Ralph Cavanagh

National Resources Defense Council

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Co-Director of the Energy and Transportation Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council

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Turns out it was old news to energy experts, but this week's report from the International Energy Agency has a lot of others revising their thinking about the domestic production of…

Oil and Gas Boom Reshapes US Energy Landscape

Turns out it was old news to energy experts, but this week's report from the International Energy Agency has a lot of others revising their thinking about the domestic production of…

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When the President and Mitt Romney talked about "energy independence" during the recent campaign, it had the sound of an unattainable promise.

America's Oil Boom: the Economy and the Environment

When the President and Mitt Romney talked about "energy independence" during the recent campaign, it had the sound of an unattainable promise.

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Proposition 7  is called  The Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008.   We're already seeing a blitz of TV commercials on a measure that has divided environmentalists in California.

Proposition 7 Sounds Good, So Why Don’t Most Environmentalists Like it?

Proposition 7 is called The Solar and Clean Energy Act of 2008. We're already seeing a blitz of TV commercials on a measure that has divided environmentalists in California.

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