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Clean Energy & Global Warming Reports
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| 2009-12-22 | |
| This report examines CO2 emissions of America’s power plants. We analyze 2007 plant-by-plant data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Acid Rain Program; 2007 is the most recent year for which final data is available. The report finds that America’s power is dirty – and also very old – and that these two qualities tend to go hand-in-hand. | |
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| 2009-12-03 | |
| The United States has gained a reputation, exacerbated during the presidency of George W. Bush, of obstructionism in the fight against global warming. But, over the last decade, America’s state governments – where the bulk of on-the ground energy policy decision-making is made in America’s federal system of government – have taken the nation on a different course, one of innovative and increasingly aggressive action to reduce global warming pollution. | |
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| 2009-11-17 | |
| Environment Oregon new report released today, Generating Failure: How Building Nuclear Power Plants Would Set America Back in the Race Against Global Warming, analyzes the role, under a best-case scenario, that nuclear power could play in reducing global warming pollution. | |
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| 2009-11-12 | |
| America’s reliance on fossil fuels—oil, coal and natural gas—for energy creates a host of problems, including air and water pollution, global warming pollution, high and unpredictable bills for consumers and businesses, and the need to import oil from unstable parts of the world. Moving to clean energy—such as solar and wind power, more efficient homes, and plug-in cars—will cut pollution, help rebuild our economy, and reduce America’s dependence on oil. In fact, Oregon’s global warming pollution increased by 41 percent since 1990, according to a new analysis of government data by Environment Oregon. | |
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| 2009-09-09 | |
| This report by the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy finds additional energy efficiency provisions within the federal climate legislation now being considered by Congress can create 8,600 jobs in Oregon, save Oregon households $239 annually, and reduce Oregon's global warming pollution by the equivalent of taking 727,000 cars of the road for a year. | |
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| 2009-06-30 | |
| America is at an energy crossroad. As a nation, we are dependent on fossil fuels at a time of growing demand and dwindling supply. Meanwhile, fossil fuel use continues to impose massive environmental and economic costs. Now our country must choose between paying to continue the status quo and investing in a new energy future. | |
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| 2009-03-26 | |
| This report summarizes the state of the science and the necessary scope of pollution reductions. It then provides a progress report on Oregon’s work to reduce global warming pollution by detailing the expected pollution reductions from policies that Oregon has already adopted, and, finally, identifies six additional policies that would enable Oregon to meet its pollution reduction goals for 2020. | |
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| 2008-09-18 | |
| Global warming poses a serious threat to the future of the western United States. Science indicates that in order to avoid the most dangerous impacts of global warming, we must act quickly to reduce global warming pollution. | |
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| 2007-07-24 | |
| In 2006, Americans experienced a summer heat wave that broke records from coast to coast and killed almost 200 people. The year ended and 2007 began with the warmest winter on record globally. This unseasonably warm weather is part of a long-term trend toward rising temperatures and extreme weather events resulting from global warming. | |
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| 2006-10-03 | |
| America can and must move away from our dependence on oil and other fossil fuels and toward a New Energy Future. We can do this by tapping into our abundant supplies of clean, renewable, home-grown energy sources and by deploying our technological know-how to use energy more efficiently. | |
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| 2006-09-22 | |
| In the summer of 2006, Americans from coast to coast experienced a sweltering heat wave that broke more than 2,300 daily temperature records in July alone. This record warmth, however, was not an anomaly; rather, it is indicative of a broader trend toward increasing temperatures and extreme weather resulting from global warming. To examine recent trends in temperature in cities and towns across the United States, this report analyzes 2000-2006 temperature data from 255 major weather stations and finds that temperatures were above normal almost everywhere during the period. | |
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| 2006-07-03 | |
| Energy companies have proposed building a fleet of new coal-fired power plants across America. As of June 2006, power producers have approximately 150 new coal-fired plants on the drawing board, representing a $137 billion investment and the capacity to supply power to 96 million homes. | |
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| 2005-02-16 | |
| Oregon’s current reliance on coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power for electricity generation has left the state with a legacy of environmental and public health problems. This legacy also includes volatile price fluctuations, costing consumers dearly on electricity bills. We can help solve these problems by reducing demand through energy efficiency and diversifying our electricity mix with renewable energy sources. Fortunately, investing in clean energy policies also would generate new high-paying jobs, save consumers and businesses billions of dollars, and boost Iowa's economy while reducing power plant pollution. | |
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