White House Ready to Learn More About Clean Coal
Following up on his discussion with House Republicans over the weekend, he invited a few coal state governors to the White House today, and one big topic of conversation was clean coal.
The US Department of Defense released the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) today, outlining its strategy and priorities for 2010 and beyond.
For the first time in its history, the report identified climate change as a threat to national security:
Today the President submitted his proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year (which starts on October 1) to Congress. He reaffirmed his commitment to addressing global warming by proposing steps to help the U.S. transition away from the dirty fossil fuels that cause global warming and other considerable air and water contamination.
Last year, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a leader in junk removal and salvage, voluntarily undertook an environmental audit of its services in the U.S. and Canada and found that during the sample period, the company diverted over 60 percent of junk from landfills. At least 40 percent of the salvaged junk was recycled, 16 percent was converted into energy and 4.5 percent was reused.
Community-based renewable energy projects in Vermont, Wisconsin, Colorado and California were granted over $20 million from the U.S. Department of Energy on Jan. 21, which matches $167 million in local government and private sector funding.
The U. S. Department of Energy on Jan.15 pledged $37 million of funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act towards research projects in high-efficiency solid-state lighting, which includes light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).