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Five reasons to oppose wind farms
According to Wired. |
Chris Schults |
06 Jan 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Your property value will decrease. They're ugly. You'll hear noises similar to those Nazi troops used to torture Jews with during the holocaust. They'll cause strokes. Women will menstruate five times a month. At least some people think so, according to a Wired article about the battle against wind farms in upstate New York. |
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| Topics: energy, New York, renewable energy, wind power (all these topics) |
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You Light Up My Strife
Solar LED lamps provide clean, cheap lighting to rural poor |
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05 Jan 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| You Light Up My Strife Solar LED lamps provide clean, cheap lighting to rural poor A handful of villagers in rural India are receiving a life-transforming technology: low-cost, solar-powered light-emitting diode (LED) lamps. Bombay-based Grameen Surya Bijli Foundation has installed the $55 lamps free of charge in about 300 homes. "Children can now study at night, elders can ma ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, energy, energy at home, India, news, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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Use your Prius as a generator
Cool. |
David Roberts |
03 Jan 2006 |
Gristmill |
| Here's a nifty little guide to setting up your Prius as an emergency power supply for your house. (via BB) |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, Prius (all these topics) |
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Sen. Ted Stevens: Crybaby
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David Roberts |
22 Dec 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has spent the last week or so -- nay, the last 25 years -- attempting to circumvent the clearly and repeatedly expressed preferences of a majority of U.S. citizens by allowing oil drilling to take place in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The latest attempt involved attaching drilling to the defense appropriations bill, in effect holding military funding hostage in the middle of an armed conflict. We have perhaps become num ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, Arctic Refuge, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics) |
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Coal Reversal
Climate campaigners warm to 'advanced coal' and sequestration, despite Bush backing |
Amanda Griscom Little |
16 Dec 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Climate campaigners warm to "advanced coal" and sequestration, despite Bush backing By Amanda Griscom Little 16 Dec 2005 Bush administration officials tried their darnedest to derail the international climate-change negotiations that wrapped up in Montreal last week. But in the midst of their bombastic no-no-no-ing, they did offer up one constructive idea -- a $950 million partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and industry leaders to build FutureGen, a "p ... |
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| Topics: carbon sequestration, coal, Department of Energy, energy, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Gas prices
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David Roberts |
14 Dec 2005 |
Gristmill |
| It's an open question how much gasoline prices affect gasoline consumption. But apparently gas prices are pretty tightly correlated with something else. Click to find out what. (Via Tapped) |
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| Topics: energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics) |
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Solar Survivor
California utility commission recharges Governator's solar energy plan |
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14 Dec 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Solar Survivor California utility commission recharges Governator's solar energy plan California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) Million Solar Roofs initiative -- a casualty of partisan squabbling in the California legislature's last session -- has been partially resurrected. On Tuesday, the California Public Utilities Commission responded to a groundswell of ... |
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| Topics: Arnold Schwarzenegger, California, energy, legislation, news, politics, solar voltaic power (all these topics) |
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To the Victor Go the Oils
Gaghan's Syriana not at all the feel-good film of the year |
David Roberts |
09 Dec 2005 |
Arts and Minds |
| Syriana, written and directed by Traffic screenwriter Stephen Gaghan, is a brave and daunting piece of filmmaking. It plunges without apology into hot-button territory few U.S. news outlets, much less Hollywood productions, have dared explore, and does very little to smooth the rough edges for a moviegoing audience accustomed to frictionless entertainment. In a pop-culture landsc ... |
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| Topics: energy, green living, oil (all these topics) |
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Prius and oil, part deux
More! |
David Roberts |
06 Dec 2005 |
Gristmill |
| About a week ago I did a short post on Prius/oil-related matters that seemed to irritate a few folks. I hadn't noticed until today that our occasional contributor (and pundit nonpareil) Clark Williams-Derry posted a response. He seemed to be approaching the question the same way some other people did, so I thought I'd offer a reply. To recap: A Wall Street Journal editorial (sub.) said this: Petroleum not consumed by Prius owners is not 'saved.' It does not st ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, oil, Prius (all these topics) |
