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Not really
I get the point Idean Salehyan is trying to make in "The New Myth About Climate Change,” but — the headline should tip you off — the whole piece has been unnecessarily tarted up to generate controversy. It administers a stern beating to a series of strawmen. The "myth" in question is that global warming […]
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We have what we need to beat global warming
One of the consequences of lazy, defeatist mainstream discussion of climate change (see: Robert J. Samuelson) is goofballery like this piece in The New York Times. Michael Fitzgerald argues that because we don’t yet have a weapon that can totally and awesomely kick global warming’s ass, we should spend billions of public dollars on giganto-technologies […]
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Buoys
Wave power takes its first baby steps. Instantly, whinging descends from all sides.
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Things I learned from the L.A. Times piece on Dingell
Rep. John Dingell is Polish stock — his immigrant grandfather changed the name from Dzieglewicz. Who knew?
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Aussie guitarist John Butler on nukes, dickheads, and common sense
The John Butler Trio: (L to R) Shannon Birchall, John Butler, and Michael Barker. Photo: Marty Philbey For the record, John Butler hates the word “environmentalism.” Actually, he’s sick of all the “-isms.” The Australian jam-band musician is more interested in the interconnectedness of problems, in why humans do the things we do. “Lack of […]
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An attempt at censorship by Wolfowitz
Sad, but perhaps not surprising.
"Wolfowitz attempted to censor World Bank report on global warming," from Greenwire ($ub req'd):
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Go big or play it safe
I’ve had the Lieberman-Warner climate bill proposal (PDF) printed out for a couple weeks now, but still haven’t gotten around to reading it. Bad blogger! The general assessment from other quarters seems to be: eh. Medium. The big flaw is that it gives around 25% 75% of its permits away. Bad, bad, bad, but maybe […]
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Comin’ ’round the bend
Coming to a showroom near you: a $30,000 all-electric sedan with a top speed of 80mph and a range of 120 miles per charge. Why the low price? It’s made in China, with cheap labor and advanced lithium ion batteries that came out of government-funded research. There’s competition: Phoenix Motors has a four-door utility truck […]
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It Only Hertz a Little
Rental and car-share companies get hip to hybrids Fueled by consumers’ green interests, rental, car-service, and car-sharing companies are increasingly turning to hybrids. (Hear the collective sigh of relief from guilt-prone enviros who cringe with every tap on the rental accelerator.) Big renters Enterprise, Hertz, and Avis have all recently added several thousand Toyota Priuses […]
