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Colbert on the Hummer Club
Colbert on the National Hummer Club: Via Andy Revkin, who has a good post on related matters.
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U.N. climate change body has suspended clean energy auditor DNV
Like landfills, oil sands, and “occasional irregularity,” the term Clean Development Mechanism is in the euphemism Hall of Fame. But once a rip-offset, always a rip-offset. Reuters reports: The U.N. climate change body has suspended one of the largest auditors of clean energy projects under Kyoto Protocol, a move highlighting problems long aired by critics […]
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Dear media,
Obama did not drop his oil windfall profits tax or reverse his pledge to implement one. The tax was supposed to kick in when oil went above $80/barrel. It’s now below that. I know everyone is desperate to get the first told you Obama was just another lying politician!!1! story, but please, try to wait […]
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Ford drops hydrogen while GM remains confused about ethanol
The car companies have come back to D.C. begging for money. But this time they have put on the table serious restructuring plans. At first glance, Ford’s plan [PDF] appears to me sounder than GM’s plan [PDF]. I’m interested in your opinions. Assuming we believe they will do what they say, the reports reveal a […]
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Greens psyched by Richardson pick for Commerce Dept.
Several big environmental groups have issued statements praising Barack Obama’s nomination of Bill Richardson today to serve as secretary of commerce. The pick, they said, will help spur green business. National Wildlife Federation President and CEO Larry Schweiger: If there’s anyone who understands that a green shovel can help dig us out of our economic […]
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Green tech is still selling
I have been quite critical of the mainstream media for using the global recession to attack clean tech. One reason the storyline was lame is that a recession this deep is going to hit all new capital projects. A second reason is that there had been no evidence that clean tech was being harder hit […]
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Obama injects hope into climate negotiations, even though he’s not attending
The global climate negotiations in Poznan opened on Monday with all expected pomp and circumstance. Two prime ministers and Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Nobel-Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, addressed thousands of delegates and observers who have swarmed into this cold, dark town in western Poland. However, while the proceedings dominated the […]
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Is cheap gas OPEC’s way of robbing Obama of his clean energy initiative?
Why have gas prices dropped so low, so quickly, and so soon after endless proclamations of a future of $200/barrel oil? The New York Times thinks that it has something to do with a drop in demand and a lack of unity amongst OPEC member-states. My friend Gregorio has no time or such naivete. According […]
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As long as the feds are restructuring auto companies, why not drag them into the 21st century?
The New Republic has an interesting article up from two bona fide experts on the auto industry (who are not employed by the industry), contributing to a discussion where ideas have been plentiful but expertise lacking. They recommend a bailout road map that stops short of Chapter 11 but involves fairly substantial restructuring. Interesting reading, […]