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Prius and oil
Calming down the hybrid hype. |
David Roberts |
30 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Treehugger mocks this, from the notoriously hack-a-rrific Wall Street Journal editorial page: Petroleum not consumed by Prius owners is not 'saved'. It does not stay in the ground. It is consumed by someone else. Greenhouse gases are still released. I'm all for mocking the WSJ editorial page, but this statement is quite true. Oil supply and demand are tightly coupled right now and are only going to get more so. Any dribble of oil you don't use will be snapped up ... |
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| Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, hybrids, oil, Prius (all these topics) |
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Drilling in ANWR will hurt the environment! No it won't! Yes it ... *yawn*
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Corey McKrill |
30 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| A while back I filled out the little form for NRDC's letter-writing campaign to save the Arctic Refuge. It sends a message to your Congressman, urging them oppose oil and gas development in the region. It's probably the tenth one of those things I've submitted regarding the refuge. (It's so easy; just type in your email and click 'send.' No thought involved.) I often question the usefulness of online campaigns and the implications of such mindless 'citizen participatio ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, oil, oil and gas drilling (all these topics) |
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Let It BP
BP making big boost to clean-energy spending |
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30 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Let It BP BP making big boost to clean-energy spending Oil giant BP plans to invest up to $8 billion of its oil-and-gas profits into clean energy technologies and greenhouse-gas abatement projects over the next 10 years. An $8 billion investment would represent an eightfold increase over the company's clean-energy outlay in the past decade, says CEO John Browne. BP expects an eve ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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School of Barack
Obama and a bipartisan crew of colleagues unveil eco-friendly bills on energy |
Amanda Griscom Little |
22 Nov 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Caterwauling over the Iraq War last week brought Congress to a rancorous new low, drowning out calls from both sides of the aisle for a clean and sane energy future. A handful of senators and reps unveiled proposals pressing for the Bush administration and automakers to shrink America's outsized energy demands and tackle the climate crisis. They got little to no ... |
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| Topics: Barack Obama, Congress, energy, Jay Inslee, legislation, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Inelasticity? It's a stretch.
Are gas prices and gas consumption connected? |
Clark Williams-Derry |
18 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| It may come as a bit of a surprise: Despite rising gas prices over the past few years, total consumption of highway fuels in the U.S. has actually increased rather than fallen. Some have seized on this phenomenon -- prices and consumption rising in tandem -- to suggest that changes in gas prices have no discernible effect on how much gas we actually use. The idea that gas prices have no effect on consumption doesn't square with economic theory, to put it mildl ... |
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| Topics: economy, energy, gas prices, oil (all these topics) |
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Syriana
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Chris Schults |
18 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Damn, this looks like a good movie. From IMDB: From writer/director Stephen Gaghan, winner of the Best Screenplay Academy Award for Traffic, comes Syriana, a political thriller that unfolds against the intrigue of the global oil industry. From the players brokering back-room deals in Washington to the men toiling in the oil fields of the Persian Gulf, the film's multiple storylines weave together to illuminate the human consequences of the fierce pursuit of wealth and ... |
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| Topics: energy, movies, oil (all these topics) |
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Don't Just Lie There
Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich |
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16 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Don't Just Lie There Oil industry execs caught fibbing; may lose tax break; still filthy rich Last week, while testifying at a Senate hearing, oil industry executives were asked point blank: "Did your company or any representatives of your companies participate in Vice President Cheney's energy task force in 2001?" The answers? Three No's, an "I don't know," and a &qu ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Flare and Balanced
Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring |
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15 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Flare and Balanced Nigerian judge orders end to Shell's gas flaring In a surprising victory for activists, a judge in Nigeria has ruled that the practice of gas flaring, wherein oil companies burn off the natural gas produced in oil drilling, violates the human rights of surrounding residents and must be halted immediately. Nigerian activists say the flaring causes respiratory ill ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, natural gas, news, Nigeria (all these topics) |
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Leave Us in Our Time of Greed
Oil execs defend profits, drink all the beer, leave the place trashed |
