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Ongoing
scientific research overwhelmingly demonstrates
that climate change caused by the overuse of fossil
fuels is one of the watershed issues of the twenty-first
century. For this reason we require fresh sources
for generating energy and new means for saving
it.
• http://www.wecansolveit.org/
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This short video from the Pew Project on Energy, Climate and National Security shows the military consensus that fighting global warming is one way to ensure the security of our nation — if left unchecked, global warming could lead to civil strife, economic stress, conflicts over water and other resources, mass migration, and increased terrorism.
Clean
Energy Campaigns
Our hunger for energy comes with enormous
environmental costs: climate change, oil spills,
loss of mountains, and nuclear waste. We do have
other options. A clean energy future could be
ours. Learn
about Clean Energy Campaigns
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In
most countries the energy supply is heavily
reliant on coal, oil, gas and uranium. Coal
is the primary way utilities companies create
power in the U.S. Coal-fired plants are responsible
for 40% of our nation's total carbon dioxide
emissions every year. Coal is the single most
polluting energy source used in electricity
generation.
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In the heated debate over offshore drilling, policymakers have only addressed "how much": how much gas and oil, how much tax revenue, and how many new jobs they think it would create. In this vdeo, the Sierra Club's Eileen Levandoski explains that from the standpoint of healthy oceans, pur policy makers have largely ignored the coastal environment and economies that would be subjected to potential harm from new offshore drilling such as off Virginia's coast.
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Energy
Efficiency and Energy Conservation
Making homes, products, vehicles, and businesses
more energy efficient is seen as a largely untapped
solution to addressing climate change, and reducing
our dependence on fossil fuels. Energy efficiency
saves energy because of an improvement in technical
efficiency, which at the same time provides
equal or better performance and comfort. Energy
conservation on the other hand is the reduction
or elimination of unnecessary energy use and
waste. Learn
more...
Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is generated from resources
that are unlimited, rapidly replenished or
naturally renewable such as wind, water, sun,
wave and refuse, and not from the combustion
of fossil fuels. Renewable energy and energy
efficiency technologies are the best overall
solutions to climate, energy and economic
security for the U.S. and the world. Learn
more...
• Renewable
Energy 101
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