As I’m sure you’re aware, clean energy is under attack from the traditional energy industry; the oil and coal companies are spending a fortune on their PR firms and lobbyists to discredit the competition, i.e., renewable energy. And unfortunately, this …
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Clean Energy Under Attack
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Discussing the EPA at the American Chemical Society Conference
As one would expect, the banter here at the American Chemical Society conference is largely academic; in the convention center from which I’m writing this post there are more super-smart and extremely specialized people per square foot than I’ve encountered in a …
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Infographic: The Pros and Cons of Renewable Energy
Whenever I speak on renewable energy, I’m careful to leave my audience with a sense of the “tough realities.” We all want simple answers to our questions, but in the case of clean energy, none exist. There are dozens of …
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Old-time Republicans Made Real Commitments to the Environment
Those of us who can’t wrap our wits around the Republican party’s indifference (some might substitute “antagonism”) to the environment need to remember that the GOP didn’t always take this stance. This post on Mother Nature Network documents 10 Republicans …
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Eviscerating Our Environmental Regulations Removes Incentive for Clean Energy
Frequent commenter John Sullivan asks: How can you cite “eviscerating environmental regulations” as a factor in our lack of competitiveness, when China has a horrible record and is arguably using their “green” investments as a shield for now? It’s probably …
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EPA Needs Help in Creating Meaningful Ratings for Electric Vehicles
I go on occasional rants about the lunacy of the EPA’s rating electric cars (pure EVs that use no gas, e.g., the Nissan LEAF) on their gas mileage. Apparently, John Voelcker of GreenCarReports.com agrees: Idiocy…. So it’s come down to …
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EPA Produces MPG-e Ratings for Plug-in Hybrids
It looks like the debate on fuel economy for plug-in hybrids rages on unabated. General Motors just announced that its Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid car will carry a better efficiency rating that the Toyota Prius (long been recognized as the …
[The Vector] Politics Over Reason Yet Again?
Leaders Grandstanding On New Greenhouse-gas Regulations
Gosh, it irks me to have our leaders take advantage on our ignorance – but I guess that what they do for a living. Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the EPA, said recently that the agency will “issue guidance soon …
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EPA’s Recent Announcement – A Clue to Where the US Is Going in Renewables?
My colleague Steve Estes writes about the EPA’s recent announcement: This is why the market is starting to get active again…. The EPA will proceed regardless, hopefully causing all of the folks against this to accept the alternative (which is …
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