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'U-Turn Udall' and 'Big Oil Bob' Senate race in Colorado becomes a battle over energy issues	Kate Sheppard	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The energy debate is playing out in down-ticket races across the country, and Colorado's no exception. In the race to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Wayne Allard (R), Rep. Mark Udall (D) and former-Rep. Bob Schaffer (R) are duking it out over oil. Schaffer represented Colorado's fourth district from 1997 through 2003, and in 2004 he made a failed bid in the Republican Senatorial primary. Since then, he has served as vice-president for business development at Aspect En ...
Topics: advertising, Colorado, Congress, elections, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, video (all these topics)

This drives me nuts Take note, everyone: Oil is not energy	Guest author	21 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post from Eric Roston, author of The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat. ----- Should business-section newspaper articles about tobacco companies ritually include statements such as, 'The company's profits and future existence, of course, wholly depend on its ability to externalize the health effects of its products'? Probably not. The newspaper article is a genre narrowly focused on one item -- per ...
Topics: oil, energy (all these topics)

Frack and Ruin Nasty chemicals used in oil and gas drilling go largely unregulated		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:42 AM on 21 Aug 2008 Toxic chemicals pumped underground to break up seams of rock and increase oil and gas production have a fun nickname: fracking fluids, short for fracturing. (Go on, say it: frack!) But the fun stops there. Fracking fluids go largely unregulated, despite millions of gallons of use and hundreds of reported spills each year. Thanks to proprietary trade laws, energy companies don't ha ...
Topics: Colorado, energy, news, oil and gas drilling, regulation, toxics (all these topics)

The Coal Shebang Colorado utility voluntarily shuts down two coal plants		21 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:01 AM on 21 Aug 2008 Two coal-fired power plants in Colorado will be shut down -- not because green groups sued like crazy to make it happen, but because a utility volunteered. Citing concerns about public health and greenhouse-gas emissions, Xcel Energy asked permission of state regulators to close its coal plants, and regulators have approved the plan. Xcel becomes the first utility in the country to shut dow ...
Topics: coal, Colorado, energy, greenhouse-gas emissions, news, progress, solar thermal power, utilities, wind power (all these topics)

Is Obama's energy plan change we can believe in? Toward a sensible energy plan	Jon Rynn	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest post by Ted Glick, the policy director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network/U.S. Climate Emergency Council. He can be reached at usajointheworld@igc.org. He is author of 'Past Future Hope' columns. ----- On August 4, the Barack Obama presidential campaign released a comprehensive program for reform of the U.S. energy system. In the words of Obama supporter, climate blogger, and author Joe Romm, it was 'easily the best energy plan ever put forward by a ...
Topics: Barack Obama, carbon sequestration, climate, climate science, energy, nuclear power, presidential race 08, renewable energy (all these topics)

Opening the Gates Two of world's richest men visit Canadian oil sands		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 2:08 PM on 20 Aug 2008 The richest and third-richest men in the world made a surprise visit to an oil-sands operation in the Canadian province of Alberta on Monday. Investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who are said to have a combined worth of $120 billion, "were exercising curiosity, basically saying, 'Wow, this is neat,'" says Greg Stringham of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Pr ...
Topics: business, Canada, energy, investing, news, oil sands (all these topics)

More good stuff, some ugly 'Gang of 10,' part 3	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Part 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the "Gang of 10" senators, suggesting that their deal isn't so bad. The other evidence the deal isn't so bad is that the House GOP is threatening to refuse to vote for it. The good of the five-year extension of the renewable tax credits certainly beats the 'bad' of doubly de minimis drilling. But what about the rest of the deal? More good Offsets The $84 billion in investments in con ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: The R-word Meetings about clean energy conspicuously fail to identify the main barrier to it	David Roberts	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There were two remarkable aspects of the National Clean Energy Summit: Federal policy recommendations from the varied speakers -- scientists, business types, politicians -- were largely in sync. In fact, I got sick of hearing the same policies touted over and over again: renewable tax credits, cap-and-trade, electricity grid improvements, efficiency standards, renewable mandates, increased R&D. It seems that there is broad agreement on what needs to be done. ...
Topics: Congress, energy, legislation, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

