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...biodiesel plant in Newton, Iowa. The theme of the day was that biofuels produce jobs, and Vilsack was pushing Iowa as "the clean-energy capital of America." But he was clearly aware of the new research suggesting that biofuels in general - and corn ethanol in particular - created more carbon emissions by accelerating deforestation than they saved by replacing fossil fuels. "It's definitely something we need to study," he said. Vilsack suggested that second-generation biofuels like cellulosic ethanol manufactured from switchgrass could solve the problem, particularly if it were grown on unproductive hillsides so that it wouldn't displace...
...Administration's work on climate change across departments - a necessary post, since global warming touches on science, the economy and politics at home and abroad. All three appointees are charged with one of the most important items on Obama's agenda: getting the U.S. off imported oil and other carbon-rich fuels. "The pursuit of a new energy economy requires a sustained, all-hands-on-deck effort," Obama said. "This time will be different. This time we cannot fail." (Read "Sewage That's Clean Enough to Drink...
...hope embodied by Obama's green team, it will still face enormous challenges in counteracting climate change. Any legislation to cap carbon emissions in the U.S. will need the support of Congress, while a new international treaty will need a difficult two-thirds majority in the Senate. Chu won't be able to do much about that. But, as Obama pointed out at his press conference, "[Chu's] appointment should send a signal to all that this Administration will value science. We will make decisions based on facts, and we understand that those facts demand bold actions." Today's appointments...
...awareness. The Harvard Square Clergy Association is organizing a group of churches to ring their bells 350 times at 3:50 p.m. today—the 350th day of the year—in order to raise awareness for Project 350, an environmental activism movement that aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to the “sustainable level” of 350 parts per million. Project 350 says in its mission statement that its “first job is to make sure everyone knows this target so that our political leaders feel real pressure...
...didn't help that on the same day the Poznan talks concluded, the European Union - long the world's carbon-cutting leader - took a step backward. Europe had previously pledged to reduce its carbon emissions 20% by 2020 - the so-called 20-20-20 plan - and in Brussels on Dec. 12, representatives confirmed that goal. But instead of forcing electric utilities to pay for the right to emit greenhouse gases - as a draft plan from earlier in the year had prescribed - the E.U. bowed to complaints from poorer nations in Eastern Europe, allowing utilities in those countries to continue getting...