The Coal Industry came a callin’, complaining that I had not adequately examined their “principles” in commenting on the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity‘s (ACCCE‘s) new advertising campaign that bears an unnerving similarity to wording from Senator Obama’s Presidential campaign and from Al Gore’s We campaign. Their comment (complaint): By concentrating on the name […]
Entries Tagged as 'carbon dioxide'
Coal Industry “Principles”?
April 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: astroturfing · carbon dioxide · climate change · coal · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy
WE … WashPost Reporting Balanced vs Objective
April 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments
Tomorrow, Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection are launching a $300 million advertising campaign to mobilize American support for serious action to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in “one of the most ambitious and costly public advocacy campaigns in U.S. history.” One of the real challenges when it comes to press reporting on […]
Tags: Al Gore · an inconvenient truth · bjorn lomborg · carbon dioxide · climate change · climate delayers · coal · Congress · emissions · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy
Voicing Reason on the Lieberman-Warner CISA
January 30th, 2008 · 8 Comments
The battlelines are being drawn when it comes to what makes sensible legislation to respond to Global Warming. Sadly, the lines are being drawn among the environmental community, with Global Warming Deniers, Skeptics, and Delayers watching the developing battle with amusement. In December, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) committee passed out for full […]
Tags: barack obama · cap and trade · carbon dioxide · climate change · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · pollution
Coal: $35 million in Astroturfing
January 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments
According to Washington Post reporting, the coal industry is using an Astroturf organization, the Americans for Balanced Energy Choices, to wage a $35 million dollar effort to gain traction in the 2008 Presidential campaign for a more polluting future for America and the Globe. (Note, this is not how the Post described it, but less […]
Tags: astroturfing · carbon dioxide · coal · Global Warming · greenwashing · politics
CALCUL DES EMISSIONS DE CO2: Calculating your travel CO2 emissions
January 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on CALCUL DES EMISSIONS DE CO2: Calculating your travel CO2 emissions
The French rail system (SNCF) has added a calculator for travel carbon emissions, offering up the ability to compare prices and carbon loads for travel by rail, air, or personal vehicle. L’Ecocomparateur enables one to know how long the trip will take and the consequences: for the pocket and the climate for that trip. Will […]
Tags: carbon dioxide · trains · transportation
Christmas lights: melting away White Christmas?
December 24th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Oh, Christmas Eve, the beautiful lights on the streets, glowing above the snow … scratch that, lighting up the soggy ground, with inflatable reindeer merry-go-rounds, mangers, flashing light displays, and so on … As with much of American society, the excesses of last year are only targets to be topped this year. The Washington Post […]
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Bush Admin tramples States’ Rights … Again
December 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bush Admin tramples States’ Rights … Again
This evening, shortly after George W. Bush signed the weakened Energy Bill into law, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson announced that California (and the 16 states that had pledged to adopt California’s standards) will not be granted a waiver from the clean air act to put stricter pollution controls on vehicles and drive a higher CAFE standard than is included […]
Tags: automobiles · carbon dioxide · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics
Coal-Subsidy Act
December 6th, 2007 · 6 Comments
The Lieberman-Warner “Climate Security Act” (CSA) was passed out of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday. We (and I, strongly) have been told to shut up and celebrate. A Global Warming Bill is going to be debated on the Senate floor and, in any event, any faults don’t matter since Mr 26% will veto […]
Tags: cap and trade · carbon dioxide · coal · Congress · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics · pollution · Uncategorized
What would it take to make CISA a CSA?
December 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on What would it take to make CISA a CSA?
As it stands, reported out of the Senate Envronmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee, the Lieberman-Warner bill represents a Climate InSecurity Act or CISA. Now, a core question: What would it take to move it from CISA to a true CSA (Climate Security Act)? For me, a key question is what would cause severe problems in […]
Tags: cap and trade · carbon dioxide · Congress · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · lieberman-warner
Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
November 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Lose Weight, Save the Planet?
Okay, anyone who understands energy and global warming issues knows that eating down the food chain and eating locally are two great ways to reduce your carbon footprint. This post, however, is not about this. According to work done by Paul Higgins (American Meteological Society (AMS) Climate Policy), tackling obesity and global warming opportunities go […]
Tags: carbon dioxide · climate change · emissions · Global Warming