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	energy transfer - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about energy transfer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The energy released or absorbed during the chemical reaction is the energy of reaction, or energy of formation.
		During a chemical reaction the amount of chemical energy stored is equal to the amount of chemical energy released; this principle is known as the law of conservation of energy.
		During a chemical reaction, chemical bonds are broken by absorbing heat energy (endothermic reaction) and new chemical bonds are reformed by releasing heat energy (exothermic reaction).
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /energy+transfer (930 words)

	Energy Task Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Energy Task Force is commonly known as the Cheney Energy Task Force after Vice President of the United States of America and former CEO of Halliburton, Dick Cheney.
		With both Bush and Cheney coming from the energy industry, which had contributed heavily to their campaign, and with the group proceeding in extreme secrecy, critics charged that the energy industry was exercising undue influence over national policy.
		The activities of the Energy Task Force remain classified, even though Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests (since 19 April 2001) have sought to gain access to its materials.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Energy_Task_Force (393 words)

	USATODAY.com - Appeals court backs Cheney in energy task force lawsuit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Cheney's energy task force was not an advisory committee and "it follows that the government owed the plaintiffs no duty, let alone a clear and indisputable or compelling one," said the opinion by Judge A. Raymond Randolph.
		Cheney's task force met for several months in 2001 and issued a report that favored opening more public lands to oil and gas drilling and proposed a range of other steps supported by industry.
		As long as the official makeup of the task force was limited to government officials, he said, federal open government laws cannot require that records be made public.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-05-10-cheney-task-force_x.htm (725 words)

	Renewable Energy Task Force Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The Renewable Energy Task Force was charged specifically with strengthening the State's Class I Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), which requires all energy suppliers in New Jersey to obtain a percentage of their power from renewable resources, including solar, wind, renewable biomass, landfill gas, geothermal or tidal sources.
		The Task Force recommended doubling of the current RPS requirement to 4% by 2008 and establishing a new long-term requirement that New Jersey get 20% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.
		The Task Force reported that further analysis of the data might prove that an even larger RPS requirement for 2008 might be feasible.
	www.bpu.state.nj.us /renewEnergy/renEnergy.shtml (436 words)

	Cheney Energy Task Force Leaves Consumers In Dark
		The industry-dominated task force, chaired by Vice President Cheney, has met in secret for the last several months, but information about the contents of the plan has been leaking out for some time.
		The Department of Energy's own estimates are that energy efficiency and expanded renewable capacity could meet up to 60 percent of the nation's expected increased energy needs between now and 2020.
		The task force seems fixated on fossil fuels and unwilling to recognize the full potential of renewable energy sources like wind, water and solar power seriously.
	www.consumersunion.org /telecom/chendc501.htm (1084 words)

	Bush's Energy Plan Bares Industry Clout
		The task force also included a Bush agency head who was involved in the sensitive discussions while his wife took in thousands of dollars in fees from three electricity producers.
		Reliant spokesman Richard Wheatley said the company is "actively supporting" the energy plan, but Diane Allbaugh's "minimal assignments have not involved the task force, specifically to avoid any specter or allegation that there is a conflict of interest." She is a consultant on "Texas-related" issues, he said.
		Meanwhile, her husband, Joe Allbaugh, has participated in task force talks with a direct bearing on the energy companies' interests generally, such as environmental rules for power plants and electricity deregulation--a specialty of his wife's.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines01/0826-02.htm (3075 words)

	News Alert 3/27/02: Energy Task Force
		The Energy Department has released the names of 39 business executives and lobbyists who met with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham last year, while the Bush administration was crafting its national energy policy.
		Abraham was a key member of the energy task force headed by Vice President Dick Cheney and charged with developing the plan.
		The Department of Energy documents were made public after a federal judge ordered them released in response to a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental group, and Judicial Watch, a government watchdog group.
	www.opensecrets.org /alerts/v6/alertv6_48.asp (429 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Energy task force explains draft bill
		The Legislature's Energy Policy Task Force on Thursday set the stage for what could be contentious meetings in November.
		Draft legislation isn't ready yet, so the task force put out a flow chart to explain some concepts that will be incorporated in the draft.
		The task force has heard testimony for a few months on the matter, which stems from controversy over PacifiCorp selecting itself as the builder of a power plant near Mona, Juab County.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595096781,00.html (658 words)

	The Seattle Times: National politics: Details of Cheney's energy task force can be kept secret, court rules
		In the Cheney case, two groups that sued to get access to the task force documents argued the public had a right to know whether energy company executives played a key role in crafting the industry-friendly recommendations.
		Cheney, a former energy industry executive, was put in charge of the task force by President Bush in 2001.
		The Bush administration argued that only government officials were on the task force, which would mean the details of meetings could be kept secret.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationalpolitics/2001964076_webcheney24.html (880 words)

