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	<title>Get Energy Smart!  NOW!!!</title>
	
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		<title>Obama Administration To Send Texas Hope of a Breath of Fresh Air?</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/06/obama-administration-to-send-texas-hope-of-a-breath-of-fresh-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[News organizations are reporting that the Obama Administration plans to appoint Dr. Al Armendariz to lead Region 6 of the Environmental Protection Agency.  Local environmentalists have greeted this with &#8220;high praise&#8221;.
“Our region has typically provided a haven for some of the worst polluters in the country, and has paid a steep price,” said Tom “Smitty” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian PM Rudd takes Global Warming Deniers to the Shed for a Spanking</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/06/australian-pm-rudd-takes-global-warming-deniers-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd spoke at the Lowy Institute. Entitled Check Against Delivery, this is one of the strongest statements seen from a Head of Government of a &#8216;developed&#8217; nation on climate change and, more specifically, contains very strong denunciation of those deniers and delayers and self-proclaimed &#8220;skeptics&#8221; who are obstructing movement to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer on the Brain … and a perspective on healthcare</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/05/cancer-on-the-brain-and-a-perspective-on-healthcare/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/05/cancer-on-the-brain-and-a-perspective-on-healthcare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[France]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My father-in-law has brain cancer.  He is a good man. He is the type whose hands are (sadly too often) filled at the end of a stroll with trash he picked up on the way. He has helped others in need, whether friends (doing all too many renovation and repair projects) to strangers (a pencil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsweek moves from green rankings to cashing in Green</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/04/newsweek-moves-from-green-rankings-to-cashing-in-green/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/04/newsweek-moves-from-green-rankings-to-cashing-in-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[american petroleum institute]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[api]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What a difference a few weeks makes.
September 23-24, Newsweek was the &#8220;media partner&#8221; for the Council on Competitiveness&#8217; National Energy Summit, mainly dominated by business leaders focused on developing meaningful responses and policies to tackle climate change.  That session was a coming out, of sorts, for Newsweek&#8217;s green business rankings, which purported to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inhofe and Republicans are Right: Analysis of Climate Bills is Flawed</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/03/inhofe-and-republicans-are-right-analysis-of-climate-bills-is-flawed/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/03/inhofe-and-republicans-are-right-analysis-of-climate-bills-is-flawed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Clinton Climate Initiative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate delayers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[global warming deniers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clean energy jobs and american power act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environment & public works committee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[george voinovich]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[James Inhofe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kerry-boxer]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Republican theatrical obstructionism to moving forward with the Kerry-Boxer Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, involving staging a boycott of Committee hearings despite Senator Boxer appealing for bipartisan efforts to find solutions for serious problems. (All of this, of course, leading to a question:  Senator, what is your excuse for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Technology is not going to solve our environmental problems”</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/02/asdfaasdfa/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/02/asdfaasdfa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dcoronata]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fishing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[guest post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from DCoronata who argues that it was written in haste &#8230; yet that haste produced something worth considering.
Technology is not going to solve our environmental problems.
Yes we&#8217;ve made dramatic improvements in feeding the world, with current crop yields much higher than in previous generations.  But the environmental degradation and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy COOL: Searching for the Perfect Flush</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/01/energy-cool-searching-for-the-perfect-flush/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/11/01/energy-cool-searching-for-the-perfect-flush/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy cool]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[the perfect flush]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues,  almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies.  Fascinating &#8230; exciting &#8230; even hope inspiring at times.  And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL.
Humanity has treated natural resources as boundless. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“If our children knew the facts …” Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/30/if-our-children-knew-the-facts-demonstration/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/30/if-our-children-knew-the-facts-demonstration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[moms against global warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If our children truly understand the hole that their grandparents and parents have been digging for them, what would they do?
Here, Moms Against Global Warming suggest that this would drive our children to a rage that would make adolescent rage look benign.

Now, this is a powerful video with a caveat. 
It ends linking with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fellow Univ of Chicago Professor Owns Super Freaky Economist Levitt</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/30/fellow-univ-of-chicago-professor-owns-super-freaky-economist-levitt/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/30/fellow-univ-of-chicago-professor-owns-super-freaky-economist-levitt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[analysis]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Raymond T. Pierrehumbert]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=3159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor in the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago Geosciences, has published An Open Letter to Steven Levitt, the nation&#8217;s Super Freakiest Economist.  To put it simply, Pierrehumbert owns  Levitt.
By now there have been many detailed dissections of everything that is wrong with the treatment of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deeds for the Common Wealth</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/29/deeds-for-the-common-wealth/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2009/10/29/deeds-for-the-common-wealth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[schools]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commonwealth]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[commonwealth of virginia]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Commonwealth of Virginia has long embraced a tradition of:

Good governance (especially fiscal management)
Support for good public education (including a top public university system)
Protection of its historical legacy and landscape (such as Civil War battlefields and the Piedmont)
Business-friendly policy.

Looking at the economic and political landscape, the time seems ripe for taking actions (moving forward with [...]]]></description>
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