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Mitt Romney celebrated “Fock the Earth Day” with a major speech about the importance of regulations on fossil fuel production … that is, the importance of eviscerating them so as to please his fossil foolish contributors. “Holding off on drilling in the Gulf, holding off on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf, holding off on […]

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As President Obama seems determined to avoid utterly the words “climate change”, even as more than 15,000 high temperature records were broken in the United States last month with temperatures more than 8 degrees fahrenheit above average, the traditional media is becoming more willing to discuss (seriously) climate change amid its reporting. From The Weather […]

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AOL Auto News popped into my inbox and their first story headline had me clicking to read the full piece. The title in question: Car Buyers Won’t Change Habits Until Gas Hits $6.51 A Gallon Rising gas prices are changing consumers habits, but not the way you may think Pretty dramatic news,that gas prices would […]

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When it comes to offshore wind, one of the most exciting developments is in Maryland, where the House of Delegates last week approved a modified version of Governor Martin O’Malley’s proposal for offshore wind development (pdf). Much of the battle in Maryland has centered on ‘cost’, with opponents decrying the ‘high’ cost of offshore wind […]

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Actress and eloquent activist Daryl Hannah provided the star quality to the opening of the Affordable Comfort, Inc, annual trade show in Baltimore, MD (on why to attend ACI).  On stage with ACI director, Amy Fazio, Hannah talked about the importance of home performance for confronting the crises (climate crisis, ocean acidification crisis, water crisis, […]

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced guidelines for new power plants for providing Americans electricity into the future. This move was required by a Supreme Court decision from five years ago. In short, these standards demand that new power plants be a bit less polluting, in carbon dioxide terms, than the average of current […]

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When it comes to discussions of the value of moving toward transportation fuel efficiency, all too often, the “return on investment” (ROI) calculation devolves down to “how much extra to buy fuel efficiency versus how fast the gasoline savings will pay for the extra cost”. This sort of stove-piped calculation creates a misleading discussion and […]

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No, we’re not talking about the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) efforts to push radically conservative corporative legislation through state legislative bodies (such as ALEC re climate change) but Alec Baldwin. Perhaps sparked by global warming denier Jim Inhofe’s recent appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show, Baldwin launched a series of tweets attacking Inhofe: […]

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Fareed Zaharia was on with Anderson Cooper in what is an informative and interesting interview which CNN has entitled: Zakaria: Republicans are pandering on gas prices. Zakaria lays out numerous ways in which Newt Gingrich’s “$2.50 gallon of gas” and Republican attacks on President Obama re gas prices are at odds with reality. (Although, Zakaria […]

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I’ve written, previously, about how difficult it is to get people who live in master metered communities to care about efficient use of water, gas and electricity when they never see a utility bill. It can be done but it’s a hard slog. The most effective way to reduce consumption in these buildings is to […]

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