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Free local cheese, a win-win-win
Jeff Maurone via Flickr.If you were anywhere near Seattle this weekend and you didn’t make it to the Seattle Cheese Festival, oh man, I’m sorry. Oh man. Pike Place Market, a sample-lover’s paradise on any day, played host to more than 200 artisanal cheesemakers for the weekend. Each brought some fine creations and each offered […]
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You can’t build a new foundation with dirty energy
Building a new foundation requires a lot of heavy machinery. Bulldozers to clear the land, extractors to dig the foundation, concrete-mixers to pour the cement, and trucks to haul the raw materials. So perhaps it’s appropriate that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar will be at the White House tomorrow for the first meeting of […]
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Opponents continue to obstruct clean energy jobs push in Energy & Commerce Committee debate
You can follow the continuing markup of the Waxman Markey bill on C-SPAN3 here. I am reprinting below a daily update from the Center for American Progress Action Fun: Here’s what to look for as markup moves in to its second day WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday brought few surprises as opening statements began in the House Energy […]
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NOAA: Fifth warmest April on record
NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center reported last month: Based on preliminary data, the globally-averaged combined land and sea surface temperature was the fifth warmest on record for April, and the January-April year-to-date period tied with 2003 as the sixth warmest on record. lt is worth noting “the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) transitioned from a cold […]
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EIA projects wind at 5% of U.S. electricity in 2012, all renewables at 14%, thanks to Obama stimulus
The renewables safe sources of energy that never run out are coming! And if it was braggin’ time for wind when wind power hit 1.25% of U.S. electricity generation in 2008, what’ll it be in 2012, when it hits 5%, as projected by the Energy Information Administration? Well, it’s probably time for a tougher renewable […]
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Nobelist Krugman strongly endorses Waxman-Markey
The man who is arguably the most credible progressive expert on economics has begun to seriously weigh in on the clean energy and global warming bill (see Krugman: Climate action “now might actually help the economy recover from its current slump” by giving “businesses a reason to invest in new equipment and facilities”). In today’s […]
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Breaking: Obama to raise new car fuel efficiency standard to 39 mpg by 2016
UPDATE: The NYT story is not entirely accurate, and, separately, sources tell me there appears to be a little confusion as to exactly what mpg standard is set for what class of vehicles (see below). UPDATE2: The numbers appear to be 39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for light trucks (see here). For all those […]
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Fuel economy in context
The decision of the Obama Administration to embrace stronger fuel economy standards by 2016 is drawing praise from environmentalists but fire from auto analysts who say it will add to Detroit’s woes. The decision to accelerate fuel economy comes on top of a variety of policy proposals to address climate change, the auto industry and […]
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10 Reasons to Support the Waxman-Markey Energy Bill
By Daniel J. Weiss, Daniel Wagener 1. The Waxman-Markey bill will create jobs by spurring investment in renewables and efficiency. 2. Boosting investments in low-carbon energy will help the United States regain the lead in the manufacture and sale of clean-energy technologies. 3. The global warming threat is growing, and we have no more time […]
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‘Staying viable and competitive’
Today is a good day. At the Auto Alliance, an association representing major automakers, we’re happy to hear the Obama administration’s announcement of a national program to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fuel efficiency. In fact, over the past two years we’ve been meeting and working with environmental leaders to find just this kind […]