Just the Tip of the Bloomberg Mayor has big clean-energy goals for NYC		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:54 AM on 20 Aug 2008 New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg touted clean energy Tuesday at, aptly, the National Clean Energy Summit. He said his city has issued a formal request to companies for ideas on how to source electricity from the wind, sun, and waves. "Perhaps companies will want to put wind farms atop our bridges and skyscrapers, or use the enormous potential of powerful offshore winds miles out in ...
Topics: business, energy, local politics, New York City, news, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, wave and tidal power, wind power (all these topics)

That which cannot be named	David Roberts	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
There must have been a dozen separate speakers at the summit who mentioned the need for long-term extension of the renewable tax credits (PTC and ITC). Every one of them identified it as a necessary and beneficial policy, and just about every one lamented that Congress hadn't done it. Only one speaker the whole day -- Fred Redmond, VP of the United Steelworkers union -- mentioned the following seemingly salient fact: Senate Republicans have have blocked extension of t ...
Topics: energy, politics, renewable energy, T Boone Pickens, tax incentives (all these topics)

House GOP says drill here, drill now, compromise ... later 'Gang of 10,' part 2.5	Joseph Romm	20 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Part 1 argued argued that the Democrats would be smart to compromise on offshore drilling. Part 2 began an analysis of the bipartisan compromise proposed by the 'Gang of 10' senators, suggesting that deal isn't so bad. I am interrupting this series to point out that the House GOP is so nervous that the Dems might kill their pathetic political ploy by forcing a vote on a reasonable compromise that they are willing to delay indefinitely any deal that includes drilling, ...
Topics: energy, legislation, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, renewable energy, tax incentives (all these topics)

A Rig Deal Visiting oil rig, McCain calls again for more offshore drilling		20 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 6:56 AM on 20 Aug 2008 Sen. John McCain visited an oil rig off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, reiterating his call for more offshore drilling and bashing Barack Obama for not sharing his enthusiasm. "Sen. Obama opposes new drilling," said McCain, who himself opposed new offshore drilling until this summer. Actually, to the chagrin of enviros, Obama said recently that he'd consider voting for offshore ...
Topics: energy, John McCain, news, oil, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Hizzoner NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announces plans for renewable generation in his city	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has become the politicians other politicians love to love, and he came on stage in the wake of a glowing introduction from Harry Reid, greeted by enormous applause. Most of Bloomberg's speech covered familiar ground, bashing federal politicians for inaction on clean energy, lamenting how far behind America has fallen, and boasting about PlaNYC, his city's ambitious green agenda. The one new announcement had to do with NYC's issua ...
Topics: energy, New York City, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Putting lipstick on a rig McCain visits an oil rig, repeats call for more offshore drilling	Kate Sheppard	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Hurricane Dolly blew away John McCain's planned visit to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico last month, but the senator made another go at it today. On a Chevron-operated rig 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana, McCain reiterated his call for more offshore drilling and bashed his opponent for not being enthusiastic enough about oil exploration. 'Sen. Obama opposes new drilling,' said McCain (who himself opposed new offshore drilling until this summer). 'He has said ...
Topics: Barack Obama, elections, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, oil and gas drilling, politics, presidential race 08 (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Clinton miscellanea	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
A few more bits from Clinton's Q&A were of interest. First, he was asked how he would respond to ordinary people's pocketbook concerns on energy, and that's when he really shined. (Responding to average folk was always Clinton's strength.) He said that of course some of these reforms will raise the unit cost of energy -- any time you invest in a new area you raise the cost of doing things the old way. The question is whether the benefits outweigh the costs. And s ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, energy, events, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Rubinomics Robert Rubin laments climate change, is forced to answer for Citi's contribution to it	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Robert Rubin -- Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Citigroup Inc. and former Clinton administration Treasury Secretary, among many, many other things -- gave the afternoon keynote speech at the National Clean Energy Summit, focusing on the macroeconomic woes facing the economy and the possibility for good energy policy to ameliorate them. Those woes are familiar: the credit crunch, the mortgage crisis, stagnant wages, consumption slacking off. Putting ...
Topics: coal, economy, energy, events, politics (all these topics)

