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Entries from June 2008

Send friends to Energy Smart Austin

June 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Send friends to Energy Smart Austin

Austin, Texas, is a leader in the United States on paths toward a more energy smart future.  MSN called it the “Greenest City in America.”  IT has smart growth policies, has a focus on plug-in vehicles, wind power, and … well, many things.   Yearly Kos 1 was in a center of conspicious consumption: Las […]

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Tags: cities · conservation · electricity · Energy · energy efficiency · Uncategorized · waste · water

“A path that can unite America …”

June 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Plug-in-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles (PHEVs) offer “a path that can unite America,” according to David Sandalow, in his opening talk today to the Google/Brookings Institution two-day conference Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington? Oil prices are at record highs. The overwhelming dependence of our cars and trucks on oil strains family budgets, threatens our national security […]

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Tags: Energy · PHEV · transportation · Uncategorized

Faux News: “Most Republicans crazy like a man stuck in a toilet”

June 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Faux News: “Most Republicans crazy like a man stuck in a toilet”

Truth be told, the title isn’t an exact quote, but it isn’t far off.   Yesterday on Fox News, anchor Shep Smith was recounting the story of a man in Pennsylvania who was stuck in a port-a-potty. According to the York Daily Record (PA), the man was “drunk, naked and wedged up to his waist […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · Congress · Global Warming · global warming deniers · politics · Uncategorized

$4 Gallon Gasoline: Who would’ve thunk it?

June 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on $4 Gallon Gasoline: Who would’ve thunk it?

It was just back in February when an intrepid reporter, Peter Maer of CBS Radio, asked George W. Bush about the potential for $4/gallon gasoline. Response, near blank stare with seeming confusion.

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While you weren’t watching …

June 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on While you weren’t watching …

Much has happened … Last week, most American political eyes turned to questioning how Hillary Clinton would handle acknowledgment of not being the Democratic Party nominee … Last week, a few eyes were turned toward the Senate debate on the extremely weak Lieberman-Warner Climate (in)Security Act and the Republican obstructionism against even a discussion of […]

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Tags: cap and trade · climate change · Global Warming

Republicans: Do Nothing … unless it is Drill and Kill …

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Just a short post to highlight something that is going on right now that merits attention.  Courtesy of CSPAN Radio, I (and others) have the opportunity to be listening to the ongoing proceedings of the US Senate.  Why?  Because I wanted to be listening to the debates and discussions on the Senate floor related to the […]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · environmental · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics · Uncategorized

Making Climate Policy Economically Profitable

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Reality deniers are hard at work, with $100s of millions supporting them, arguing that doing something about global warming would be disastrous for the economy. Let us be clear: THIS IS FALSE! Smart climate policy will, even within traditional economic definitions, pay off for the economy. But, in fact, there are a multitude of payoffs […]

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Tags: analysis · business practice · cap and trade · climate change · conservation · electricity · emissions · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · environmental justice · Global Warming · Uncategorized

A pause re profitability …

June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on A pause re profitability …

The Lieberman-Warner Climate inSecurity Act (CISA) can accurately be described as the Coal Subsidy Act. With all the embedded subsidies and support for the coal industry, why is the coal industry fighting the Coal Subsidy Act? In short: not enough.

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Tags: analysis · astroturfing · climate change · climate delayers · coal · Congress · emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics · pollution · Uncategorized

Truthiness into the inbox …

June 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It had seemed that ABEC had bit the dust, having been transformed into ACCCE. But, it seems that obituary might have been a bit too soon as my in-box just was filled with truthiness and deception from the astroturfing Americans for Balanced Energy Choices. Let’s take a brief look at this material from America’s coal […]

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Tags: cap and trade · carbon dioxide · carbon tax · climate change · climate delayers · coal · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · pollution · truthiness · Uncategorized

Waving a white flag … Samuelson and Global Warming

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Robert J. Samuelson simply doesn’t believe in America, in American ingenuity, in Americans ability to rise to challenges and solve problems. From an acquaintance, This week’s Newsweek magazine carries a column by Robert Samuelson, titled Just-Call It Cap-and-Tax. Samuelson likes to say he’s not an economist. In this column, he certainly showed that to be […]

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Tags: analysis · carbon dioxide · carbon tax · clean emissions · climate change · climate delayers · Congress · emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · lieberman-warner