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  • The first book review of "Straight Up"

    Buried on page 95, midway through his chapter titled “The Clean Energy Solution,” Joe Romm summarizes the only workable strategy for saving the planet from catastrophic climate change. That strategy focuses on rapid commercialization of existing renewable energy technologies. Our plan, he says, must be “Deployment, deployment, deployment, R&D, deployment, deployment, deployment.” That’s a powerful […]

    Joseph Romm Climate & Energy

  • Senate bipartisan climate and clean energy jobs bill set for launch April 26

    Looks like a Senate climate bill will not be unveiled the week of Earth Day after all. The new goal for Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Joe Lieberman, I/D-Conn., to publicly release a potential deal is April 26, sources said. National Journal has the story:   Graham explained why the bill would […]

    Joseph Romm Climate & Energy

  • Straight Up: How the press bungles its coverage of climate economics

    In January 2009, I blogged on a remarkable study by a leading journalist documenting the media’s mistakes and biases during the 2008 Senate debate of the Lieberman-Warner climate bill.  I posted it again last May since the media repeated the exact same mistakes in the debate over the House bill.  I included it in my new book “Straight Up” — […]

    Joseph Romm Climate & Energy

  • WATCH: China building ambitious “Solar Valley City” to advance solar industry

    China is building an ambitious “Solar Valley City” as a new national center for manufacturing, research and development, education, and tourism around solar energy technologies. as part of the Chinese government and industry’s efforts to promote clean energy technology and grow the nation’s global market share (see video below beginning at 10 seconds). Solar Valley […]

    Teryn Norris Climate & Energy

  • Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) makes partners of solar PV and energy efficiency

    Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) does not make energy efficiency the enemy of solar PV. Instead, it helps optimize the use of solar PV for participating property owners. PACE programs are a new tool for promoting residential (and commercial) energy efficiency improvements and on-site renewable energy.  The municipality issues bonds to provide financing for voluntary […]

    John Farrell Climate & Energy

  • Climate change denier Lord Monckton tries on a new conspiracy theory

    Monckton at the Copenhagen climate talks. Photo courtesy Matthew McDermott via FlickrInfamous climate change denier Lord Christopher Monckton briefly fixated on another googly-eyed theory at a Tea Party event yesterday. In his speech, Monckton made the tea baggers choke by joking, “America! Land of opportunity! You can be born in Kenya and end up as […]

    Darby Minow Smith Climate & Energy

  • A clean energy competitiveness strategy for America

    By Jesse Jenkins and Devon Swezey Accelerating U.S. clean technology innovation, manufacturing, and market creation has become not just an environmental necessity but an economic imperative. A recent Pew study showed that the global clean energy industry has experienced rapid investment growth over the last five years. New clean tech investments in 2009 reached $162 […]

    Jesse Jenkins Climate & Energy

  • The Climate Post: Why isn't the Keeling Curve more famous?

    First Things First: IBM will ask its 28,000 suppliers to monitor and disclose their energy use, heat-trapping gas emissions, waste, and recycling. Spread across 90 countries, the suppliers are compelled to install software designed to help firms understand their impact–if they want to continue working with the computing and services giant. “Ultimately, if a supplier […]

    Eric Roston Climate & Energy

  • Fred Kirschenmann, winner of NRDC’s Growing Green “Thought Leader” award

    An April 13, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) announced the four winners of its second annual “Growing Green” awards, which honor leaders in the sustainable-food world. The  four categories are “thought leader,” “producer,” business leader,” and “water steward.” Over the next few days, I’ll be interviewing the winners in each category. First up: Fred […]

    Tom Philpott Climate & Energy

  • Climatic Research Unit scientists cleared (again)

    Another day, another exoneration for climate scientists.  Here’s the Guardian’s headline on the findings of the inquiry panel, which was led by Lord Oxburgh, the former chair of the House of Lords science and technology select committee: Scientists cleared of malpractice in UEA’s hacked emails inquiry Researchers ‘dedicated if slightly disorganised’, but basic science was fair, finds inquiry commissioned by […]

    Joseph Romm Climate & Energy