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Got $60 worth of coal-in-the-ground? BLM will give you a buck and change for it
Dave Roberts and others have been talking about leaving coal in the ground. That got me thinking: What’s it worth there? The question looms large in light of recent and imminent federal leases to extract a bazillion tons of coal from public land in the Powder River Basin (PRB). Critics of the practice note that […]
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Sex is better with energy efficiency
Something must be done about the abysmal marketing of energy efficiency. Never has such a big energy story received so little love. In the pie-throwing contest that passes for energy dialogue in our political culture, Solyndra gets the ink, while the biggest story by far goes unreported. Keystone dominates the headlines, while new fuel economy […]
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Solving the climate crisis means saying yes and no
When it comes to climate work, yes and no are the interdependent and mutually reinforcing faces of responsible action.
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Newt’s win in South Carolina bodes well for climate
Newt Gingrich defied cynicism and tapped into voter anger to win South Carolina. That's what it will take to achieve large-scale climate solutions, too.