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But new studies released by Energy Department scientists indicate that the U.S. has an alternative—an aggressive and far-reaching conservation campaign that could reduce energy demand by 20 to 47 percent. The administration should follow the judgment of the scientific community and the needs of the environment...
Many administration and energy department officials have argued that conservation techniques are expensive, saying that they would not make a significant impact on energy demand. However, conservation could significantly cut energy costs in the long run and should be seen as an investment with very high potential rates of return...
Bush says he is "concerned about rolling blackouts in California? I'm concerned what that could mean to entrepreneur growth and to high-tech industry." But his White House shows no new intention of lifting a finger to help, not with federally imposed price caps on wholesale prices, not with...
"Right now, it looks like we are seeing a lack of conservation," Jim McIntosh, grid operations manager for the California Independent System Operator, told the Los Angeles Times. Though conservation is very difficult to measure, McIntosh said electrical use Tuesday was following historical patterns, and not showing any dips that...
When the Smithsonian announced that it was closing its Conservation & Research Center (CRC), where veterinarians and biologists work to preserve the rarest species, scientists recognized the handiwork of Lawrence Small, the Institution's controversial secretary who has been ruffling feathers--not all of them on stuffed emus--since he took...