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Do you love those displays of Christmas (or Hannukah or Kwanza or …) lights? Are you awed by those so impassioned that they string up 1000s of lights in awesome displays worthy of a city center? I once did, pausing on cold winter nights, white clouds issuing from my mouth, enjoying being in the glow […]

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Okay, for any number of reasons, don’t count me among the cheering fans of the Kyoto Accord. With its problems and seemingly troubled history, perhaps even more credit should be given to this indication that Kyoto is working: The greenhouse gas emissions of 40 industrialized nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol treaty in 1997 have […]

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In his second substantive, issue-focused discussion since the election, President-elect Barack Obama spoke to the bipartisan governors’ meeting on climate change, with an extensive international audience. I recommend reading the speech (after the fold) and watching the video, but there are some key points worth calling out and perhaps just one important issue to raise. […]

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We see this in blogging spaces, in coffee pot conversations, from right-wing talk show hosts to any conversation in the Senate including Senator James Inhofe (R-Exxon), the ever increasing frustration of those speaking with science and fact in their efforts to speak with, to engage, to convince those rejecting the science in relation to Global […]

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Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board basically ordered that Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for Carbon Dioxide (CO2) must be part of air pollution permits for all new coal plants. Impact? Roughly put, all new domestic coal-fired electricity plants just got stopped hard in their tracks. And, the market noticed. Friday, major […]

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This is a speech that I wrote for a good friend and publish with permission, with just a few words removed or changed … Sadly, many of us could give speeches like this in terms of challenges. And, hopefully, many of us can speak to affecting change as well. Hello. My name is X and […]

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To be clear, “clean coal” is an oxymoronic statement, at least for the next few decades. From mining through the emitted pollutants in the burning process to the resulting ash, there are many “dirty” aspects to coal. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of a Sierra Club legal team led by Joanne Spalding, the future prospects […]

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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, […]

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For the politically aware, on a Veteran’s Day it is hard not to consider Saxby Chambliss’ shameful attacks on Max Cleland six year’s ago. Cleland. Winner of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star, Cleland served with great distinction in Vietnam and in our United States Senate. When running for re-election in 2002, Republican Saxby […]

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Amid all the hoopla about Barack Obama’s election and its meaning for moves toward a clean-energy future, not many across the nation have paid attention to the set-back that Californians gave T. Boone Pickens. T. Boone had invested nearly $20 million in seeking to con Californians into a roughly $10 billion boondoogle of converting trucking […]

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