CONTENTS
- Introduction
Samuel W. Bodman, U.S. Secretary of Energy
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- Clean Energy for Tomorrow
Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary, U.S. Department of State
- The United States believes that the best way to promote energy security and help nations develop in a sustainable way is to promote clean and affordable energy technologies.
- Sidebar
- · Pennsylvania: Changing the Way America Thinks About Energy
Kathleen A. McGinty, Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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- Reinventing the Wheels: The Automotive Efficiency Revolution
Amory B. Lovins, Chief Executive Officer, Rocky Mountain Institute
- New automotive technologies are good for business, environmentally friendly, and provide safe and affordable mobility.
- Sidebar
- · Progress In Making Affordable Light Auto Materials
Amory B. Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute
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- The Renaissance of Nuclear Energy
James A. Lake, Associate Director for the Nuclear Program, Idaho National Laboratory
- Nuclear power is poised to enter a new era with strong safety and economic performance, capacity to produce electricity cheaply, and potential to displace greenhouse gas emissions.
- Sidebar
- · Conditions Shift In Favor Of Nuclear Power
Andrew Paterson, Partner, Environmental Business International
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Renewables: Looking Toward Inexhaustible Energy
Michael Eckhart, Director, American Council on Renewable Energy
- Renewable energy is not a silver bullet, but it can help reduce oil imports, cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and increase jobs.
- Sidebars
- · AMORE: Renewable Energy for Development in Mindanao
- · Conventional Biodiesel Crops
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- Small Steps Save Big in Energy
Mark D. Levine, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Energy efficiency is the most potent tool in our policy arsenal for achieving energy security and environmental advantage.
- Sidebars
- · U.S. Homebuilders Go “Green”
- · Saving Energy: An Individual Choice
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- Clean Solutions for Power Generation
Lewis Milford, President, Clean Energy Group; Allison Schumacher, Project Director, Clean Energy Group
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Low-carbon options such as decarbonized coal, carbon sequestration, ultra-high-efficiency fossil energy production, and fuel cells provide a path toward a sustainable energy future.
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- Sidebar
- · Cogeneration: More Energy, Less Pollution From Fossil Fuels
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Developing Markets for Clean Energy Technologies
Larisa E. Dobriansky, Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Energy Policy, U.S. Department of Energy
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In today's more competitive, integrated, and efficient global markets for innovative, clean technologies, a government's can play the role of an enabler and catalyst.
- A Road Map to Investing in Sustainable Energy
Steven Parry, Partner, NGEN Partners LLC; Mark Cirilli, Partner, MissionPoint Capital Partners LLP; Martin Whittaker, Partner, MissionPoint Capital Partners LLP
- A surge of commercial innovation is coinciding with market, regulatory, and environmental trends to make investing in sustainable energy increasingly attractive.
- Energy Security As a Global Partnership
Paul E. Simons, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Ensuring U.S. energy security requires well- coordinated international efforts considering the increasingly integrated nature of the world energy markets.
Bibliography
Internet Resources
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