It’s hard to know what to make of this week’s unanimous Senate vote, confirming Ernie Moniz as the new U.S. Energy Secretary, replacing the outgoing Steven Chu. If you’re a fan of a sustainable energy policy, it’s certainly not a…
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Energy Policy and the Adoption of Renewables
Renewable Energy World does a good job at tracking the adoption of clean energy at all levels, including continental. Here’s an article that explains why Europe is unlikely to achieve its goal of 20% penetration of renewables by 2020. While…
Tagged with: adoption of clean energy, clean energy replacement of fossil fuels, energy policy, Europe unlikely to achieve its renewable energy goal, externalities of fossil fuels, fossil fuels artificially cheap, fully dispatchable renewable energy, grid parity, Renewable Energy World, solar energy, subsidizing oil companies, Wind Energy
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
From Guest Blogger John Robbins: Al Gore and the Role of Government in Our Energy Policy
Yesterday I finished Gore’s new book THE FUTURE: 6 DRIVERS OF GLOBAL CHANGE. Overall a good read. But Gore pushes mostly centralized political policies and corporation-led mostly high-tech changes to reach his proposed solutions to so many interrelated problems. He…
Tribune Company: Tell The Koch Brothers To Take a Hike
Now that the regulations on centralized control of news media have all but disappeared, we face the inevitable: multi-billionaires clamoring for ownership of the largest media outlets. Case in point: the Koch Brothers, worth about $50 billion, are attempting to…
Tagged with: Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Koch family, Los Angeles Times, Peter Liguori, Tribune, Tribune Company, United States
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Climate Change, Women’s Rights, and Campaign Finance Reform
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend on the unlikely combination of climate change and women’s rights that I thought readers might find interesting. Friend: Check this out. Really??? Don’t these congressional statements do more harm than good? Craig:…
Renewable Energy Finance Forum Looks at Latin America, the Caribbean
I usually try to attend these Renewable Energy Finance Forums, though I’m going to skip this one, as it focuses on the Latin American and the Caribbean – a part of the world in which, sadly, I haven’t historically gotten…
A Sustainable Approach to Energy Requires Enthusiasm
One of the risks of writing pieces in the tone of my recent article on the fantastic levels of mean-spiritedness and lethargy in the U.S. Congress is the tendency to depress people. Though my intention is to spur readers into…
Tagged with: lethargy in U.S. Congress, sensible approach to energy, sustainability, sustainable approach to energy
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
We Want Clean Energy, But Getting Congress To Act Is Tough
I occasionally like to write something purely for the 43% of 2GreenEnergy readers who reside outside the United States and may have difficulty understanding how profoundly broken our legal and political processes are here, or who may think I’m exaggerating…
Tagged with: Americans want clean energy, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Renewable Energy Finance Forum
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
An Old Macroeconomics Adage Has Serious Implications to Our Energy Policy
I’m helping my daughter with her macroeconomics this semester, and really enjoying the moment for so many reasons. I love spending the time with her, and the whole process of reviewing basic economics has been quite valuable to me as…
Tagged with: energy policy, fossil fuel industry, fossil fuels, fossil fuels monopolistic stranglehold
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Renewable Energy Is a Subject of Passion — Perhaps Too Much
Occasionally I go off by myself for a “happy hour” drink at a local upscale restaurant/bar — a place that’s almost always good for an interesting conversation with the people sitting next to me. Last evening was no exception: I…
Tagged with: burning oil, clean coal, fossil fues, I’m Not an Expert but, Renewable Energy, Socrates, wind turbines
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
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