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What Obama’s Oval Office Speech Could Have Sounded Like (Video)

Photo via the NY Times …According to Rachel Maddow Plenty of people felt let down by Obama’s oval office speech on the BP Gulf spill , and believed it was as a lost opportunity to rally for more progressive energy policy in a meaningful way. I was one of them, admittedly. But one pundit did more than complain about what was left unsaid — Rachel Maddow and her writers drafted up their version of a superior speech; one that included taking a hard line on the oil industry, f… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Rhode Island Offshore Wind Farm Takes Step Forward – And Some Environmentalists Are Upset?

photo: m.prinke via flickr The race to build the first offshore wind farm in the United States continues with Rhode Island taking one more legislative step towards beating its neighbors. The Providence Journal reports that the state legislature has enacted a new law that speeds the time it takes to get regulatory approval between wind power developer… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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