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David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Can it be? Even more tidbits from the Energy Efficiency Global Forum?
Here is the third and final collection of tidbits, factoids, and insights from the Energy Efficiency Global Forum. These are drawn from the final plenary session, which was two hours long and absolutely packed with interesting speakers and info. • Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency, pointed out that efficiency improvements have […]
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More tidbits from the Energy Efficiency Global Forum
I have a couple of overview-type posts in mind re: the Energy Efficiency Global Forum, but first a couple more Tidbit Posts, sharing factoids and insights that otherwise won’t find a home. Here’s the second of three, drawn from the “executive dialogs” that took place alongside the main plenary sessions. • Lena Ek, member of […]
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Energy efficiency and sex
I’ve spent a lot of time in the last week strolling around Paris, eating long meals at cafes, stopping in little shops, wandering through cathedrals, sitting on park benches, and generally enjoying the aesthetic pleasures of the world’s most beautiful day-to-day culture. So it was a shock to the system to enter the cavernous Palais […]
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What does Specter’s party switch mean for climate and energy?
The big news today is Sen. Arlen Specter’s announcement that he’ll be switching parties from Republican to Democrat. For the best analysis of why he did it (basically, he was fated to lose the upcoming primary), see Eric Kleefeld at TPM. The boss man asked me to weigh in from Paris on what it might […]
