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• Where there's a will ...

  Can EPA regulations on CO2 be blocked? 0

  Posted 18 hours, 38 minutes ago By David Roberts

  It's widely assumed that if Congress fails to pass a clean energy bill, the EPA will step in with regulations on CO2 under the Clean Air Act. The Supreme Court ruled in 2007's Mass. v EPA that it must do so if it finds CO2 to be a danger -- and sure enough, the agency sent the White House its final endangerment finding yesterday. EPA regulations now appear inevitable and unstoppable. But don't be so sure. Read More

• Take it with a grain of salt

  SolarReserve’s 24/7 solar power plant 3

  Posted 18 hours, 14 minutes ago By Todd Woody

  A Santa Monica startup called SolarReserve has licensed the solar power tower technology, turning the Silicon Valley model on its head: Take a proven yet obscure technology developed years ago by an old-line tech company and marry it the entrepreneurial culture of a startup. Read More

• How will senators vote on a climate bill?

  Mark Warner (D-Va.) 0

  Posted 18 hours, 38 minutes ago By Samantha Thompson

  Sen. Mark Warner recognizes the need to take action on climate change, but wants to ensure that legislation will not negatively impact the economy. He seems a safe bet to support the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. Read More

• Slow food, fast trains

  Random Monday thoughts inspired by a throwaway line from Mark Bittman 1

  Posted 20 hours, 26 minutes ago By Tom Philpott

  Perhaps feeling punchy because it's Monday, Tom Philpott jots down some random thoughts after reading an interview with home-cooking authority Mark Bittman. Read More

• Oh Rats

  While scientists fight over BPA studies, Congress could just act 1

  Posted 21 hours, 26 minutes ago By Tom Laskawy

  A great part of the scientific debate over BPA becomes "quibbles over individual rat studies" -- and over the rats themselves. The best explanation of the Great Rat Debate comes from an article about the shadowy network of so-called "product defense firms" that are used by industry to sow fear, uncertainty, and doubt over any research that questions the safety of commercial products. Read More

• News and views on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill 0

  Posted 22 hours, 27 minutes ago

  Here's where we're tracking news and opinion on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill, which is now crawling through the Senate. Read More

• How will senators vote on a climate bill?

  Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) 1

  Posted 1 day ago

  Sen. Roger Wicker plans to oppose the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. In a letter to a constituent, he writes, "I am opposed to any sort of system to cap carbon emissions permits because it would have no effect on climate change and is an unwarranted tax increase on the American people." Read More

• Memo to North Dakota

  To unlock wind power, put a price on carbon 5

  Posted 2 days, 20 hours ago By Charles Komanoff

  Why does wind power account for just 2% of North Dakota's electricity generation - barely matching wind's national share? One obvious reason is lack of transmission capability to reach load centers. But another is the extraordinary cheapness of coal. Read More

• how will key senators vote on a climate bill?

  Carl Levin (D-Mich.) [UPDATED] 1

  Posted 1 day, 1 hour ago

  Sen. Carl Levin is a Midwest, industrial-state Democrat who has concerns about the economic impacts of climate legislation, but thinks something needs to be done about global warming. Read More

• Intermittency and you

  Do we need nuclear and coal plants for baseload power? 48

  Posted 1 day, 9 hours ago By David Roberts

  On Friday, Matt Yglesias had a post making the point that only socialist state control seems capable of creating a robust nuclear power industry. It's a valid point -- the only countries building nuke plants these days are the ones where governments are making the decisions. David Frum replied with a post containing a series of wildly overbroad assertions ranging from false to highly misleading, with no evidence or links to support them. (Nuclear power does impressive things to conservatives' error-to-word… Read More

• Kids Learn the Darnedest Things

  Ask Umbra on climate-skeptic teachers, low-flow toilets, and more 6

  Posted 1 day, 14 hours ago By Umbra Fisk

  Today Umbra addresses crap of the educational and evacuational varieties, as well as helping a reader with New Year's resolutions and revealing another resource for greening your life. Read More

• How will key senators vote on a climate bill?

  Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) [UPDATED] 2

  Posted 3 days, 18 hours ago

  Sen. Arlen Specter had been considered a fence sitter on climate legislation, but on Nov. 5 he sided with all but one of the Democrats on the Environment and Public Works Committee in voting to move forward with the Kerry-Boxer climate bill. Read More

• EPA demands attorneys remove video critical of cap-and-trade 20

  Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago By David Roberts

• Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) 0

  Posted 3 days, 19 hours ago

• Barcelona outcome: White House strategy is plea for more time 6

  Posted 4 days ago By Keith Schneider

• Senators opposed to Clean Energy Jobs Act are ignoring bill’s benefits to Americans—Part 2 0

  Posted 3 days, 21 hours ago By Daniel J. Weiss

• Another coal plant bites the dust 3

  Posted 3 days, 23 hours ago By Bruce Nilles

• Activists launch climate hunger strike 4

  Posted 4 days ago By Agence France-Presse

• Tweet for the bees 2

  Posted 4 days, 1 hour ago By Umbra Fisk

• The ‘party of no’ becomes the ‘party of slow’ 1

  Posted 4 days, 18 hours ago By Daniel J. Weiss

• For swine flu, forget origins and start thinking about practices 5

  Posted 4 days, 19 hours ago By Tom Philpott

• Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) 0

  Posted 4 days, 20 hours ago By Samantha Thompson

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