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Fossil Energy Reduction Standard: A better RPS
Photo: WhiteGoldWielder via Flickr Previously, I described difficulties with RPS policy, whereby layers of patches designed to address political problems create a convoluted overall structure that yields lousy policy. Today, I outline a better approach. Policy first First a caveat: Too much of our energy policy is developed based on politics. There is a point […]
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What’s the matter with Earth Day?
Tip #1: Make every day Earth Day by killing the vampires. Our advice queen Umbra Fisk tells you how to cut your spending on electricity in this recent video. Less energy use = less coal and natural gas burned to produce electricity. … Why does Grist hate Earth Day, you may be wondering? Are you […]
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America’s first solar city, from a former NFL player
An architect’s rendering of Babcock Ranch, the solar-powered city planned east of Fort Myers.Kitson and PartnersFlorida developer and former NFL lineman Syd Kitson sent out a coy press release Wednesday promising the biggest news in the history of press releases, to be revealed Thursday. And in truth … it’s sort of a big deal. The […]
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The lowdown on agave nectar and other ‘natural’ sweeteners
Agave: not just for tequila anymoreDear Checkout Line,What’s the skinny on sweeteners? I use agave nectar, but I’m wondering if the same thing that makes tequila can be good for me and my six-year old! Is sucanat just another word for “sugar”? And what about Stevia? Liquid or powder, fair trade, organic — it’s all […]
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No stinkin’ green jobs or responsible mining debate!
For all of her “drill, baby, drill” cheerleading, at least Governor Sarah Palin is willing to have a discussion about renewable energy sources like wind and geothermal. According to the Coal River Wind Project, the West Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson and a handful of House Rules Committee members have just blocked a […]
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From Kanye to Kicks
Photo: SOCIALisBETTER via Flickr.Drink West, young manHip-hop ego Kanye is putting down the Louis Vuitton and picking up his very own organic energy drink. He plans to make it harder, better, faster, stronger by filling it with “what inspires him.” Hm … bet it pairs nicely with fish sticks. (Click below to see the next […]
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Don’t buy Kimberly-Clark’s latest ruse
If a huge coal power plant goes next door and sets up a cute little boutique collection of five solar panels, have your basic feelings about that giant coal power plant changed? Probably not. After all, you’re reading Grist. But what if said coal company releases advertisements announcing that they’ve “gone solar,” complete with misleading […]
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Hydrogen fuel-cell car wins 2009 World Green Car award
Honda FCX Clarity.Photo courtesy of the New York International Auto Show.Is the Honda FCX Clarity really the world’s greenest car? According to the world’s leading automotive journalists, it is. Thursday morning they gave the hydrogen-fueled Clarity the World Green Car award at the New York auto show. But at my table, after the award was […]
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Oh thank goodness, I was terrified
“They need not fear what I would write as a bill, [that I would] say, ‘Let’s write a bill without coal.’ You can’t.” — Nancy Pelosi
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Fellow Washington Post columnist challenges George Will’s climate denial
Another Washington Post staffer has joined the pile-on against columnist George Will’s climate-change denial. Fellow columnist Eugene Robinson lambasted Will on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC Wednesday night, and also called out the editors who let him get away with it. “What George Will did was cherry-pick a sentence in a report, you know, […]
