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Just what every taxpayer wants
This is super, super smart: A Depression-era program to bring electricity to rural areas is using taxpayer money to provide billions of dollars in low-interest loans to build coal plants even as Congress seeks ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions. … The beneficiaries of the government’s largesse — the nation’s rural electric cooperatives — plan […]
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Yeah or nay?
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) thinks it’s silly to use intelligence resources to assess the national security implications of climate change, or as he calls it, the “bugs and bunnies.” Meanwhile, Michael McConnell — the U.S. Director of National Intelligence — thinks it’s “entirely appropriate.” Who to trust?
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Bigtime mayors and Bill Clinton meet about climate change
This C40 summit looks like a doozy. You could do worse than having Bill Clinton and Michael Bloomberg as your keynote speakers. If any Grist readers happen to be attending, get in touch. I’d love to hear how it goes. Speaking of Bloomberg, Worldchanging NYC has a whole series of posts on PlaNYC, Bloomberg’s plan […]
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It could be fantastic, but nobody’s built any
CNET’s summary of its own story perfectly captures the highs and lows of solar thermal: Bottom line: A large-scale solar power plant with a large energy-storage system that is close to other solar-power systems and the customers they serve could produce electricity for about the same cost as that from standard utility plants. Such a […]
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Solar that doesn’t need direct sunlight
Solar that doesn’t require direct sunlight: [G24i] uses nano-sized titanium crystals, which turn sunlight into electricity in a process similar to photosynthesis (the method plants use to store the energy from sunlight in sugars). Because G24i’s technology is more powerful than other solar cells, it does not need direct sunlight to generate electricity and can […]
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Breaking news on Fox
This is one of the most torturous cable TV segments I’ve ever seen: (via Hugg)
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The Amish dig it
The Amish affinity for solar says something essential about the difference between fossil and renewable fuels. Not quite sure I know how to put it into words, though.
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Some guy on CNBC
There’s plenty of oil. We’re swimming in it! What I don’t get is, why does he think production-capacity limitations and geological limitations are mutually exclusive? (via Hugg)
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Not exactly
Wondering what to make of this? President Bush responded to a Supreme Court environmental ruling by settling on regulatory changes that don’t need congressional approval, the White House said Monday. Bush is announcing the steps he is directing his administration to take in a Rose Garden appearance later Monday. Read on down a little bit: […]
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Let’s Give ‘Em Something to Not Talk About
U.S. negotiators edit climate out of G8 climate draft Here’s a comforting thought for a Monday: your future is being played like a poker hand. Next month, the leaders of the G8 nations will meet in Germany along with the heads of China, India, South Africa, Mexico, and Brazil. With hopes of agreeing on climate-change […]