Full Steam Ahead Google.org invests in geothermal energy		19 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 10:58 AM on 19 Aug 2008 Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the search giant, has announced a $10.25 million investment in geothermal energy technology. The money will back two start-up companies that specialize in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), the process of pumping water underground to crack hot rocks and use the resulting steam to power a turbine and create electricity. "EGS could be the 'killer app' of the energy w ...
Topics: business, energy, geothermal power, greenish companies, investing, news (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Boone T. Boone Pickens lays out his plan to a progressive crowd	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Famed oilman T. Boone Pickens gave the morning keynote at the National Clean Energy Summit, in what might have seemed hostile territory. "I don't see anyone here from my party," said the longtime Republican and funder of the Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry. "I'm making new friends. That's good." And make friends he did -- by the sound of it, the crowd was utterly charmed. Pickens reeled off the familiar numbers -- see PickensPlan.com -- about Amer ...
Topics: energy, events, renewable energy, T Boone Pickens (all these topics)

Reid and Dems' Stockholm Syndrome	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Ugh. Harry Reid is onstage saying, in a single breath, that new drilling won't do any good, and that the Gang of 10 energy compromise -- which contains new drilling -- is a wonderful thing. And he's praising his 'friend' T. Boone Pickens to the sky. When, I wonder, was the last time anyone paid a price for crossing Dems?
Topics: events, energy, renewable energy, Harry Reid (all these topics)

Summit sprint	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The summit has a jam-packed schedule today -- I talked to one of the organizers from CAP and he said "it's because people kept wanting to talk!" I'll try to keep up throughout the day.
Topics: energy, events, renewable energy (all these topics)

Charge! Electric-car visionary would overhaul the way we get around		19 Aug 2008	News
Posted at 7:55 AM on 19 Aug 2008 Could the global auto infrastructure be overhauled in a way that's profitable for business, cheap for drivers, and easy on the planet? Meet Better Place's Shai Agassi and his plans for an electric-car future, featured in the latest issue of Wired. In Agassi's vision, gas stations are replaced with omnipresent recharging spots for electric cars. Vehicles are cheap, perhaps even free; money is mad ...
Topics: business, cars, Denmark, electric vehicles, energy, innovation, Israel, news, placemaking (all these topics)

National Clean Energy Summit: Wonk-in-chief Bill Clinton gets into the weeds of energy policy	David Roberts	19 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Photo: Brent Danley On Monday, Bill Clinton gave the opening remarks at the National Clean Energy Summit, speaking for almost an hour and taking questions for another 30 minutes. The energy issue is hot politics these days, but those hoping to witness some of the '90s-vintage Clinton political jujitsu left disappointed. Instead they were treated to -- or, depending on their tolerance for wonkery, forced to endure -- an extended disquisition on the finer poi ...
Topics: Bill Clinton, energy, politics (all these topics)

How would you spend $10 billion? House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says he'd invest in clean energy	Kate Sheppard	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
The Wall Street Journal asked House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) how he would spend $10 billion of the country's monetary resources. He says it should be spent on clean energy: A dramatic investment in clean energy would be the most effective check on aggressive petroregimes from Moscow to Tehran. It would be the best long-term solution to global warming. And energy independence is the most effective step we can take for American families staggering under t ...
Topics: climate, energy, Muckraker, news, politics, renewable energy (all these topics)

Brit's Eye View: Summer skirmishes A roundup of energy and climate news from the U.K.	Ben Tuxworth	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
Ben Tuxworth, communications director at Forum for the Future, writes a monthly column for Gristmill on sustainability in the U.K. and Europe. ----- Like pretty much every other English person I know, I'm currently on holiday in France. The Vendee region makes for a pleasant alternative to Britain at this time of year, and just down the road is La Rochelle, which was part of England until, oh, about 500 years ago. The two nations are deep in a classic love-ha ...
Topics: climate, energy, France, nuclear power, United Kingdom (all these topics)

Pelosi to nation: Dems support drilling too! Speaker's radio address aimed at blunting GOP message on energy	Russ Walker	18 Aug 2008	Gristmill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took up the 'drill more, drill now' refrain Saturday in the Democrats' weekly radio address, offering up a list of policy proposals intended to show that Democrats do indeed care about high gas and energy prices. Here's the YouTube version (text can be found here): Pelosi bashes the Bush administration for failing to deal with energy issues for the past eight years, and she offers up all the obligatory slams against Big Oil ...
Topics: energy, Nancy Pelosi, oil and gas drilling, politics, radio, video (all these topics)

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