Politico published a science story by Erika Lovley so bad that, well, there is no legitimate reason to post directly to it directly as opposed to Joe Romm with New media same as the old media. Politico pimps global cooling for Hill deniers, David Roberts with Politico’s journalist malpractice, The Way Things Break with [...]
Entries Tagged as 'environmental'
Lovley Display of Scientific Ignorance
November 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Energy · Global Warming · James Inhofe · climate change · climate delayers · environmental · global cooling · global warming deniers · journalism
Warming Summers …
November 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Larry Summers is now officially part of the senior Obama Administration team on economic issues. Let us be clear, energy and global warming are cross-cutting issues, so cross-cutting that stances on views on these issues should be examined against essentially all appointees. While Summers has the shadow of a controversial early 1990s World [...]
Tags: Global Warming · cap and trade · carbon tax · climate change · environmental · government energy policy
Shaving away at the oil addiction
November 12th, 2008 · Comments Off
Oil prices are down, in no small part because oil demand has dropped.
Yeah! Oops, maybe not.
Let us be clear, recession and depression do not represent good energy policy.
And, recession and depression do not — unless we act sensibly and seriously — set a path toward long-term change toward good energy policy.
Clearly, there are [...]
Tags: Energize America · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · government energy policy
Summers not sunny when it comes to developmental concepts
November 6th, 2008 · Comments Off
Bloomberg is reporting that Larry Summers is on a very short list for nomination as Secretary of the Treasury. One doesn’t need to look at the global financial meltdown to recognize that this is a truly critical post but the impact and import of this post cannot be underestimated. With the need [...]
Tags: Obama Administration · environmental · environmental justice · financial policy · pollution · world bank
The ABC’s of Blocking the Future
October 10th, 2008 · No Comments
The various fossil fuel industries have been spending hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars to influence the national discussion this year, from campaign contributions to Santa Claus giving out ‘clean coal’ at the Metro exits closest to Congressional offices to sponsoring presidential debates throughout the election cycle. This fossil foolish promotion [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2008 presidential campaign · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · advertising · climate change · coal · environmental · exxon-mobil
News Flash World Bank: Global Warming matters
October 8th, 2008 · Comments Off
Examining the World Bank’s investment portfolio (pdf), one could be excused for thinking that the Bank is somehow part of the global warming denier branch of the flat-earth society and does not believe that climate change is the critical issue facing the globe.
Relying exclusively on the World Bank’s own figures, our analysis shows World Bank [...]
Tags: Energy · climate change · coal · environmental · financial policy · world bank
Massive environmental impact from Hurricane Ike
October 7th, 2008 · Comments Off
Hurricane Ike created significant damage ashore, disrupted oil production and refining, caused gasoline shortages in areas of the southeast, and there are still many missing people. A not much reported, amid the financial meltdown, are the quite significant Hurricane Ike’s environmental impact, sadly, damage that will be around for years to come.
Remember how those [...]
Tags: Energy · climate change · environmental
VP Debate: Bi-Partisan Romancing of Clean Coal
October 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments
If we are going to take serious steps to change our reckless drive over the cliffs, in a sad version of Thelma & Louise but in a belching hummer rather than sexy convertible, we have to get serious about facts. And, well, the fact is that “Clean Coal” is not fact , it is powerpoint [...]
Tags: Energy · coal · emissions · environmental
Google steps up with energy plan
October 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
A month ago, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a speech outlining a plan for (nearly) eliminating fossil fuels from the US electrical grid in 20 years, stating that it would be a $2.7 trillion dollar effort. Anyone interested in a better energy future would like to hear Eric give this talk in person. (Another slide [...]
Tags: Energy · climate change · energy efficiency · environmental · google · renewable energy
McCain: Failing his own “test”?
September 25th, 2008 · Comments Off
Both Barack Obama and campaign-suspended John McCain spoke at a session of the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. Some have already called John McCain’s comments “the height of hypocrisy.” Reading McCain’s speech and considering John McCain’s spinning out of control flip-flopping on energy and global warming issues over the past year, it is hard to disagree [...]
Tags: 2008 Presidential Election · 2008 presidential campaign · Clinton Climate Initiative · Energy · climate change · environmental · john mccain · oil · political symbols · politics