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But most of our products aren’t splitting apart and crashing to the ground!
“Other turbines owned by that customer and our other customers at various locations in the U.S. are operating without interruption.” — India’s Suzlon Energy Ltd., the world’s fifth-largest wind turbine manufacturer, on news that a 140-foot-long blade on one of its turbines in Wyanet, Illinois, had split apart, flown off, and crashed to the ground, […]
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A food/climate manifesto presents new visions for responding to climate change
Turin, Italy — I’ve just come out of the most hopeful and interesting discussions of climate change I’ve ever witnessed. Anchored by Indian food-sovereignty activist Vandana Shiva, the panel discussion at Terra Madre unveiled a new “Manifesto on Climate Change and the Future of Food Security,” drawn up by the International Commission on the Future […]
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The imminent nuclear revival
Still imminent! And kudos to Joe for getting a voice of sanity out into the MSM: The critics argue that the same money spent elsewhere — on wind power, or on retrofitting buildings — could create bigger cuts in carbon dioxide output. Joseph J. Romm, an official in the Energy Department during the Clinton administration, […]
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Grassley calls McCain out for inconsistency on subsidies
I don’t know if everyone else will find this as hilarious as I do, but here’s a story about Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) criticizing McCain’s energy positions as “inconsistent.” You see, McCain opposes ethanol subsidies because he thinks subsidies distort markets. But he supports massive subsidies for nuclear. So, is Grassley’s point that McCain should […]
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European Union will require airlines to join carbon-trading program
Airlines flying within the borders of the European Union will be required to participate in a pollution-permit trading system to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions starting in 2012, the E.U. ruled on Friday. The decision ticked off the U.S. and the airline industry.
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NYC City Council gives OK for Bloomberg to run for third term
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) — who’s pushed an aggressive green agenda — will be able to run for a third four-year term next year, thanks to a City Council vote last week that changed NYC’s term-limits law.
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CAP releases interactive U.S. map of per-capita emissions
The Center for American Progress has an interactive map up, showing per-capita CO2 emissions from U.S. states. No big shock — the big emitters are the big coal users, and the low emitters are the big hydro users. The point CAP is pushing is this: “The 10 cleanest states based on per capita emissions … […]
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A counterpoint on energy independence and Proposition 7
This is a response to this post about California’s Proposition 7 by Adam Browning. —– Al Gore has outdone himself. Think what you will of him, you can’t say he doesn’t have a vision. On July 17, he called for the nation to embark on a man-on-the-moon effort to achieve 100 percent “renewable and other […]
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Massive coal utility agrees to disclose carbon risk
Here’s another one to file under Bigger Deal Than It Seems. A little over a year ago, I wrote about N.Y. Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s effort to pressure energy companies into fully disclosing their carbon risk. He sent them subpoenas which said, among other things: Any one of the several new or likely regulatory initiatives […]
