Chu: Renewable Energy Worth The Risk

Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu defended the DOE’s loan guarantee program, telling members of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that it is essential for economic stability that the U.S. invest in risky loans to further renewable energy production. (0:23)

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Poll: Americans Unhappy With Congress On Energy

Tom Jensen, Director of Public Policy Polling, says the American people are not satisfied with how Congress has acted on renewable energy legislation and they want more emphasis on clean, renewable energy in the future. (0:33)

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Roughead: Spending On Energy At Forefront

Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, speaks at the Navy Energy Forum about the how energy is a huge part of the Department of Defense Budget for 2012. (0:13)

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Weaning US From Fossil Fuels Reduces Risk Says Adm. Roughead

Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, speaks at the Navy Energy Forum about the how the push for renewable energy is part of a war strategy and reduces risk. (0:27)

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Clean Energy Almost War-Fighting Function, Says Military Official

Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, speaks at the Navy Energy Forum about the how the push for renewable energy is part of a war strategy. (0:10)

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NWF: Renewable Energy 'Sparking' Nationwide

Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s Global Warming Solutions Program Tim Warman explains three different sections of the nation working on renewable energy sources. (0:35)

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NWF: Renewable Energy 'Critical' To US Economy

Tim Warman, Executive Director of the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) Global Warming Soulutions Program talks about the positive economic effects the development of clean renewable energy would have on the economy. (0:23)

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U.S. Must Change Energy Collection, Consumption Patterns, Says Lawmaker

Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) says the United States must come to realize that its current natural resource collection and consumption patterns must change.

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The President Needs To Move Faster On Energy Issue, Says Podesta

John Podesta, the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, said Thursday during a forum held by the National Italian American Foundation that President Barack Obama needs to work faster in setting the course for renewable energy. (0:44)
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U.S. Not Only Country To Learn From Oil Spill, Says Interior Secretary

Ken Salazar, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, says Tuesday that all countries in the world need to be aware of the risks of not using renewable energy. (0:31)
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Grouse Affecting Energy Development

A high plains bird might have a great impact on the continued development of renewable and conventional energy. TRNS Reporter Benny Martinez has the story. Click the audio icon below to listen. (:51)
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Biden: Green Jobs Are Better. Period.

Vice President Joe Biden says green jobs, jobs that promote clean, renewable energy, pay 10-20% higher wages than traditional jobs. Biden went on to say that green initiatives create jobs in the U.S. and allow more Americans to get to, and remain, in the middle class. (0:41)
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Expert Finds Problems With The Waxman-Markey Bill

Lester Lave, founder of Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center and Carnegie Mellon's Green Design Institute, raises concerns about the Waxman-Markey Bill currently being discussed in Congressional Committees. He says that it is too costly and does not give enough weight to natural gas (0:47)
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Renewable Electricity Standards Are The Key To Improving Energy Policy

"Renewable Electricity Standards are the key [to improving energy policy]," said Rob Gramlich, Policy Director of American Wind Energy Association. Gramlich expressed concern that House and Senate Committees have "significantly watered down" renewable energy in U.S. policy (0:31)
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Secretary Steven Chu jokes while at energy conference

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Today while at the Energy Information Administration annual conference, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu jokes about airplanes mating while making a larger point on how science can learn from nature.

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Latta: Renewables important for energy reform

Bob Latta (R-Ohio) says that the United States must incorporate renewable sources in its energy policy if it hopes to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. Latta also says that about 70 percent of our nation's oil comes from overseas (:27).
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"Americans want energy independence"

Jason Pyle, CEO of Sapphire Energy, describes the Renewable Fuels Standard as limiting and regressive. He says that the U.S. was built on "innovation and ingenuity", but that the Renewable Fuels Standard limits fuel research to those technologies that depend on food and agricultural land. (0:51)
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Wind could provide 20 percent of energy by 2030

Randy Swisher, the executive director of the American Wind Energy Association stresses the significance of the potential power that wind energy can have in the future in the energy arena today. (0:56)
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