Here’s one of a few articles I’ve come across recently that reminds me of an important, if unsettling fact: in many cases, environmentalists are their own worst enemies. The most obvious cases of this may be here in California, one of…
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Sometimes Environmentalists Get In Their Own Way
Tagged with: bio-electricity, biofuels, environmentalists, environmentalists are their own worst enemies, follow the money, landfills leaching into our groundwater, quality of our natural environment, repatriating desert tortoises, Sierra Club, solar energy, wind farm
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
The Way We Regulate Electrical Power Utilities Stifles Innovation
I’m looking forward to today’s meeting with David O’Brien, Bridge Energy Group’s Director of Regulatory Strategy and Compliance. With his permission, I will record the discussion and squeeze it into my current book project, “Renewable Energy – Following the Money.”…
Tagged with: Bridge Energy Group, clean energy, coal-fired power plants, David O’Brien, efficient energy network, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, innovation, on-peak electricity, regulation of electric power utilities, Renewable Energy, Renewable Energy - Following the Money, renewables, retiring coal-fired power plants, smart grid
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
News From the Renewable Energy Policy Forum
As I was leaving the Renewable Energy Policy Forum on Capitol Hill yesterday, ready for a brisk walk a few blocks north to Union Station, I ran into a fellow who caught my eye and said, “Not a lot of…
We Won't Have a Sane Energy Policy Next Week, But That Doesn't Mean We Should Stop Demanding One
Here’s one of dozens of articles that purports to advise U.S. President Obama on energy, essentially encouraging the development of fossil fuels as well as renewables. To me, this makes sense if your sole concern is economic growth and you…
Tagged with: Chris Van Hollen, clean energy, energy polcy, Renewable Energy, sane energy policy
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Why Is Clean Energy So Politically Divisive in the US?
Frequent commenter Gary Tulie from the UK joins me in musing why the subject of clean energy is so politically divisive in the U.S. He offers the following: I think it must only be in America that there is such…
2GreenEnergy to Attend the National Renewable Energy Policy Forum
I’m headed back East this morning for a series of meetings in Washington DC and Philadelphia, starting with the American Council on Renewable Energy’s (ACORE) National Renewable Energy Policy Forum on Capitol Hill. While the value of listening to politicians…
Tagged with: Acore, American Council on Renewable Energy, Amtrak, Bob Inglis, Capitol Hill, National Renewable Energy Policy Forum, Tea Party
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Choosing the Proper Tone for the Energy Policy Debate
I sometimes look back on things I’ve written about the malice of the special interests that pervade the energy industry and think, “Man, that’s harsh. Maybe meeting this greed and evil with aggression of my own is fueling the fire. Maybe, as…
Steven Chu Resigns Energy Secretary Post
Those outside the U.S. may not be aware of the spate of cabinet members of the Obama Administration who are resigning their posts. I don’t know exactly what to make of this, and I most certainly don’t believe the reasons…
Tagged with: environmental impact of energy consumption, global climate change, Jimmy Carter administration, loss of biodiversity, lung damage, Obama Administration cabinet resignations, ocean acidification, Steven Chu leaves post of Energy Secretary, wars fought over oil
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
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