	Govt Appoints Energy Task Force
		The Task Force will, among other things, also recommend strategies to ensure that St. Lucia has an adequate supply of energy in the short term and in the long term, as well as make recommendations to ensure that St. Lucia maximises energy efficiency and explores the production of renewable energy.
		The Energy Task Force will also act as a body to engage in discussions with the Venezuelan authorities on the PetroCaribe initiative and to recommend measures to maximise potential benefits accruing from this initiative.
		The Task Force is expected to hold its first meeting soon.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr2005/october/govt_appoints_energy_task_force.htm (193 words)

	Dean held closed energy task force - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		Cheney's task force and his demand that the administration release its private energy deliberations even though he refused to do that in Vermont.
		He said his task force was more open because it held a public hearing and divulged afterward the names of people it consulted even though the content of discussions with them was kept secret.
		Dean argued that the task force and the Bush energy policy were unduly influenced by Bush family friend and then-Enron energy chief Kenneth Lay.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20031229-120301-8756r.htm (835 words)

	Energy - Task Force
		The second meeting of the Governor’s Energy Task Force was called to order by Department of Tourism and State Development Secretary Jim Hagen, Chair, at 11:20 a.m.
		presented the Task Force members with a draft of the mission statement that had been laid out from the 2004 Legislative session.
		After the hour the Task Force as a whole would reconvene to discuss committee assignments and future meeting dates.
	www.state.sd.us /puc/energy/taskforce_dec1min.htm (849 words)

	Biofuel & Renewable Energy Task Force
		On January 15 and 16, 2004, GEO presented Testimony on Clean Energy for Ohio in a meeting before the Biofuel and Renewable Energy Task Force in the Ohio General Assembly.
		Specifically, The Task Force was interested in comments and recommendations on expanding the industries of biofuel and other renewable energy sources in Ohio and on methods to help fund biofuel and renewable energy projects and studies.
		The Task Force must submit a report providing an overview of the industries of biofuel and other renewable energy sources in Ohio to the General Assembly and the Governor no later than March 1, 2004.
	www.greenenergyohio.org /page.cfm?pageID=50 (452 words)

	White House Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining - Home Page
		The Task Force's primary mission is to "work with and monitor Federal Agencies' efforts to expedite their review of permits or take other actions as necessary to accelerate the completion of energy-related permits, while maintaining safety, public health, and environmental protections."
		The Task Force is comprised of CEQ staff members and Agency experts from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Interior, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
		The Task Force was originally chartered until October 31, 2002.
	www.etf.energy.gov (184 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Energy Task Force Data Not Private (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		U.S. District Judge Paul L. Friedman rejected arguments by Bush administration lawyers that employees from the Department of the Interior and Department of Energy can claim special confidentiality privileges for the period when they worked for the task force, which held private meetings with energy industry representatives as it crafted a national energy policy.
		Ruling that those employees were not engaged in a deliberative process and were not temporary employees of the White House, Friedman said the agencies must search for and produce records of their employees' task force assignments.
		In this case, however, Friedman's decision means that the records of even the task force's director, Energy Department employee Andrew Lundquist, should generally be made public.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A43150-2004Apr1?language=printer (517 words)

	Fusion Energy Task Force Biographies
		He has served on the Fusion Policy Advisory Committee and on the Fusion Energy Science Advisory Committee of the Department of Energy, on the Plasma Physics Committee of the NRC, and on the Board of Physics and Astronomy of the NRC.
		Task Force on the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Implications of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials Disposition (1996), and was a member of the Task Force on Education (1998) and the Task Force on Strategic Energy RandD (1995).
		In addition to SEAB and the Task Force on Fusion Energy, he also currently serves on the Openness Advisory Panel.
	www.seab.energy.gov /sub/fus_bios.html (1355 words)

	Cheney Energy Task Force - SourceWatch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
		The organizations claim the documents will show the extent to which the task force staff met secretly with industry executives to craft the Bush administration's energy policies, such as drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and weakening power plant pollution regulations.
		Darci Sinclair, a spokeswoman for Shell, said she did not know whether Shell officials met with the task force, but they often meet members of the administration.
		The watchdogs contend that 'task force' was just a series of cozy get-togethers in which energy executives and lobbyists, including Kenneth L. Lay, took turns sitting on Cheney's lap, licking his ear, and requesting special favors.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Cheney's_Energy_Task_Force (1825 words)

	Neighborhood Network - Clean Energy Task Force
		The Task Force continued the discussion of financial incentives available to municipalities for energy efficiency projects in buildings and fleet improvements, and also discussed some specific suggestions as to how municipalities can implement the appropriate process and actions within their own specific town/county structure.
		One Task Force designee shall be either an elected official or a commissioner-level official of the municipality.
		The second Task Force designee should be a municipal employee who either works directly with the supervisor's office, Town Board's office, or with a department that is directly involved in carrying out the clean energy challenge (such as Department of Public Works, building maintenance, etc.).
	longislandnn.org /energy/taskforce.htm (1921 words)

