In the quest for ethical journalism, George Will, Fred Hiatt, and the Washington Post lost their way … a long time ago.
Entries from January 2012
Searching in vein …
April 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: Energy
Nobel Prize Winner’s Must Read … with a significant omission
April 10th, 2010 · 4 Comments
The New York Times Sunday magazine will feature a tour de force on climate economics by Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. Entitled Building a Green Economy, a more appropriate title might be Climate Economics 101 and it should be required reading of every single Member of Congress and any journalist who writes on the [...]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · catastrophic climate change · climate change
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Bond Programs
April 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Developing a lower total ownership cost (TOC) can often require paying a bit more money upfront. When it comes to energy efficiency and renewable energy (EE/RE), that upfront incremental cost is too frequently a barrier to achieving that more cost effective longer term solution. A bond program targeted specifically for EE/RE in government facilities [...]
Tags: Energize America · Energy · business practice · energy efficiency · environmental
Ameliorating job losses could help lead to more sustainable life styles?
April 5th, 2010 · No Comments
An unlikely duo have written an OPED advocating that the United States look to other nations’ practices of incentivizing work-sharing in private and public work forces as a cost-effective tool toward reducing unemployment. The duo, Kevin Hassett of AEI (one of the most conservative DC think tanks) and Dean Baker of the Center for [...]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · climate change · environmental