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On Friday, 9 March 2012, The Washington Post front page had a prominent article laying out a case for ridiculing the Department of Energy for awarding an “affordability prize” to a $50 light bulb. The article laid out how the bulb was so expensive to purchase and discussed how that purchase price would deter people […]

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The Washington Post‘s front page, 9 March 2012, featured an article entitled “Affordability award goes to $50 light bulb” (and the online title: Government-subsidized green light bulb carries costly price tag). Reading like a partisan hit job against the Department of Energy’s efforts to use ‘prizes’ to foster technological innovation into the market place, this […]

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In what will likely be one of the few truly bipartisan energy actions we’ll see this year, Democratic and Republican Senators are likely to join arms tomorrow in passing the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2011. Tomorrow’s vote, if it passes the bill, will send $10s of billions in subsidies to […]

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The Washington Post editorial board has waged a campaign against electrification of the nation’s transportation system (especially cars), often using true facts in a fashion that creates untruthful truthiness. Today’s Charles Lane OPED celebrating a temporary closure of the Chevy Volt line provides multiple examples of truthiness-laden editoralizing. Here are just a few examples of […]

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Some of the people pumping serious money into the Romney campaign believe, fundamentally, that Mitt Romney is lying (or, to be polite, misrepresenting himself) to Republican Party primary voters. Simply put, there is no other reasonable conclusion to take from today’s Politico article entitled Green donors bet on Mitt Romney Flip-Flop than that Mitt Romney, in […]

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As we’re all aware, Rush Limbaugh isn’t only an enemy of young, articulate women who wish to add their voice to American political discourse. While he is now, finally, under serious pressure for his arrogant hatred going (yet) another step too far, Rush went on attack against clean energy today. The problem with the Volt […]

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You never know where you will bump into interesting career opportunities: American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity Seeks New President ——————————————————————————– Date: 2012-02-29, 5:19PM EST ——————————————————————————– Job Title: President, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity Job Description: Are you a motivated go-getter who hates to let facts stand in the way of profits? Are you […]

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