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Hunting with Fishing Poles

Can perfect markets induce capital investment? 0
Posted 1 week, 5 days ago
When will we stop paying the hidden fossil fuel tax? 1
Posted 3 weeks, 5 days ago Last week, the nation suffered from major sticker shock when we learned that our use of fossil fuels comes with a hidden price tag of $120 billion per year.
Methane leakage runs up a $50 billion bill 6
Posted 1 month ago Methane is a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, so when it's leaking by the ton, it's a $50 billion problem.
Obama talks climate change 0
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago
DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS

At Governator’s climate party, EPA chief aims to calm small business worries 1
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago EPA administrator Lisa Jackson unveiled a modest proposal on Wednesday: If a company wants to build a new power plant or refinery, or fix up a smoky old belcher, it will have to use the best available technology to control greenhouse gases.
Climate Denial Crock of the Week

All wet on sea level rise—the remix [VIDEO] 2
Posted 2 months ago My video series, Climate Denial Crock of the Week, has been slowly gaining an audience among people who need ammunition around the electronic water cooler.
Hayward J'Buzzoff

The problem with unspoken assumptions 1
Posted 2 months ago Steven Hayward's OpEd in the Wall St. Journal yesterday ("No: Alternatives Simply Too Expensive") really annoyed me the first time I read it.
How much energy does the U.S. waste? 14
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Any increase in our efficiency of energy conversion is implicitly a reduction in our energy waste.
A big day

Pachauri’s call for 350 ppm is breakthrough moment for climate movement 13
Posted 3 months ago
Amazing news just arrived at 350.org headquarters. Rajendra Pachauri, the U.N.'s top climate scientist, has endorsed a target of 350 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Coal hard facts

Audio slideshow: Chris Jordan on America’s coal consumption 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
After learning about mountaintop removal mining in the Appalachian range, artist Chris Jordan decided to illustrate just how much coal we consume each day.
Why CO2 regulation will lead to lower electricity prices 2
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Excluding those who question whether we need a greenhouse gas policy at all, the debate is fundamentally one about where certainty is most important. What all agree on is that uncertainty is unacceptable. But do we really have that much uncertainty?
Radiant Cities: Drive Through This

Can we really make the drive-thru a source of power? 3
Posted 4 months ago
Drivers drooling as they wait for Big Macs and Whoppers could be a promising energy source, if one company has its way. Find out whether the latest scheme will work -- and who's trying to stand in its path.
Making Buses Cool Again 0
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
The New York Times recently highlighted a promising mass transportation solution: bus rapid transit, or BRT.
The skinny on carbon capture and sequestration

What the heck is CCS and can it really help fight climate change? An expert explains 8
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
People Who Matter say that burning coal is going to continue no matter what, and that using carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology at coal plants is our only hope for keeping the planet from charbroiling. But does CCS technology actually exist? Is it practical? Affordable? Who's working on it? We talk to CSS expert Sarah Forbes to get answers.
The Strange Case of Carbon

So what is carbon anyway? 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
We hear the word "carbon" in the headlines frequently, but how many of us actually understand what it is?
Still too reliant on coal

Coal the culprit in rising emissions intensity 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago