Today, in a gesture that legitimately frustrated many, the President walked across Lafeyette Park to give an address to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. There the President was, smiling and thanking for an introduction a man, Tom Donahue, who has worked hard to destroy President Obama and to undermine President Obama’s agenda. The President’s speech […]
Entries from February 2011
President Highlights Refrigerators to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
February 7th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: economics · Energy · energy efficiency · President Barack Obama · refrigeration · Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
The curious case of Fred Upton
February 7th, 2011 · Comments Off on The curious case of Fred Upton
This guest post comes from Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth. Erich layouts the painful case of a Republican politician sacrificing knowledge for ideological pandering. Sadly, pandering to Koch Brother backed anti-science attitudes isn’t limited to Upton. We all know a Fred Upton. He’s the coworker who was your friend until he got […]
Tags: Congress · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · republican party
Deception re Texas Blackouts threatens American Prosperity and Security
February 5th, 2011 · Comments Off on Deception re Texas Blackouts threatens American Prosperity and Security
In the face of the winter storm that hit the nation, Texans suffered a series of rolling blackouts as some 50 fossil-fueled power plants (coal and natural gas) shut down due to frozen pipes and other problems. (See: Blacked Out Texas: Seeking understanding or Falsely laying blame?) In the face of readily available information, including […]
Tags: electricity · Energy · national security · Right Wing Sound Machine (RWSM)
Blacked Out Texas: Seeking understanding or Falsely laying blame?
February 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments
Black-outs in the face of winter storms is a problem too often faced by too many Americans due, in no small part, to under-investment in our aging electrical system that experts suggest merit a D minus grade (perhaps on a sliding scale). Washington, DC, storms regularly see blacked out neighborhoods and the Maryland utility Pepco […]
Tags: electricity · Energy · energy efficiency
Getting to a better building …
February 3rd, 2011 · 1 Comment
Construction and use of buildings account for a major share of global warming emissions. Depending on how one calculates, allocating roughly 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to this built infrastructure is roughly correct. Heating … cooling … lighting … building materials … etc, it all adds up (and up … and up). […]
Tags: building green · clean energy jobs · climate change · electricity · emissions · Energy · energy efficiency · environmental · Obama Administration · President Barack Obama
In a Warming World: Plan for the Worst, Hope for the Best Flipped Around?
February 3rd, 2011 · 5 Comments
When it comes to security planning one of the oldest adages is “Plan for the worst, hope for the best.” For example, in the business management real, IT managers plan need to plan and prepare for back-ups of all data in the event of catastrophic failure of the main system. This adage certainly has its […]
Tags: Energy · Global Warming