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Just over two years ago, the French government adopted a FeeBate system for new cars.  The  “Bonus-Malus” system provides for a rebate the more efficient (and lower polluting) a car, with a fee (a penalty) for the lower efficiency (higher pollution) options.  Roughly, less than 35 miles per gallon and a buyer pays a premium […]

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Dear Senator Webb, I have been extremely disappointed in your stances on energy and environmental issues, especially when it comes to climate change. Let me provide background for a moment. I have long respected you, your thoughtfulness, and your career achievements. I was involved with the Draft Webb movement. During the general election race, I […]

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Massachusetts voters face a stark choice this coming Tuesday when it comes to Cape Cod’s future viability and humanity’s future prospect.  They face a stark choice that they, well, simply may not understand. Senate candidtate Martha Coakley has a substantive record in the environmental and energy arenas. As the energy ratepayer advocate in Massachusetts, Martha […]

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This guest post from Matt Dernoga provides a perspective on how he and his colleagues / compatriots at UMD for Clean Energy took effective steps in the media/messaging world and how they leveraged student passion to change the community’s politics. Who said anything about qualifications? I never thought I’d be writing a piece on media […]

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Senator Lisa Murkowski has been conniving with fossil-fuel lobbyists for a long time, seeking out paths to strip the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Alaska has been called the poster state for global warming. Winter temperatures have already risen 6 degrees. Sea ice that […]

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Speaking of arsenic, If you put some on my cereal, it might not be very tasty … So says Donald McGraw, a Minority (Republican Party) witness at the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment hearing on Drinking water and Public Health Impacts of Coal Combustion Waste Disposal. Have to say that I thought that […]

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It is cold in my backyard, therefore global warming isn’t real. It is that sort of quite natural human (ego-centric) perspective that contributes to the difficulty that many face in comprehending climate change / Global Warming. Of course, this difficulty is exacerbated by those who actively distort, seeking to emphasize “cold” records while failing to […]

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Economy versus the Environment. This is a slogan for many when they consider the challenges of dealing with Climate Change and the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In 2007, McKinsey issued Reducing US Greenhouse Gas Emissions: How Much at What Cost? that provided a a significant contribution to this discussion. McKinsey’s conclusion: at an […]

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Courtesy of Planet Forward comes this video about how farming the wind has turned around Roscoe, Texas (and rural communities in many parts of the ‘wind belt’). Roping the wind in Texas from Powering a Nation on Vimeo. Farmer Cliff Etheredge provides his perspective on the community’s change with wind development. It’s a 180-degree attitude […]

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This cross-post from DWG provides an excellent perspective on the heavily peer-reviewed study, just published in Science magazine, that provides strong material about the serious health (environmental and human) implications of Mountain Top Removal (MTR).  For links to numerous other discussions, see here. The rapacious polluters in the coal industry are celebrating. The approval of […]

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