An exclusively clean energy bill will have great results for relatively little cost, and will be very popular as well. It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, helps prevent more disasters like these, creates jobs, and, if a … [Read more...]
Waxman-Markey Bill no slam dunk needs help!
http://www.environmentalleague... Waxman-Markey: Too Close to Call Thirty-three years ago, in 1976, I served as campaign manager for a young Mass. State Representative running as a dark-horse candidate for the U.S. Congress. … [Read more...]
Markey on coal: Go along to get along
Heaven save us from our friends: My US Rep. Ed Markey, chair of the House Select Committee on Energy and Global Warming, seems ready or resigned to rely on -- and subsidize the hell out of -- so-called "clean coal" technology (CCS -- carbon … [Read more...]
Cape Wind vs Coal Guy
Good gravy ... how's this for "optics"?The anti-Cape Wind group, the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, has tapped "coal industry insider" Glenn Wattley as its new head, according to the Cape Cod Times. Here's a PowerPoint (in … [Read more...]
Subsidies for “UNKILLABLE DRACULAS”
Bela Lugosi's got nothin' on Big Coal, but the parallel is humorously appropriate when you consider blood sucking air pollution, global warming, mountaintop removal, strip mining, coal slurry ponds, acid rain, and such. From today's … [Read more...]
Coal-to-liquid: 180 degrees the wrong direction
I agree with Matt -- this is just damn depressing: WASHINGTON, May 28 ? Even as Congressional leaders draft legislation to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming, a powerful roster of Democrats and Republicans is pushing to … [Read more...]
I’m not about Obama
Ugggggghhh ... It's really a shame, because Obama is plainly very charismatic and bright, but I really can't consider him seriously for the nomination at this point. He's just whiffing so badly and unseriously on the two issues I take most … [Read more...]
Coal’s Stranglehold on Congress
Bits and Bobs of InformationBefore writing this diary, I knew little about the financial side of coal. Some tidbits: * Total United States coal production 2005-06: 1131.5 million short tons (eia.doe.gov). * There are … [Read more...]
WashPo & NYTimes: Climate Change Fat Lady Sings?
Also seen at Truth & ProgressFrom today's Washington Post, Energy Firms Come to Terms with Climate Change. The fat lady has is singing away today: Exxon Mobil is contemplating dropping funding to climate skeptic think tanks and … [Read more...]
It’s wind, nukes, or coal. Take your pick.
A Globe article today on meeting the area's power needs presents us with a stark choice:Facing a worsening crunch in the supply of electricity, soaring prices, and rolling blackouts, top New England utility officials are thinking about some … [Read more...]