogs About United States from Other Sites

Dept. of Oil PsychologyNY Daily News - Mouth of the Potomac, 4:06 pm July 23, 2008

Wednesday links: crowded tradesAbnormal Returns, 3:57 pm July 23, 2008

Aion character creation video shows impressive customization optionsMassively, 3:55 pm July 23, 2008

Paper's weight: Technology has added to the loadThe Creative Coast Initiative, 3:50 pm July 23, 2008

New in: Open Access and Science 2.0A Blog Around the Clock, 3:48 pm July 23, 2008

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