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The way to carbon neutrality
My co-presenter at last weekend’s Carbon Neutrality Unconference, smart-guy Pete Erickson of Stockholm Environment Institute, used four slides that are worth sharing again. Taken together, they’re an excellent — if somewhat wonky way — to think about the basic structure of reducing emissions. 1. What are the cheapest reductions? (Click for larger version) This McKinsey […]
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President Must End 200 Years of Regulated Manslaughter
At 3:30pm EST today, residents in West Virginia and across the nation will be observing a moment of silence for the fallen coal miners in last week’s Upper Big Branch mine disaster, their families, and the rescue crews. Everyone in the nation–across the 48 states that burn coal for electricity–should take this moment to consider […]
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What are your favorite climate and energy soundbites?
I will be testifying in front of Congress this week. And my book, Straight Up, is coming out the following week (click here to buy it). That means I’ll be doing a lot of media and trying to hone a simple, effective message for a far broader audience than Climate Progress readers. I have my own […]
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Sarah 'Four Pinocchios' Palin blames 'Gore-gate' for
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has called Palin a conservative leader on energy issues. She has also emerged as a conservative thought leader on climate science. Yesterday, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SLRC) 2010 — “the most prominent Republican event outside of the Republican National Convention,” Palin launched into another anti-science diatribe. Here’s the video (via TP): […]
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Climate Progress wins TreeHugger's "Best Politics Website"
“… essential reading for anyone following the politics of the green movement these days…. this is the art of blogging at its best.“ Thanks to everyone who voted for CP for TreeHugger’s Best of Green Awards. Here’s TreeHugger’s full award description of this blog: The content Joe Romm and crew pump out on Climate Progress is unrelenting […]
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Canada's Husky Energy sells 10% ethanol blend as
Americans may not have heard of Husky Energy. But thanks to an eagle-eyed reader up north who snapped this picture, we all get to see their uber-greenwashing effort. Here’s how “Mother Nature” makes her fuel, at least on the Bizarro world of Htrae. First, you take some heavy oil or tar […]
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Debunking Lord Monckton, Part One
Climbing the mountain of balderdash, bollux, codswallop, and rubbish that is Lord Christopher Monckton’s presentation is a daunting task. I’ve had to break it down into 2 parts, of which this is the first. The second will be premiered on thursday night, April 15, at 9 pm edt, during a live “Climate Denial Crock” web […]
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Focus the nation on jobs and the clean energy race
This is a guest post by Garett Brennan, executive director, Focus the Nation Youth-led Clean Energy Forums are underway across the country this spring as part of Focus the Nation’s fourth national civic engagement campaign. Focus the Nation has been working this with youth leaders to help ‘focus’ communities across the upper Midwest, Maine, and […]
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Before the Massey mine disaster, there was Crandall Canyon
I’m reposting an essay I wrote in 2007 about another mine disaster. It’s relevant to what’s happening now in West Virginia. In March 2007, I testified before a House subcommittee on energy and mineral resources about the impact of climate change on public lands. There were seven witnesses, and one was Robert Murray, founder of […]
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Massey coal miner suspected safety problems might prove fatal
At least one miner killed in this week’s tragic disaster in West Virginia seemed to sense that safety problems in the mine might prove fatal. Josh Napper left a note for his girlfriend and toddler daughter the weekend before he died. As his mom, Pam Napper, tells CNN, it said, “If anything happens to me, […]
