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Mark “Energy Smart” Begich

May 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

This year could be a breakthrough year to truly change the nature of dialogue and action in Washington, DC, and nationwide. On the tip of the toungue: will there be a super majority in the Senate (59 Democratic Party, OneOne Socialist (Sanders), and the only Connecticut for Lieberman Senator)? One of those seemingly long-shot, now […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · government energy policy · politics · renewable energy

Energy Smarting J Street?

April 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments

To say that the Israeli-Palestinian, Israeli-Arab conflict has been an intractable element of international politics is an understatement along the lines of saying that George the W’s Administration hasn’t been weak on Global Warming. It is hard to state these sad truths wrongly enough. Sadly, the United States’ ability to be a positive player in […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming · politics · renewable energy

America funding Persian Gulf Renewable Energy Investments

April 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

While America’s Fossil Fools seek to continue America’s oil addiction, Abu Dhabi’s Masdar Initiative is setting off on a serious path toward a 21st century, renewable energy future. Last month,Masdar and the Spanish firm Sener announced the formation of Torresol Energy, a joint venture to build large-scale concentrating solar plants around the world.

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Tags: renewable energy · solar

A quick fix to up hydro power globally?

March 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

In the United States, traditional hydropower (dams) provides roughly 10% of the electricity.   Traditional hydro plants, in many cases, are century+ old with embedded technology that is far from 21st century in terms of productivity for every gallon that passes by.  Thus, opportunities exist for taking existing hydropower facilities and making them more productive with […]

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Tags: electricity · Energy · energy cool · renewable energy

Energy Cool: Spend a week WIRECing

March 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Energy Cool: Spend a week WIRECing

This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).  WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]

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Tags: renewable energy · solar cooking · Solar Energy

Solar Cooking at WIREC

March 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

This coming week in Washington is a hot one when it comes to renewable energy, as the United States hosts the Washington Internation Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC).  WIREC is a combination of official ministerial (and other government) meetings and presentations; a business conference about renewable energy developments; a trade show; some real interesting looking “official […]

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Tags: renewable energy · solar cooking · Solar Energy

Beyond Petroleum … to what?

March 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Beyond Petroleum … to what?

British Petroleum has made much in recent years with advertising that “BP” stands for “Beyond Petroleum”.  The latest news from this fossil-fuel giant indicates that “Beyond Petroleum” is becoming a question:  “Beyond Petroleum to what?”  Todd Hayward, BP’s Chief Executive Officer, has put the Corportion’s green businesses on the auction block.  The price tag he’d […]

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Tags: alternative energy · business practice · oil · renewable energy

McCain’s “Green Straight Talk Express” is actually the “Black Energy Twisted Action Delay Machine”

February 10th, 2008 · 16 Comments

John McCain gets much credit for his Straight Talk when it comes to Global Warming, speaking tough even in the face of a Republican Party that seems determine to reject reality.  The Republican Base seems to trust their hatred of Al Gore more than what the data, science, and the weather all around us (US) say to those […]

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Tags: climate change · Congress · Energy · Global Warming · politics · renewable energy · Uncategorized

“Global Powerhouse in Green Energy”

February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on “Global Powerhouse in Green Energy”

The United States is rapidly falling behind in the race to be positioned for a properous 21st century.  Decades ago, when it came to energy, there was not a domain in which the United States did not have (or at least share) the lead, and by a significant margin in many arenas.  “Green” is going […]

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Tags: Energy · renewable electricity standards · renewable energy

A taste of Green in Stimulus package?

January 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on A taste of Green in Stimulus package?

Word is that the Senate Finance Committee has $5 billion in Green-related elements in its draft $150 billion stimulus package. Not tremendous, but at least a taste of sanity.   

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Tags: renewable energy