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Year-end economic musings
Last July, I wrote about trends in U.S. retail electric sales as an indicator of economic activity, and how this recession compares to prior on that metric. We’ve kept tracking that data, and it gets more interesting with each passing month. Here then, a quick update. First off, a lament. I wish EIA would update […]
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The outlook dimmed for coal in 2010
2010 was a rough year for the coal industry, as dozens of proposed new coal plants were taken off the drawing board and utilities announced the retirement of 12,000 megawatts of coal plants.
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Top five climate and weather events of 2010 [VIDEO]
Climate Central's Heidi Cullen counts down the five biggest climate and weather related events of 2010.
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On David Owen and William Jevons
David Owen's latest piece in The New Yorker has attracted much attention and rekindled interest in William Jevons and his paradox, and much ink has been spilled in support of and opposition to the article. Amidst the discussion, I'm struck that two rather obvious points haven't been made: Jevons' arguments wouldn't pass muster in any discipline other than economics, and Owen's arguments fail basic principles of logic.
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California launches compromise small-scale renewable auction
The California Public Utility Commission launched its Renewable Auction Mechanism last week, to spur more development in renewable energy projects.
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Greening up your shiny new iPhone with endangered species ringtones
Download an endangered species ringtone and make every call a cry for help from a Gunnison's prairie dog, a Mexican gray wolf, or a California condor.
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Federal solar incentives cost schools ownership opportunity
This is part of a series on distributed renewable energy. It originally appeared on Energy Self-Reliant States, a resource of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance’s New Rules Project. There’s been a fair amount of news about the spread of solar carports in California, highlighting the Milpitas School District’s 14 distributed solar PV arrays. According to a […]
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Why our economy 'required' the Gulf oil spill
Earlier this month, environmental and clean energy activists, as well as coastal communities breathed a much needed sigh of relief when the Obama administration reversed last spring’s reckless decision to open up new offshore areas to oil drilling. Now, thankfully, the coastlines of the Pacific, Atlantic and the eastern Gulf will be spared the same […]
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EIA projects climate catastrophe
The EIA has projected that the United States will lead the world into catastrophic global warming over the next twenty five years.
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Britain abandons renewable power mandates, embraces feed-in tariffs
In a potentially precedent-setting move for the English-speaking world, the UK proposes abandoning its "market reforms" of the 1990s.