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| 2010-02-27 | |
| Ohio already has more than 1,130 businesses involved in the energy efficiency industry, according to Environment Ohio’s new report titled “Ohio’s Green Energy Economy: the Energy Efficiency Industry.” From home energy raters, to green architects, to retailers of energy efficient products, businesses throughout the state are already contributing to Ohio’s clean energy future. | |
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| 2009-09-10 | |
| In June 2009, the House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES). This climate and energy legislation included a number of provisions intended to help the U.S. reduce energy use through various energy efficiency measures. | |
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| 2009-06-30 | |
| America is at an energy crossroad. As a nation, we are dependent on fossil fuels at a time of growing demand and dwindling supply. Meanwhile, fossil fuel use continues to impose massive environmental and economic costs. Now our country must choose between paying to continue the status quo and investing in a new energy future. | |
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| 2009-05-13 | |
| America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. The majority of this energy is derived from dirty, polluting sources such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power. | |
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| 2009-04-21 | |
| President Obama has in two short months set the nation in a new direction when it comes to transitioning to a clean energy economy, stopping global warming and protecting the environment. | |
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| 2009-03-23 | |
| Ohio’s economy is in crisis. Unemployment has reached 9.4 percent, a 25-year high. Major employers, such as DHL, Longaberger, and Limited Brands, have laid off hundreds of employees across the state. While every industry has suffered under this economic catastrophe to some extent, renewable energy holds great promise to become one of Ohio’s leading economic growth engines during the recovery ahead. | |
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| 2009-01-13 | |
| Our reliance on dirty energy is fueling global warming, harming our health, threatening our security and stalling our economy. Burning coal, oil and gas for energy and transportation is responsible for 80 percent of U.S. global warming pollution and most of our smog and soot pollution. | |
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| 2008-11-11 | |
| To revive the American dream, we need to rebuild our economy on a sound foundation – one that puts people back to work, contributes to long-term prosperity, rebuilds our communities, and protects our environment. There is one path to a renewed economy that achieves all of those goals—one that is increasingly recognized by opinion leaders, politicians, investors and workers as our best chance to work our way out of our current economic troubles, while building a stronger, more self-reliant and environmentally responsible America. It is the path to a clean energy future. | |
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| 2008-10-20 | |
| The energy sources Ohio uses today wreak havoc on household budgets across the state, create air pollution and contribute to global warming. Residential electricity prices increased 9 percent from May 2007 to May 2008. At the same time, 86 percent of electricity used in the Buckeye State comes from coal-fired power plants, with the result that Ohio has the second highest emissions of global warming pollution from electricity generation of any state. In addition, 70 percent of the coal burned in Ohio’s power plants is imported from other states, meaning that Ohio spends billions of dollars to import out-of-state energy resources rather than supporting local jobs and businesses. | |
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| 2008-07-17 | |
| The growing threat of global warming, air and water pollution, and rising energy costs are a few of the many problems that result from our current over-reliance on petroleum-based transportation fuels. Alternative transportation fuels, in conjunction with an array of other energy-related strategies, have the potential to help mitigate these problems—if public policy prioritizes those fuels that can deliver the greatest benefit for the environment and the American people. | |
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| 2008-07-01 | |
| America is the largest consumer of energy in the world. Almost half of the energy we use—10 percent of the energy in the world—powers our buildings.1 Most of this energy comes from burning fossil fuels. Our reliance on these fuels makes us vulnerable to supply disruptions, contributes to global warming and other environmental problems, and is becoming increasingly expensive. | |
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| 2008-04-15 | |
| The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio projects that the state‟s demand for energy will increase by about one percent per year through 2020. According to the Energy Information Administration, world energy consumption could increase up to 57 percent from 2004 to 2030. | |
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| 2008-01-22 | |
| Renewable energy in the United States is on the rise. America now generates twice as much electricity from the wind and the sun as we did just four years ago, and 2007 promises to be another year of record growth. | |
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| 2007-11-02 | |
| Public Opinion Strategies conducted this survey of 600 registered voters throughout the state of Ohio on September 18-20, 2007. Ohioans express an overwhelming preference for increasing the use of clean energy and investing in energy efficiency in the state. Eight-in-ten Ohioans support setting a renewable energy standard requiring utilities to obtain 20% of their electricity from renewable sources like wind and solar by the year 2025. | |
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| 2007-08-23 | |
| Developing Ohio’s wind energy resources will advance Ohio’s economy. Clean, renewable and home-grown wind energy will help to make Ohio more energy independent, create jobs, increase incomes, and help to prepare our economy for a potential national cap on global warming pollution. | |
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| 2006-11-20 | |
| At the dawn of the 21st century, Ohio faces immense energy challenges, but committing to a new energy future would decrease our dependence on fossil fuels, create jobs, secure our economy, revitalize rural Ohio, and help build a healthier cleaner energy future for our children. | |
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| 2006-11-13 | |
| At the dawn of the 21st century, Ohio faces immense energy challenges, but committing to a new energy future would decrease our dependence on fossil fuels, create jobs, secure our economy, revitalize rural Ohio, and help build a healthier cleaner energy future for our children. | |
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| 2006-09-27 | |
| America has the technological know-how and the resources to move away from dependence on oil and other fossil fuels and toward a cleaner, more secure New Energy Future. | |
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| 2006-09-14 | |
| In the summer of 2006, Americans from coast to coast experienced a sweltering heat wave that broke more than 2,300 daily temperature records in July alone. This record warmth, however, was not an anomaly; rather, it is indicative of a broader trend toward increasing temperatures and extreme weather resulting from global warming. | |
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| 2006-07-20 | |
| Energy companies have proposed building a fleet of new coal-fired power plants across America. As of June 2006, power producers have approximately 150 new coal-fired plants on the drawing board, representing a $137 billion investment and the capacity to supply power to 96 million homes. | |
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| 2005-06-06 | |
| In 2004, Congress and the Bush administration proposed an energy policy that included $52 billion in subsidies, two-thirds of which would have benefited fossil fuels and nuclear power. Proponents of this energy policy argue that investing in fossil fuels and nuclear power are essential for a healthy and vibrant economy. They also contend that a renewable energy standard, requiring a certain percentage of our electricity come fromrenewables, will cost us jobs and increase costs to consumers. | |
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| Developing Ohio’s wind energy resources will advance Ohio’s economy. Clean, renewable and home-grown wind energy will help to make Ohio more energy independent, create jobs, increase incomes, and help to prepare our economy for a potential national cap on global warming pollution. | |
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