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Obama Sets Ambitious Goal to Reduce US Oil Imports

WASHINGTON -- Seeking to show the public he understands the burden of rising gas prices, President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal of reducing U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, and vowed to break through the political gridlock that has stymied similar initiatives for decades. "Presidents and politicians of every...

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Opinion: Obama's Energy Plan Will Stall Growth

It's unfortunate for all Americans that instead of trying to bring our citizens together to find solutions to tomorrow's energy needs, President Barack Obama is expected in his proposed federal budget Monday to call for higher taxes on the oil industry -- and pretend that American consumers won't suffer as a result. Hold...

Reactions to the State of the Union: Loosening Oil's Stranglehold

Sitting in front of the television listening to the State of the Union, I'm hearing some great ideas, but the one that jumps out and makes my head snap up is the clean energy proposal. Having 80 percent of our energy be supplied by clean, renewable energy would help our country break our addiction to oil. This would create...

The Latest Buzz: Caffeinated Popcorn

(Nov. 24) -- Next time you find yourself dozing off in the middle of a boring movie at home, there's only one logical solution: stuff your face with popcorn -- caffeinated popcorn, to be precise. For the past several months, Amanda Fitch and her husband, Matthew, have been generating quite the buzz from a business they...

energy News From the Web

06/01/12 Across the Pond, A Model for Reform? Source: AOL Energy An ambitious plan by the UK government to replace aging power stations with low-carbon generation could be a model other countries that are also searching for ways of hitting tough emissions targets while satisfying higher future demand for electricity.
06/01/12 Smart Grid China: Latest Plan Shows Why China is... Source: AOL Energy A Chinese worker checking the power lines in Haikou, south China's Hainan province.
06/01/12 Social License Debate Divides US Natural Gas Sector Source: AOL Energy International Energy Agency IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol (C) talks as Brazil's state-controlled energy giant Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo (R) and and Italian energy giant Enel CEO Fulvio Conti (L) listen at the end of a press briefing at the IEA ministerial meeting at the OECD headquarters in Paris on October 18, 2011.
05/31/12 The $100 Billion Question for the EPA Source: AOL Energy Two more years and some flexibility on technology will make a $100 billion difference.
05/31/12 Are the tariffs on Chinese wind tower imports... Source: AOL Energy

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