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Scott Anderson - Environmental Defense Fund
INTERVIEW CLIPS
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Comparing Coal, Natural Gas, and Nuclear
"Each have their pluses and minuses"
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Wind and Transmission
"The Texas wind industry, which was already growing quite fast, took off"
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Carbon Controls and Energy Prices
"We could meet 2020 targets with no net increase in energy prices"
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Environmental Impacts of Wind Turbines
"All forms of energy production have some negative environmental consequences"
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Nuclear
"It needs to be one of the options on the table"
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Using CO2 for Enhanced Oil Recovery
"It can produce an extra 15 or 20% of the original oil"
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Carbon Capture and Sequestration
"This is not a cheap enterprise"
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Economic Solutions to Environmental Problems
"The power of market forces when their harnessed to pursue environmental goals"
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Carbon Cap and Trade
"People are allowed to buy and sell their emission allowances"
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Environmental Defense Fund Policy
"The environmental impact needs to be factored into the price of the product"
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Hydrofracking and Unconventional Natural Gas
"Regulations can be improved to make sure it's developed with minimum impact"
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Wind
"Every time the wind doesn’t blow you don’t get power"
FULL INTERVIEW
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Scott Anderson, Environmental Defense Fund
     

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