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Wise and UnWise

August 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on Wise and UnWise

Today we have news of a Wise decision when it comes to what should be referred to Dominion Virginia Power’s unWise plan to build a massive new coal-power plant in Wise County, Virginia.

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Tags: Energy

From Cash-to-Clunkers to The Longer Term

August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The strong success of the CARS Program (WIN on economic stimulus, with wins environmentally, energy security, and highway safety) have led to consideration of what to do next. Last week, Senators Senator Bingaman, Snowe, Kerry, and Lugar introduced S. 1620, Efficient Vehicle Leadership Act of 2009. This act would set up a feebate program, much […]

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Tags: analysis · automobiles · Energize America

The most important meeting in America?

August 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

There are a lot of valuable and exciting conferences out there. To say that the energy and environmental domains are “hot” and that you could spend your life solely running from conference to conference while only getting a taste of what’s going on doesn’t seem lunatic. From wave energy meetings in Sweden to water-less toilet […]

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Tags: carbon dioxide · climate change