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Brad Pitt on why cars are stupid
Brad Pitt explained the premise of his film Moneyball to Jon Stewart by way of analogy to gas-guzzling cars. Most of the interview wasn’t about green stuff at all (his Celebrity Cause is building houses in New Orleans, which is sort of related but not totally related), but Comedy Central did get a pretty good […]
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Say it ain’t Kosovo: U.S. State Dept. pushes coal in Eastern Europe
Why is the State Department ignoring climate change and pressuring the World Bank to approve loans for a giant coal-fired power plant in Kosovo?
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Does the rebound effect matter for policy?
The existence of rebound effects does not harm the case for energy efficiency. Still, rebound effects are real, so what are the policy implications?
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Why is the State Dept. pushing coal on a tiny Eastern European country?
State and the World Bank are pushing a plan to open a heavily polluting coal plant in Kosovo -- saddling the struggling country with debt and producing much more power than it even needs.
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Even the Saudi oil minister says oil doesn’t create jobs
Ali Al-Naimi also called global warming one of "humanity's most pressing concerns," and advocated for renewable energy investment. When the Saudis are no longer hyped on oil, you know something's got to change.
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What’s the deal with the ‘rebound effect’?
"David," nobody has been asking, "what is this 'rebound effect' I keep hearing about? And does it matter?" Well, nobody, I have heard your questions and I'm here to answer them.
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State Dept. official overstates Keystone jobs by a factor of 10
The State Department wants to set the record straight: When they said the Keystone XL pipeline would create 35,000 jobs, they were entirely correct, in some kind of number system where 100 equals 1,000. Otherwise, they may have exaggerated a little. In testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday, Assistant Secretary of State Dr. […]
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Latest clean energy faux scandal engulfs GOP spokesman Mitch Daniels
In a shocking turn of events, Republicans have turned on the very man they chose to speak for them in response to Obama's State of the Union address -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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1,000-pound butter sculpture will power farm for three days
Like deep-fried cake on a stick (or regional variants), butter sculpture is a staple of state fair tradition that will never go away even if it’s unnecessary and kinda gross. But at least the Pennsylvania state fair is using its behemoth butter statuary as a source of alternative energy.
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U.S. government downgrades projections for coal. Again.
Coal generation keeps falling faster than government predictions, which don't even account for other factors affecting its decline. Could the reign of coal finally be over?