	FindLaw's Writ - Dean: GAO's Final Energy Task Force Report Reveals that the Vice President Made A False Statement to ...
		The report - entitled "Energy Task Force: Process Used to Develop the National Energy Policy" - and its accompanying Chronology strongly imply that the Administration has, in effect, been paying off its heavy-hitting energy industry contributors.
		The Energy Task Force might have operated in absolute secrecy, were it not for GAO.
		GAO is a nonpartisan agency with statutory authority to investigate "all matters related to the receipt, disbursement, and use of public money," so that it can judge the expenditures and effectiveness of public programs, and report to Congress on what it finds.
	writ.news.findlaw.com /scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=/dean/20030829.html (1155 words)

	Project Censored Media democracy in action
		The energy turmoil of 2000-01 prompted Bush to establish a task force charged with developing a long-range plan to meet U.S. energy requirements.
		In 2001 the Task Force formulated the National Energy Policy (NEP), or Cheney Report, bypassing possibilities for energy independence and reduced oil consumption with a declaration of ambitions to establish new sources of oil.
		But because the White House staffed the Task Force with employees from the Department of Energy and elsewhere, it cannot pretend that its documents are White House records.
	www.projectcensored.org /publications/2005/8.html (977 words)

	High court to debate Cheney's energy task force - Tom Curry - MSNBC.com
		The Sierra Club and Judicial Watch charge that the Cheney task force included energy industry bigwigs as de facto members and therefore was subject to a 1972 law called the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), which requires disclosure of the work of advisory groups that include non-federal employees.
		Many of the task force’s recommendations for expanding energy supplies were the very same ones Bush had made during the 2000 campaign, including more oil and gas drilling on federal lands in Western states, more subsidies for using cleaner-burning coal to generate electricity, and oil drilling in part of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
		What the task force came up with was neither new nor surprising, given the platform on which Bush had campaigned.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/4830129 (1283 words)

	NRDC's Review of the Bush Administration Energy Task Force Records
		A review and analysis of the proceedings leading to the Bush administration's formulation of its May 2001 energy policy.
		In the spring of 2002, under order from a federal judge, the U.S. Department of Energy released to NRDC roughly 13,500 pages relating to previously secret proceedings of the Bush administration's energy task force.
		Click here to search the task force records.
	www.nrdc.org /air/energy/taskforce/tfinx.asp (97 words)

	Halliburton Watch
		In formulating a new energy strategy for America, the task force met secretly with lobbyists and representatives of the petroleum, coal, nuclear, natural gas, and electricity industries.
		The energy task force members include Vice President Cheney (the chairman) and the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Transportation and Energy.
		The remaining members of the task force are the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Administrator of the Office of Management and Budget, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, and the Deputy Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.
	www.halliburtonwatch.org /about_hal/energytf.html (851 words)

	Document Says Oil Chiefs Met With Cheney Task Force
		The task force's activities attracted complaints from environmentalists, who said they were shut out of the task force discussions while corporate interests were present.
		The spokesman said that Mulva was chief executive of Phillips in 2001 before the merger and that nobody from Phillips met with the task force.
		The person familiar with the task force's work, who requested anonymity out of concern about retribution, said the document was based on records kept by the Secret Service of people admitted to the White House complex.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html (982 words)

	CNN.com - Supreme Court will review lawsuit over Cheney energy meetings - Dec. 15, 2003
		The interest groups claim the task force's dealings should be open to the public.
		The task force met for several months in 2001, and issued a report that favored opening more public lands to oil and gas drilling and proposes a wide range of other steps supported by industry.
		Among the proposals in the Cheney energy plan: drilling in the Arctic wildlife refuge and possibly reviving nuclear fuel reprocessing, which was abandoned in the 1970s as a nuclear proliferation threat.
	www.cnn.com /2003/ALLPOLITICS/12/15/scotus.cheney.ap (621 words)

	FLASH: The "War on Terror," Cheney's Energy Policy Task Force, and ExxonMobil's Law Problems
		On March 26, 2002, Mike Ruppert published on his www.copvcia.com website a story, which I consider to be both well-sourced and important, alleging that Attorney General John Ashcroft has been attempting to exert "unusual" influence over two grand jury investigations of alleged improprieties committed by ExxonMobil, in connection with their huge oil venture in Kazakhstan.
		In an analysis of the final report of the vice president's energy task force, released in May 2001, The Washington Times, on July 20, 2001 wrote, "While saying private investors must lead the way, the Cheney report devotes considerable time to the Kazakh market, urging U.S. government agencies to 'deepen their commercial dialogue' with Kazakhstan."....
		Cheney or members of the task force, although it did say that its interests were represented by the American Petroleum Institute, a trade council.
	socrates.berkeley.edu /~pdscott/qfmobil.html (1444 words)

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