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Gallup Finds Americans Prioritize Energy Over Environment for First Time in 10 Years of Poll Question

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Americans are more likely to say the US should prioritize development of energy supplies than to say it should prioritize protecting the environment, according to a recent Gallup poll. This is the first time in this question’s 10-year history that more have favored energy production over environmental protection. Click to enlarge.

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BOEM announces proposed Central Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale; nearly 38 million acres available

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Lease Sale 216/222 is the last remaining sale scheduled in the 2007 – 2012 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Natural Gas Leasing Program. The Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program schedules 12 lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Brazil and US to deepen cooperation on energy; aviation biofuels

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Among the statements and agreements emerging from President Obama’s official visit to Brazil and meeting with President Dilma Rousseff were overall support for the US supporting “ the rise of Brazil as a global power ” as well as an agreement to launch a Strategic Energy Dialogue between the two countries.

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. President Biden has made it clear that he intends to strengthen environmental regulations across the board, and his administration is expected to reinstate the Obama-era emissions standards, and possibly go beyond them.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. “ Bretton Woods plus Yalta, multiplied by Reykjavik.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

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Yes, even these unfortunate dimwits can still save what’s left of their retirement funds while helping out the rest of us who weren’t fooled by the right wing, unabashed carbon pimps who ran things in the US government from 2000-2008 and did more damage to our environment than any government in history. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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The plan assumes carbon intensity will be reduced 10% from 2007 levels by 2023, with reductions beginning in 2014. In 2007, then-US Senator Barack Obama proposed a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (NLCFS) based on the California LCFS. Earlier post.). The final report on an LCFS was published in February 2011. British Columbia.

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