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What impact, if any, will the BP oil spill have on energy policy?
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Adriene Hill
Jun 9, 2010
Easy answer: Maybe a lot. Depends on who you ask....
A push for businesses to be sustainable
Jun 9, 2010
Mindy Lubber, president of the nonprofit environmental advocacy group Ceres, talks with Kai Ryssdal about corporate responsibility and sustainability, and challenges companies might face to go green.
What impact, if any, will the BP oil spill have on energy policy?
Jun 9, 2010
Easy answer: Maybe a lot. Depends on who you ask....
Kill baby kill: BP's "energy mix" won't clean this bird
May 27, 2010
(photo: NewsHour via Flickr)
Beyond Petroleum?
Beyond Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Beyond Pick up the Tab
Beyond Pigs Might Fly
BP, since its p...
Bill may not transform energy economy
May 13, 2010
The climate and energy bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate is aimed at cutting global warming emissions 17 percent by 2020. But the legislation won't help us break our fossil-fuel habit any time soon. Sarah Gardner reports.
Dispatch from China: Wrestling with Health care
May 13, 2010
Like the United States, China is wrestling with its health care systems. And party officials are looking to the U.S. for good ideas as they struggle to provide universal primary care for 1.3 billion people, from affluent city dwellers to nomads in poor western provinces.
Farmers differ on climate change path
Apr 21, 2010
The climate change debate has stirred up Midwest farmers over how to move to a carbon-free economy. Jay Field reports.
A cap and trade system for people
Mar 18, 2010
Senators John Kerry, Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman shared the major features of legislation they're preparing to roll out soon with some big business execs. Included in the plan is a tax that encourages consumers to limit their emissions too. Mitchell Hartman reports.
New oil deal would tax gas at the pump
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Alisa Roth
Mar 18, 2010
Senators John Kerry, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham are preparing to introduce a major piece of climate change legislation that could let oil companies off the hook for carbon emissions. Alisa Roth reports.
A reactor to make nuclear affordable
Mar 8, 2010
President Obama is trying to give nuclear power a new lease on life, but one of its biggest drawbacks is its multibillion-dollar price tag. Sarah Gardner reports on new "mini-nukes" that could help.
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