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Taxicab fleets are real leverage points for some quick gains in terms of saved energy and reduced pollution with the introduction of hybrids. Unlike most drivers, there is a compelling cash payback case for hybrid taxis. The fuel savings alone can pay for the taxi’s entire purchase price in just a few years, while actually […]

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The Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, made comments re coal and its future in the American electrical system that, to be kind, make those concerned about effective paths forward on dealing with climate change uncomfortable. In particular, the following words quite frankly I doubt if the United States will turn its back on coal. We […]

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The evidence is mounting that the US Chamber of Commerce (USCOC) is mounting its efforts to undermine legislative initiatives from the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party-controlled Congress using funds that, ultimately, come from the US taxpayer’s bailout funding of Wall Street firms. As discussed in Politico , Open Left, and elsewhere, the US Chamber […]

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To many in the climate ‘blogosphere’, myself not excepted, the siren’s call of tackling global warming denial, of deceitful astroturf “studies” distorting the situation, and of shoddy ‘faux and balanced’ reporting in the nation’s newspapers of record can eat up too much of our attention. We must pay attention to what is actually going on […]

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Too much energy has to be expended taking on “faux and balanced” material in the nation’s newspapers of record, striving to foster sanity and truthfulness in the publications, rather than the  insanity and truthiness too often pandered in their pages. Swirling in the miasma of too often shoddy coverage and frequent deceit in the editorial […]

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One of the struggles of the new Administration is adapting to having a US President who is actually worth listening to, for whom it is worth carving time out to watch and listen to public statements and the impressive number of press conferences/availabilities and town halls. Issues of energy and climate change come up in […]

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“The impact of Mrs Obama’s garden is growing like a weed … really driven by people’s desire to imitate the President and his wife …” Spring planting has come to the White House garden.

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The Will Affair continues to build in new twists and turns. [A quick reminder: On February 15, George Will published a deceitful column on Global Warming. Unlike past events, this set off a chain of blogosphere critiques that led to journalism critiques of Will, responses from both the Post’s ombudsman and the editorial editor, Fred […]

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The Western Business Roundtable continues its contribution to deceiving Americans about the opportunities before us in a move to a clean energy future.  An analysis of the latest piece of deceptive truthiness from Eternal Hope. Earlier GESN posts re WBR: Ah, the smell of western astroturf Media “Fair and Balanced” extraordinaire UPDATE: The material below […]

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One of the heartening elements of the past few months, with some (sometimes notable exceptions): the stream of competent to highly competent, morally strong to highly morally strong people who have been nominated for and moved into Obama Administration positions. A quick note on one of these: Gina McCarthy, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of […]

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