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Courtesy of Chris at Ameriblog who picked it up from The Guardian who derived it from the Memphis Flyer One imagines that someone at Burger King realised that the “global warming is baloney” line didn’t exactly chime with the views of John Chidsey, the company’s CEO, who believes that climate change is “an overriding issue […]

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Since diving into the deep end when it comes to energy issues, almost every day sees new fascinating concepts, approaches, and technologies. Fascinating … exciting … even hope inspiring at times. And, as well, as the passion builds, so many of these are truly Energy COOL. Now, in the path toward a prosperous and sustainable […]

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Carbon Capture & Sequestration (CCS) is central to a vision of a future tied, perhaps even more inextricably, into fossil fuel exploitation with at least some (constrained?) hope of turning the tide on Global Warming’s rising seas. Whenever considering CCS, I have a basic problem. No, it is not the utter uncertainty as to whether […]

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Courtesy of CCAN.

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With a look at his area’s opportunities for augmenting low-GHG power from hydropower, a guest post from Badger from the Pacific Northwest. Driving around Washington State and Oregon this weekend, I saw more examples of how the Pacific Northwest is leading in installing renewable energy systems, not only in the future, but right now, with […]

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This evening, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act out for consideration by the rest of the House. This bill is filled with good … and bad elements. It has strong provisions for improving energy efficiency in the United States, a weak renewable energy standard, and […]

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The House Energy and Commerce Committee looks poised to vote on the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) Act later today. As this bill has developed, from an already compromised draft bill through massive compromising to reach a bill submission to committee markups, it has reached the point as to whether it is more […]

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George Will has a pattern for Will-ful disdain for facts if they get in the way with his ideological agenda. Will’s latest column is filled with disdain directed at Secretary of Transportation Roy Lahood. Very briefly, two examples of factual errors. Will-ful disdain for truth: “Does [LaHood] think 0.01 percent of Americans will ever regularly […]

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The American Clean Energy and Security (ACES) act is going through Congressional mark-up right now. The 932 page draft is filled with good elements, weak items, and bad — plus plenty of confusion and difficulty for understanding. One of the main “winners” in this bill is the whole Clean Coal movement, with literally billions of […]

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When deciding on acquisitions or on investments, there is a basic term: to delay a decision or action is to “move it to the right” and to accelerate something is to “move it to the left”. Tomorrow, the Obama Administration will formerly announce a decision to “move to the left” auto efficiency standards to help […]

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