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Today we have news of a Wise decision when it comes to what should be referred to Dominion Virginia Power’s unWise plan to build a massive new coal-power plant in Wise County, Virginia.

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This is a question that came into my inbox amid an exchange about the CARS Program: Is it worth $2000 to the country to increase the MPG of one vehicle by say 10 mpg? Of course, that is a stove piped question (and somewhat out of context one as that increased MPG, by the way, […]

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The below has been moving around the web. This is an “anonymous” guest post — until the author is identified. I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL This morning,  I woke up to my radio alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly run by a state agency and supported by the Federal […]

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We can’t afford as a nation to be stupid about paying for health care anymore. alizard, 6 May 2007 Thus, was the concluding sentence of a post over two years ago advocating the need to solve (or at least ameliorate) health care costs to create space for tackling energy problems. ALizard was responding to my […]

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An impassioned guest post from Max Gottlieb about the pace and nature of public discussion, and how serious money and serious distortion are helping prevent movement toward a more sensible, more prosperous, more sustainable future. Impassioned screaming, even from ill-formed anti-science syndrome sufferers can have an impact … We have used up all slack in […]

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I have this private mantra: it’s all about energy, it’s all about climate. Somewhat like six degrees of separation, no matter the issue area, I can (I will …) bring any and all conversation items back to our energy and climate challenges. But, when it comes to health (and health care) and energy, we’re not […]

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See the Avaaz Action Factory’s discussion of this anti-science syndrome (A.S.S.) promotion. From their first visit to Bonner & A.S.S.

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A Fish Out of Water struggles to survive, finding a path toward a safer environment. FishOutofWater is a thoughtful, engaged scientist, passionately struggling to help us find our way toward a prosperous, climate-friendly future. Here is a guest post laying out how, with just two renewable sources, the United States could power its way out […]

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My pencil broke … The library was closed … My alarm clock didn’t go off … Car had a flat tire … The dog ate my homework … Excuses. Excuses. Excuses. Excuses … When it comes to the fraudulent letters sent to members of Congress against clean energy action by Bonner & Associates on behalf […]

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The breaking news in the lobbying world last Friday: lobbying firm Bonner & Associates had forged letters from minority organizations to send to Representative Tom Perriello (D-VA) in opposition to the American Clean Energy & Security Act. Now, of course, it is all an intern’s fault (or is it a temp worker … or a […]

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