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Rural Electric Cooperatives: Efficiency measures more important 0
Posted 1 week, 6 days ago
Confusion in the Senate regarding allowance allocation 1
Posted 2 weeks, 3 days ago There are sound reasons for considering allocation mechanisms other than free allocation -- for example, auctioning allowances (more about this below) -- but the distribution of those allowances that are freely allocated need not be a great source of concern.
Nothing like a good profit motive to accelerate public policy

Performance anxiety 0
Posted 2 weeks, 5 days ago It’s not just the ads showing a baby-boomer couple sitting in matching bathtubs on a beach at sunset where you can find performance anxiety these days. Try looking in the hardware aisle and at the gas station.
In the category of worst essay by an environmental ethicist: David Henderson

And the winner is… 0
Posted 1 month ago
the new green deal

Sure Obama got off to a good start, but what has the green FDR done lately? 2
Posted 2 months ago
Obama’s record so far on clean energy and the most important environmental issue — global warming — may not be politically radical, but it is unparalleled in U.S. history.
a look at his legacy

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, champion of the environment and clean energy, dies at 77 2
Posted 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Ted Kennedy leaves a legacy of protecting the environment and promoting energy efficiency.
But is it working?

Surprisingly popular Cash for Clunkers program raises hopes—and questions 2
Posted 3 months ago
The sight of car buyers back in showrooms these past two weeks has raised hopes that U.S. consumers are ready, primed by government stimulus, to spend again. But questions remain.
McKinsey must-read

US can easily meet 2020 emissions target while lowering the nation’s energy bill $700 billion 0
Posted 3 months, 1 week ago
If this country get serious about energy efficiency - for instance, by passing a climate and clean energy bill like Waxman-Markey - then we can sharply reduce existing emissions at a large net savings to the public and U.S. businesses.
Are new nuclear plants the answer? No.

Oh, those sexy building codes: More powerful than 100 nuclear plants 2
Posted 3 months, 2 weeks ago
All of the other emissions-reduction approaches in the House climate bill pale in comparison to what the building energy codes will accomplish. Without them, we simply cannot meet the greenhouse-gas emissions reduction targets called for in the bill. We won't even come close.
U.S.-Russia climate and energy efficiency cooperation: A neglected challenge 0
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Deliberate misinformation: Making saving money sound bad 8
Posted 4 months ago
The enemies of energy efficiency have unveiled their new tactic to keep you from saving money and energy: they're just going to tell you ridiculous lies and hope you believe them.
Feeling light-headed

Obama announces new efficiency initiatives as part of big clean-energy push 7
Posted 4 months, 1 week ago
President Barack Obama doesn't think he can solve global warming by changing his f**king light bulbs, but he's going to do it anyway. More importantly, he's going to change the light-bulb industry. Get the scoop on energy-efficiency plans the president outlined on Monday.
Our Oil Obsessed Civilization

The oil intensity of food 0
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Today we are an oil-based civilization, one that is totally dependent on a resource whose production will soon be falling. This prospect of peaking oil production has direct consequences for world food security, as modern agriculture depends heavily on the use of fossil fuels.
The Washington Post: Paranoid and Naïve

Washington Post launches attack on clean energy and climate bill for promoting building efficiency 1
Posted 5 months ago
Van Jones on Clean Energy Jobs from “humble hard-working energy efficiency” 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
The Center for American Progress Action fund had a recent event on clean energy jobs keynoted by Van Jones.
10 Reasons to Support the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill 0
Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Good Griddance

Ask Umbra on living off the grid 17
Posted 6 months, 2 weeks ago
What does it mean to live off the grid, and how can you get in on the action? Tune in to Umbra's latest advice.
The Green Divorcee

Environmental Organizing as Solution to Family Discord 0
Posted 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Rail freight is more efficient than truck freight 3
Posted 2 years, 11 months ago