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Category Archives: Climate Change Mitigation
What does Obama mean by "Sustainable Energy"?
"The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult," President Obama said in his second Inaugural Address on January 21. "But America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it." What is the President thinking of when … Continue reading
Wind back in the sails for wind energy tax credit
The Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, a bipartisan group of 23 state governors dedicated to enhancing the development of wind energy in the U.S., has called on Congress to adopt the Wind Energy Production Tax Credit, scheduled to expire at the … Continue reading
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Aviation and climate change: flying blind
A recent federal court hearing on regulation of greenhouse gases from aviation went unnoticed by the media. In a small federal courtroom in Washington, DC, on November 1, a legal battle was being waged between Earthjustice, representing a coalition of … Continue reading
Climate cliff overshadows fiscal cliff
A recently released PricewaterhouseCoopers (or PwC) report, titled Too Late for Two Degrees?, suggests that, to meet even a goal of a 4° C increase in global mean temperatures the world must quadruple our current rate of decarbonization. (Yes, this is … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two Droughts
Those who think we are powerless to do anything about the 'greenhouse effect' are forgetting about the 'White House effect.''' Was that Barack Obama in 2008? Nope. Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush spoke those words 24 years ago this month, as he headed to victory that November.
Jon Koomey on climate change mitigation, corporate power, social responsibility, and the role of the market
Reviewing Jonathan Koomey's insightful book, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs, led us to pose a series of follow-up questions to him. Herewith his reply to our question about the role of market-based innovation in climate change mitigation … Continue reading
Cold Cash, Cool Climate
Jonathan Koomey’s new book, Cold Cash, Cool Climate: Science-Based Advice for Ecological Entrepreneurs, offers a concise, compelling analysis of why innovative entrepreneurial approaches are needed in order to limit global climate change, and to improve the quality of life while … Continue reading
A coordinated right-wing campaign to turn the US public against renewable energy?
“A network of ultra-conservative groups is ramping up an offensive on multiple fronts to turn the American public against wind farms and Barack Obama's energy agenda,” the UK Guardian reports. Having pushed global climatic disruption pretty much off the radar … Continue reading
New EPA greenhouse gas rule may effectively end new coal power plants
The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce a proposed rule to strictly limit carbon emissions from new power plants, several news sources have reported. Industry and environmentalist sources, the Washington Post reports, “say that the rule … dooms any … Continue reading
McKibben: With the Keystone Pipeline, Drawing a Line in the Tar Sands
Environmentalist author and 350.org founder Bill McKibben writes: “It’s increasingly possible … that we’ll just replace cheap fossil fuel with more expensive fossil fuel. Only a price on carbon can really prevent that from happening — but there won’t be … Continue reading
