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Every day, I strive to Make Energy CENTS from the Home to the Globe. Whether programming the thermostat to low temperatures overnight to providing comments on national energy policy drafts to opening discussions as to Energy COOL technologies and concepts, my efforts to Energize America to a prosperous, climate friendly future cross a broad spectrum. […]

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The White House just held a ‘progressive media and bloggers teleconference’ with Peter Orszag, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to discuss just released “New Era” budget. Now, this budget has many changes, new elements with money from a cap and trade program going, in part, to support new energy programs. There […]

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The New York Times Andy Revkin evidently was feeling a bit jealous of the attention that George Will and John Tierney were receiving for their deceptive disinformation when it comes to Global Warming issues. Other than that its a bit hard to explain his convoluted and, well, deceptive article in today’s New York Times on […]

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In a powerful speech, President Barack Obama laid out starkly America’s serious problems and, as strongly, provided a vision for the future and the paths to get there. “It all begins with energy …” Holding the unenviable position of following President Obama’s oratory, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal delivered the Republican response. Consider the demonstrated Republican […]

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My fellow Americans, we have a President who gets it. Our problems, their solutions, our path forward: It begins with energy. President Barack Obama spoke to Congress, to the nation about our serious challenges, our serious problems, and his visions for how we move forward to something better. “It begins with energy …”

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T. Boone Pickens has been spending $millions (actually, $10s of millions) to promote The Pickens’ Plan which, while captivating to many, is a fundamentally flawed concept that could help nail the coffin shut on America’s future rather than, as he promotes, set the stage for something better. There are worthwhile elements in The Plan and […]

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[NOTE: 5 March 09: For a more up-to-date bibliograpy, see: The Will Affair … struggling to keep up.] The Washington Post editors are, in essence, going silent when it comes to George Will’s use of their pages for disinformation on global warming issues. And, from that silence, the Post’s Ombudsman emerged to embrace the Will-ful […]

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In a new twist on the papparazzi set, the Times of London hired a firm to do thermal imaging of prominent “green” leaders’ properties in the United Kingdom. And, the result, in most cases, seems to be that these people are not practicing what they preach. While commentators (and the newspaper) highlight this as hypocrisy, […]

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Oregonians, represented by some of the better politicians when it comes to energy and climate issues, were served up a rather distasteful stew of “Fair and Balanced” reporting by Scott Learn of The Oregonian the other day. In Dueling global warming studies heat up Oregon’s debate, Learn makes Faux News proud by presented a University […]

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President Barack Obama is about to make his first trip to another nation flying aboard Air Force One. Traveling north in wintry weather isn’t necessarily the most comfortable choice, but Canada is a critical US partner, meriting being on the top of the list for foreign travel for many reasons. When it comes to Canadian-US […]

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