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Clinton and Pickens Push Energy Efficiency
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/15/2008
Clinton and Pickens Push Energy Efficiency
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Some big guns have jumped on the energy efficiency bandwagon, which President-elect Barack Obama has laid out as a top priority.

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Green Daily:  Bill Clinton, T. Boone Pickens Launch Energy Efficiency Campaigns

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Daily Sprout [Earth2Tech]
GigaOM Network — ... Bill, T. Boone Push for Efficiency: Former President Bill Clinton’s foundation plans to partner with the Arkansas state government to retrofit buildings and improve efficiency, and T. Boone Pickens has just launched a new campaign for energy efficiency. — NYT’s Green Inc. ...

Bill Clinton, T. Boone Pickens Launch Energy Efficiency Campaigns
Green Daily — Filed under: News, Polit-eco, Alternative EnergyIs it a sign of the times? Instead of talking up expensive new renewable energy projects, it seems that a few of the leading voices in the renewable energy movement have shifted the attentions to more recession-friendly projects. Perhaps meaning to coincide with the President Elect's upcoming energy program, both Bill Clinton and T. Boone Pickens announced plans to start improving energy efficiency in buildings. On Saturday, Clinton announced that the Clinton Global Initiative ...

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