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10 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Leave Us in Our Time of Greed Oil execs defend profits, drink all the beer, leave the place trashed The nation was treated to an exquisite piece of Kabuki theater yesterday, as Big Oil executives trudged to Congress to justify their record profits at a time when pricey gasoline and the looming threat of sky-high home-heating costs have Americans up in arms. The Republican leadership decided to give the ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, news, oil, politics, Ted Stevens (all these topics) |
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Cabal and Chain
International Energy Agency predicts grim future |
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09 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Cabal and Chain International Energy Agency predicts grim future Unless the industrialized world gets off its ass and starts weaning itself from oil, the future holds sky-high energy prices, a more than 50 percent rise in greenhouse-gas emissions over the next 25 years, and near-total dependence on a small cabal of Middle Eastern countries. This grim portent comes not from peak-oil doomsayers but the International Energy Agency ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, news, oil (all these topics) |
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WSJ: China's oil-demand surge slackens
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Tom Philpott |
09 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| Peak-oil enthusiasts and skeptics alike will find much to chew on in this page-one piece from today's Wall Street Journal. By all accounts, China's explosive energy-demand growth over the past several years has strained the ability of OPEC and other oil producers to keep up. Now, the Journal claims, that pressure shows signs of easing: This year, China is on track to account for about 16% of the world's new oil consumption, little more than half last year's share. Th ... |
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| Topics: China, energy, oil (all these topics) |
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Powering Up for 2006 -- and Beyond
Hillary Clinton joins the pack in calling for greener energy policy |
Amanda Griscom Little |
08 Nov 2005 |
Muckraker |
| Hillary Clinton has joined a growing claque of both Democrats and Republicans swigging from the cup of clean-energy Kool-Aid as they gear up for the 2006 congressional elections. In the past two months, the New York senator has popped up at a major Arctic Refuge rally, a high-profile global-warming conference, and a clean-technology investor symposium to mak ... |
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| Topics: climate, energy, Hillary Clinton, Muckraker, politics (all these topics) |
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Senate votes to keep Arctic Refuge drilling in budget bill
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Grist |
03 Nov 2005 |
Gristmill |
| The campaign to keep oil drills out of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has just been dealt what could be a fatal blow. Yesterday, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced an amendment to drop refuge-drilling language from a filibuster-proof federal budget bill; today, the Senate voted down that amendment, 48 to 51. 'This is too important a question to slide into the budget bill,' Cantwell said yesterday. 'We are setting a very, very dangerous precedent.' But Senate Majorit ... |
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| Topics: Alaska, energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Take a Peak
An interview with peak-oil provocateur Matthew Simmons |
Amanda Griscom Little |
03 Nov 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Matthew Simmons: he's more radical than he looks. Matthew Simmons has been stirring up a lot of angst in energy circles this year. This well-connected industry insider has concluded that some of the world's largest oil beds may be on the verge of production collapse -- and he's willing to bet his much-vaunted career on it. Author of the recently published Twilight in the Desert: The Coming ... |
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| Topics: energy, interview, oil (all these topics) |
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Optical Delusion
Republicans ask oil firms to 'do their part' to ease pain at the pump |
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27 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Optical Delusion Republicans ask oil firms to "do their part" to ease pain at the pump Oil companies and their GOP backers in Washington face a somewhat awkward situation: The oil industry is awash in record profits, but Republicans continue to shovel them millions in subsidies. Meanwhile, Americans stagger under the weight of soaring gas prices. This has created some unfavorab ... |
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| Topics: commercial and industry organizations, energy, news, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Shake, Rattle, and Bankroll
Hillary calls for Big Oil to fund a cleaner energy future |
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26 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Shake, Rattle, and Bankroll Hillary calls for Big Oil to fund a cleaner energy future Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) says the oil industry should pony up for a multibillion-dollar "Strategic Energy Fund" that would invest in clean-energy technologies and help folks struggling with spiking heating costs. At the Cleantech Venture Forum in D.C. yesterday, Clinton called for Big Oil to ... |
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| Topics: energy, Hillary Clinton, news, oil, politics, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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