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	<description>Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization created to help expand the dialogue between the energy and consuming sectors to improve understanding of energy security, more effectively develop and use both renewable and oil &#38; gas energy resources in an environmentally conscious manner, create sound energy policy and maintain stable energy prices for consumers.</description>
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		<title>From humble beginnings to game changing technology</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2010/03/from-humble-beginnings-to-game-changing-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:55:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When considering the nation’s daunting energy challenges, it’s always a good idea to keep in mind the power of innovation. This applies to game-changing technologies as well as new and improved ways of working in established industries: it’s both making fuel out of cow manure, and advancing deepwater drilling technology to unlock oil that was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers voice concern over Ocean Policy Task Force</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/10/lawmakers-voice-concern-over-ocean-policy-task-force/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/10/lawmakers-voice-concern-over-ocean-policy-task-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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Word seems to be getting out about President Obama’s Ocean Policy Task Force and the need for all groups that use the oceans to be included in the discussion. Some 69 members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to the task force, expressing concern that it could set in place new policies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two ways of reducing the massive trade deficit</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/10/two-ways-of-reducing-the-massive-trade-deficit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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If you want to make a dent in the U.S. trade deficit, the multi-billion dollar amount by which imports exceed exports, you could contract the whole national economy: Recessions, for all the pain they cause, can help bring trade deficits in balance by reducing the amount of foreign goods purchased.
Or, you could make a concerted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t wait! Your help is needed on a new campaign!</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/10/don%e2%80%99t-wait-your-help-is-needed-on-a-new-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[balanced energy policy]]></category>
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The battle to achieve a balanced energy policy for the U.S. recently got a lot more complicated. Thus far, much of the debate over where we can drill for oil has focused on the country’s coastal waters. But in light of a June 12 memorandum from President Obama establishing an Ocean Policy Task Force, it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA Marks One-Year Anniversary of Lifting of Offshore Energy Exploration Ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON – October 1, 2009   One year ago today, a 27-year old federal ban on offshore energy exploration and production in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans was formally retired following an extraordinary outpouring of public support for expanded domestic energy production and relief from sky-high fuel prices. But while there is reason to celebrate the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA October 2009 Newsletter</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/cea-october-2009-newsletter/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/cea-october-2009-newsletter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CEA Newsletter
Issue 31
Message from CEA President David Holt
September 21st marked the close of a nationwide public comment period by the Federal Government that allowed Americans to have their voices heard in the vital debate regarding development of U.S. offshore resources, including oil, natural gas and wind projects.
Though naysayers have received prominent placement in recent media [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silent majorities and dressing for success</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/silent-majorities-and-dressing-for-success/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/silent-majorities-and-dressing-for-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Taldykin</dc:creator>
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You might have seen some news coverage lately about protesters dressed in cute salmon costumes and even cuter polar bear costumes, who delivered with much ceremony, bags of letters to the Interior Department in Washington D.C. that argued against new offshore drilling in the U.S. By the protesters’ own count, 250,000 letters, postcards, and whatnot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saving energy in mid-air</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/saving-energy-in-mid-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Taldykin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://consumerenergyalliance.org/?p=4916</guid>
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The term “as the crow flies” is often used to explain why the actual distance between two spots is shorter than the driving distance. You might think that, unlike cars, airplanes do fly in the same way crows fly, taking the most direct route between Point A and Point B, but it turns out that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NSBA Report Shows On-Bill Financing Improves Energy Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/nsba-report-shows-on-bill-financing-improves-energy-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/nsba-report-shows-on-bill-financing-improves-energy-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. &#8211; September 16, 2009   The National Small Business Association today released a report showing that small business collectively could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 259 million tons each year if they improved their energy efficiency by just 25 percent. The report, &#8220;On-Bill Financing:  Helping Small Business Reduce Emissions and Energy Use While Improving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CEA Urges Senate to Adopt Commonsense Offshore Energy Exploration Provision</title>
		<link>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/cea-urges-senate-to-adopt-commonsense-offshore-energy-exploration-provision/</link>
		<comments>http://consumerenergyalliance.org/2009/09/cea-urges-senate-to-adopt-commonsense-offshore-energy-exploration-provision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Koehler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amendment would streamline domestic energy development, help stabilize costs for American consumers
WASHINGTON – September 22, 2009   As the US Senate considers an appropriations measure setting aside funds for the US Department of the Interior, Sens. David Vitter (La.), Jim DeMint (S.C.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) are working to include an amendment in the bill that [...]]]></description>
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