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	<title>Get Energy Smart!  NOW!</title>
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	<description>Blogging for a sustainable energy future.</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Photography to save the Earth?</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/03/14/photography-to-save-the-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/03/14/photography-to-save-the-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[documerica]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Protection Agency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[national archives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your mission, if you choose to accept it, document the problems and promise of America&#8217;s environment.

Nearly 40 years ago, the Nixon Administration EPA set 100 photographers out on this mission.  
Those photos help change the national psyche then. 
They have been put onto Fickr.
Can they help us today?

For a National Archives discussion of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Humane Society&#8217;s inhumanity &#8230; and tunnel vision</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/03/03/the-humane-societys-inhumanity-and-tunnel-vision/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/03/03/the-humane-societys-inhumanity-and-tunnel-vision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[catastrophic climate change]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[global warming deniers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[government energy policy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[humane society]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nick rahall]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This evening the Humane Society will be honoring Members of Congress as Humane Federal Legislators of 2009.  Top rank:
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., for his leadership on the
Restore Our American Mustangs (ROAM) Act to overhaul the Interior Department&#8217;s management of wild horses on public lands and restore the prohibition on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WashPost, yet again: some true items spun into truthiness</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/26/washpost-yet-again-some-true-items-spun-into-truthiness/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/26/washpost-yet-again-some-true-items-spun-into-truthiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Washington Post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clean energy jobs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[truthiness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[samil sharan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Post asked the other day &#8220;what&#8217;s going on&#8221; that people are confused about climate and energy issues.  Well, today&#8217;s The Washington Post provided yet another example, in a distressingly long list of examples, as to why that confusion.
Entitled The Green Jobs Myth, former GE Smart Grid engineer Sunil Sharan argues that (as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;If the glove won&#8217;t fit &#8230;&#8221; Deniers advocates vs skeptical scientists</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/25/if-the-glove-wont-fit-deniers-advocates-vs-skeptical-scientists/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/25/if-the-glove-wont-fit-deniers-advocates-vs-skeptical-scientists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate delayers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[global warming deniers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[political symbols]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bill McKibben]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=4030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill McKibben&#8217;s LATimes OPED today makes a searing, and truthful, analogy. The title gives it away
The O.J. tactic
Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson&#8217;s lawyers: If the winter glove won&#8217;t fit, you must acquit.
Opinion
Yes, those who are fighting so mightedly to confuse the public about the state of climate scientists are like OJ Simpson&#8217;s lawyers. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energy Smart Tom speaks directly, talks tough &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/25/energy-smart-tom-speaks-directly-talks-tough/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/25/energy-smart-tom-speaks-directly-talks-tough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[energy smart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David roberts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[grist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[representative tom perriello]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tom Perriello]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[virginia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=4034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Representative Tom Perriello (D-VA-5) was one of the first candidates to make the Energy Smart list.  Today, not for the first time, he provided a clear statement as to why he merited and continues to merit a prominent position in the &#8216;must support&#8217; list for anyone concerned about fostering a prosperous and secure America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The tyranny of the quarterly profit report:  Musings on the President&#8217;s speech to the Business Roundtable</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/24/the-tyranny-of-the-quarterly-profit-report-musings-on-the-presidents-speech-to-the-business-roundtable/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/24/the-tyranny-of-the-quarterly-profit-report-musings-on-the-presidents-speech-to-the-business-roundtable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business roundtable]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=4023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama spoke to and met with the Business Roundtable today in a speech that could be described as extending an arm, seeking agreement to work together for the common good.  This could be a real challenge as, for example, Obama challenged business leaders to lead beyond the daily stock ticker and the quarterly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An entrepreneur reports from the &#8220;Green Olympics&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/24/an-entrepreneur-reports-from-the-green-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/24/an-entrepreneur-reports-from-the-green-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[carbon war room]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jack hidary]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[vancouver olympics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=4017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jack Hidary, one of the more innovative green entrepreneurs, is at the Vancouver Olympics evidently enjoying himself at events (evidently speed skating) but, more importantly, engaging with world leaders (political, cultural, private sector) to foster engagement toward more sustainable practices.

Find more videos like this on Planet Forward
In this video, Hidary discusses Vancouver&#8217;s Green Olympics (VANOC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAACP Image Award going to a Job Creating Promoter of Capitalism</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/naacp-image-award-going-to-a-job-creating-promoter-of-capitalism/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/naacp-image-award-going-to-a-job-creating-promoter-of-capitalism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[green collar economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[naacp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[van jones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://getenergysmartnow.com/?p=4010</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and literature, as well as individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. 
This Friday,  the NAACP will present an image award to an American leader who has a legitimate claim to sparking the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senator Jeff &#8220;Energy Smart&#8221; Merkley speaks out on economic value of environmental regulation</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/senator-jeff-energy-smart-merkley-speaks-out-on-economic-value-of-environmental-regulation/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/senator-jeff-energy-smart-merkley-speaks-out-on-economic-value-of-environmental-regulation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[emissions]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jeff merkley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[senator jeff merkley (d-or)]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, one of the refrains that we hear (ad nauseum) is that regulation is somehow harmful for the economy, that government action (on any front) would strangle business activity.  In the public debate, the accurate and truthful case is not made frequently enough about how government regulation actually strengthens our economy and boosts our economic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The political and practical necessity for bold action &#8230; not tactical retreat</title>
		<link>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/the-political-and-practical-necessity-for-bold-action-not-tactical-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://getenergysmartnow.com/2010/02/23/the-political-and-practical-necessity-for-bold-action-not-tactical-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>A Siegel</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Energize America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Global Warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[architecture2030]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[clean energy jobs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[democrats]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[energy efficiency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[environmental]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
The Obama Administration seems to be pulling back, on front after front, in the face of economic challenges, sobering poll numbers, and steadfast Republican obstinacy. Whether on health care, jobs promoting legislation, EPA regulation of pollutants, and/or energy/climate policy, the political powers that be within the Obama White House have determined that &#8216;tactical retreats&#8217; toward [...]]]></description>
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