Word: coaling
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...warming and demand for electricity are growing, and prices for fossil fuels like natural gas are steadily rising. Even environmentalists like Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore and scientist James Lovelock have endorsed the once taboo energy source as a credible, clean alternative to coal- and natural-gas-powered plants. While most Americans still don't want a nuke plant in their backyard, some economically depressed areas, like Port Gibson, Miss., and Oswego, N.Y., are actively lobbying to be the home of a new reactor--and of all the jobs and tax revenue that come...
...press conference and as an aside in the Social Security speech. It is possible that Bush's belated interest in alternative fuels is a ploy to misguide the public into thinking that his proposed energy bill is something more than a tax-incentive gravy train for the oil and coal industries (after all, the New York Times reported last week that the Administration has allowed a former oil- industry lobbyist to "edit" its position on global warming). But it is also possible that Bush is signaling that he would be open to a revised energy bill, with greater incentives...
...11th grader, she interviewed coal miners in Tennessee for a documentary, and—following a stint as a Crimson reporter—she interned at the New York Daily News...
Simply switching all of our light bulbs from incandescent to compact fluorescent would reduce total electricity demand by 10 percent, the equivalent of about 120 coal power plants...
...importance of protecting the environment, and even on some economic issues, says Janicke. She too took aim at the wooden bird - and missed. "As a young girl, I was told by my parents: We are union and spd," she says. "But since we've lost steel and coal as our only industries, both big employers are disappearing. That means you're not born conservative or left wing anymore." That trend holds true nationally, where membership in both mainstream political parties is in decline. Elections are increasingly won by the party that can mobilize swing voters with no formal party ties...