Recently I joined 10 of my colleagues on a military advisory board to the CNA Corporation in releasing a report that determined climate change presents a national security threat to the United States. One of the key findings in our report was that “climate change, national security and energy dependence are a related set of [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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No wonder it’s hard for conservatives to take some on the left seriously.
On climate change, I’ve grown accustomed to Hollyweird’s rhetorical emissions. But a recent “solution” proposed by Sheryl Crow (which I first saw on the Drudge Report) had me coughing into my coffee this morning.
Take it away Sheryl:
I have spent the better part [...]
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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 [...]
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As we’ve seen on Terra Rossa this week, a group of admirals and generals recently released a report that advised taking action on climate change for national security reasons. What impressed me most about this report was that it is just another in a series of “Nixon goes to China” moments where unexpected groups and [...]
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Today a panel of eleven senior admirals and generals brought together by the CNA Corporation, a leading defense analysis organization, released what I think is a groundbreaking report in the current debate over climate change.
Having worked with them on the release, I found the end result a real eyebrow raiser for conservatives.Among other findings, their [...]
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How might climate change affect our national security? What steps do our government and military need to take in order to prepare for the possibility?
These are questions raised today by the CNA Corporation, a nonprofit research and analysis organization that brought together 11 retired admirals and generals to contribute to a report on the security [...]
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It has been reported that residents are debating whether or not to allow wind turbines to be installed on individual’s property. A small town in Ohio compared the Wind Turbines to strip clubs in their community threatening major regulation from local municipalities.
Wind power can bring and keep wealth in local communities. Farmers and landowners [...]
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A great article from the Economist Intelligence Unit points to the growing investments in Venezuelan energy projects by the China National Petroleum Corp, as China moves to diversify its oil imports. Now we know who is going to be filling the gap if Chavez follows through on his promises to reduce exports to the [...]
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During today’s debate on climate change, Newt Gingrich gave perhaps the best explanation yet as to why many conservatives are resisting government action on climate change and other environmental issues. Roughly paraphrasing, here’s what he said:
“For most of the last 30 years, the environment has been a powerful emotional tool for bigger government and [...]
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C-SPAN will be covering the debate between Newt Gingrich and Sen. John Kerry starting at 10am today. Watch it online and tell us your thoughts.
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“We are surrounded by insurmountable opportunity.”
So said the great Pogo, hero of my favorite comic strip.
The opportunity to fix our energy and climate problems is most assuredly insurmountable if we don’t embrace all the technology available.
The LA Times’ Richard Simon reported today on how some leading Congressional Democrats now look at nuclear power through the [...]
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The Hill reports that John Kerry and Newt Gingrich will be debating climate change on Tuesday, April 10 in Washington, DC.
Gingrich “recently teamed up with conservationist Terry Maple to author A Contract with the Earth. Like his Contract with America, A Contract with the Earth, due out Nov. 1, 2007, is based on a 10-point [...]
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Al Gore recognizes that any solution to global warming is going to require a revival of nuclear power. He was edging toward that in his House of Representatives testimony last week — yet downplayed the idea on the following grounds: “Nuclear power plants are the costliest to build and they take the longest time and [...]
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This one made me laugh.
Fidel Castro recently penned an op-ed critical of America’s efforts to develop crop-based alternative fuels. According to news accounts, the dictator claims doing so would deplete food stocks in developing nations “condemning to premature death by hunger and thirst more than 3 billion people of the world.”
Good to see the [...]
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Following up on Jim’s post from last week, a reader has provided a guide to organizations that help with sustainable home building.
Individuals can also “walk the walk” when it comes to energy-saving practices, and often save money in the process.
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