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Sam Eaton is an independent radio and television journalist. His reporting on complex environmental issues from climate change to population growth has taken him all over the United States and the world.
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EPA in the hot seat
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Sam Eaton
Feb 6, 2007
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency is on the Hill today to answer for his agency's actions. And critics in the newly-empowered Democratic Congress won't make it easy for him.
Wanted: Views questioning global warming. Will pay.
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Sam Eaton
Feb 2, 2007
An Exxon Mobil-funded think tank has been offering scientists and economists cash to question today's United Nations report on global warming. Sam Eaton reports.
Is there enough corn to go around?
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Sam Eaton
Jan 23, 2007
President Bush wants us to use a lot more ethanol. The corn-based fuel substitute is a rising political star on Capitol Hill. But ethanol's future may not be in corn. Sam Eaton reports.
Geothermal energy gathering steam
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Sam Eaton
Jan 22, 2007
We already know how to generate energy from the heat trapped below the earth's crust. Now a new study shows it could fill a tenth of our power needs, with zero CO2 emissions. Sam Eaton reports.
UK to set carbon trading standards
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Sam Eaton
Jan 19, 2007
Carbon trading has become a hot market, but is it actually reducing greenhouse gas emissions? Britain has announced it will set strict new rules that should help ensure it will. Sam Eaton reports.
Energy boom fallout in Utah
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Sam Eaton
Jan 18, 2007
Oil and gas drilling has reached 21-year highs in parts of the West. But while business is booming, some longtime residents are worse off than ever before. Sam Eaton has the story.
Drilling into Big Oil for renewable energy funds
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Sam Eaton
Jan 10, 2007
House Democrats hope to divert billions of dollars into a renewable energy fund by rolling back subsidies for oil companies. Sam Eaton reports.
Wal-Mart's solar secret
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Sam Eaton
Jan 5, 2007
Bids are due today for what could become the largest solar energy project in history, but Wal-Mart is keeping quiet about its plans. Sam Eaton tells us why.
Wal-Mart dealing for the sun
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Sam Eaton
Jan 4, 2007
Tomorrow marks one of the first major milestones in Wal-Mart's green makeover. Bids are due for a solar power project that could become the biggest in history. Sam Eaton reports.
Corn shortage in store?
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Sam Eaton
Jan 4, 2007
An environmental think tank says the fast-growing ethanol industry's appetite for corn is going to be more than double the government's estimate. Sam Eaton reports.