Here’s a wonderful video presentation of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ the clever reminder that problems in the world are nothing new, and really nothing to get too concerned over. I infer that this philosophy must be quite …
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Ecuador — Achieving Justice in the Chevron Case?
30,000 people in Ecuador are one step closer to achieving justice in their case against Chevron. On Wednesday, an appellate court upheld the $9.5 billion judgement that would force the oil giant to pay for the clean up of a …
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From Guest Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shock (1859-1865)
This article is submitted with the hope that it will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by covering the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is …
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From Guest-Blogger Iannick Gagnon — Oil: The First Shocks (1859-1900)
This article, I hope, will set the tone for a series of others that will follow by revealing the origins of the petroleum industry in the United States. The main objective of these pieces is to provide the reader with …
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The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve – Two Opposing Views
In response to my recent piece on electric vehicles, a few readers sent me John Peterson’s position on the subject. Thanks, but I’m already quite familiar with it. John’s a brilliant, honest, and levelheaded guy; in fact, I plan to visit …
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New Video from The Story of Stuff Nails the Truth About Oil and Clean Energy As Well As Jobs and the Economy
Here’s another must-see video from Annie Leonard at The Story of Stuff, this one called “The Story of Broke.” I hope everyone will invest five minutes and check this out. Note how much of what she’s saying sounds like what …
Daniel Yergin’s Talk on Energy Policy
To make good on my promise to write something about Daniel Yergin’s talk the other night at UCSB, he’s obviously a very bright guy whose travels and studies are quite impressive, and the talk was interesting to a point. But …
Some Dubious Advice from the AltCarExpo
I always look forward to the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica each year. It’s rather like one of the major auto shows, but without all the flashing lights, loud noises, “booth-babes” – and, more to the point, all the gas- and …
Government Subsidies to the Oil Companies
All Americans should be aware of what’s happening in Washington in this critically important area that affects every one of us. Earlier this week, 48 Senators, including three Democrats and all but two Senate Republicans voted to defeat a bill …
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Environmental Law Institute Reports on Subsidies for Energy Companies
During a slow period at the Electric Drive Transportation Association conference this afternoon, I walked a couple of miles across town to interview spokespeople for the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) – Senior Attorneys Jay Pendergrass and Lisa Goldman. We talked …
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