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EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson’s Testimony Before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency As prepared for delivery. Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Moran, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for inviting me to testify about President Obama’s Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency. … Continue reading
Natural Gas May Help Cut Emissions
“The more I look into it, the more I’m beginning to think there is a fairly simple way to meet President Obama’s short-term pledge of reducing carbon emissions in the United States by 17 percent over the next decade. The silver bullet: Decommission about two-thirds of the electric-generating capacity fueled by cheap and plentiful coal, and replace it with power generated from cheap and plentiful natural gas, which emits half as much carbon for each megawatt of electricity.” Continue reading
Obama’s Challenges
In his State of the Union Speech, the president continues to endorse the creation of a clean energy economy built on carbon constraints and the expansion of a modern infrastructure that involves new generation and the intelligent utility. But he is also becoming increasingly vocal in his support for new nuclear power plants as well as the development of clean coal technologies and more offshore oil and gas drilling. Continue reading
