Fortunately, not everyone is so clueless as the U.S. Senate appears to be right now. For instance, in yesterday's Politico, two energy investors – one Democrat, one Republican – explained what's at stake in … [Read more...]
No, Senator Klobuchar, More Corn Ethanol is NOT the Answer!
*From an NRDC article published in March 2010, we learn that "the current corn ethanol tax credit is effectively costing tax payers $4.18 per gallon and is driving up grain prices." The author, Nathanael Greene, concludes … [Read more...]
Murkowski Part II Rears Its Ugly Head
On June 10th, we all celebrated the defeat of the Murkowski resolution, which would have gutted the EPA's ability to regulate carbon dioxide pollution. Why we needed to defeat Murkowski was explained well by NRDC Action … [Read more...]
More Nails in the Coffins of the Climate Change Deniers
As if we needed any more evidence demonstrating that anthropogenic climate change is real, that it is occurring right now, and that it poses a major threat to the planet's environment, we now have it -- in spades. Let;s begin … [Read more...]
Remember, Cap-and-Trade Was Originally a Free-Market, Conservative Idea
In short, good things happened when we harnessed the tremendous power of the market to solve environmental problems. Today, the biggest and most pressing of those problems - identified, once again, by a massive amount of scientific research … [Read more...]
President Obama, Please Call Their Bluff!
Yesterday, President Obama met with Senators at the White House and pushed them to pass comprehensive, clean energy and climate legislation. Still, the skeptics are spinning a monotonous web of negativity regarding what is achievable … [Read more...]
Scott Brown: Wrong on the Merits AND The Politics of Clean Energy
Two weeks ago, Senator Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) met with President Obama and "told him he would not support a cap-and-trade plan or carbon fee to limit greenhouse gas emissions." In the Boston Globe, Brown is quoted as expressing … [Read more...]