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Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

May 9th, 2008

Please enjoy today’s energy debate watch, a collection of news stories and perspectives about energy, environment and climate related issues. These articles are provided to keep Terra Rossa readers informed about the current public energy debate but are not intended to express the views of the blog. Let us know your thoughts on these articles [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

May 8th, 2008

Let’s Get Right into the Debate: Part 3

by Whit Ayres

May 7th, 2008

Over the last two weeks, I’ve been talking about the need to get conservative voices into the debate over energy and the environment (see part 1 here, and part 2 here). My views on these issues have generated quite a debate among our readers, and I’ve taken some heat over them, particularly when it [...]

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Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

May 6th, 2008

Test-Driving Hydrogen Fueled Vehicles

by Tucker Eskew

May 5th, 2008

If you live in Washington, DC, New York or Southern California and see a driver in a Chevy Equinox pointing and laughing as you pull into your local gas station to fill-up, try not to take offense. That driver may be one of the lucky few who are test driving one of General Motors’ [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

May 2nd, 2008

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

May 1st, 2008

Let’s Get Right into the Debate: Part 2

by Whit Ayres

April 30th, 2008

Well, last week’s post about Newt Gingrich and green conservatism generated quite a debate among our readers and quickly became, I believe, the most-read post in the history of Terra Rossa. So I thought I’d try to keep that discussion going by talking a little bit more about some of the issues raised by that [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 29th, 2008

“It’s Not Easy Being Green”

by Tucker Eskew

April 28th, 2008

So warbled Kermit the Frog many years ago. Wikipedia says the song “is associated with problems with identity,” and I’m sure a few noteworthy conservative conservationists can relate.
Newt Gingrich is one. As my fellow Terra Rossa contributor Whit Ayres pointed out last week, Newt has been feeling the heat for his position on climate [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 24th, 2008

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 23rd, 2008

Let’s Get Right into the Debate

by Whit Ayres

April 22nd, 2008

A few weeks ago, I talked about Al Gore’s new “We Campaign” and its multi-million dollar ad campaign featuring such strange pairings as Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson, and Newt Gingrich and Nancy Pelosi.
Well the ads are up and running – you’ve probably seen some of them. And, I have to say, they’re pretty [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 21st, 2008

Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers: Please pick up the courtesy phone in aisle 4 and call your United States Senator.

by Jim Coleman

April 18th, 2008

The other night I watched a Wal-Mart commercial that was selling organic coffee. The tag line was “if all 220,000,000 Wal-Mart shoppers purchased a pound of these (magic) beans we could help the environment.” The next commercial I watched had a woman telling me that Silk Soy milk donates a portion of the [...]

Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 17th, 2008

The National Pastime Goes Green

by Whit Ayres

April 16th, 2008

I’ve already paid several visits to Nationals Park, the brand-new baseball stadium in downtown Washington, DC. It’s a state-of-the-art facility, has all the amenities a fan could want in a stadium, and is a great place to watch a game.
What I didn’t know, however, was that it’s also perhaps the most environmentally-friendly stadium in [...]

Tax Day

by Tucker Eskew

April 15th, 2008

Yes, today is Tax Day – or, more accurately, the deadline Uncle Sam has given us to finish handing-over his take of our hard-earned paychecks.
Today in particular it baffles me how some folks support imposing a new carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions when there’s a proven, market-based alternative available in cap & trade. [...]

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Energy Debate Watch

by Terra Rossa

April 14th, 2008