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 or tell us about other current items of interest in the comment thread below.
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I tell my children not to say they “love” something if it can’t love them back. The word and the very idea are devalued when one “loves” a junk food or a movie. I know, I’m old fashioned and come by it naturally. My parents were/are sticklers.
So now you know it means something when I [...]
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Where is the action on climate change issues going to come from?
Every day, we see the media discuss what each of us can do individually to “green” our country. Individual action is important, but results in small steps toward reducing fossil fuel use will lower our country’s dependence on foreign oil and reduce emissions [...]
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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.
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In case you missed it, check out this piece in Sunday’s New York Times about representatives of the Tinsel Town types descending on Washington, DC to make their case for a climate change bill.
Needless to say, this isn’t an alliance of policy types making a grassroots plea for an energy security/job creating climate bill. Not [...]
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Regular Terra Rossa readers know I’m not a fan of the morally elitist, gloom-and-doom climate rhetoric of some lefties. But why not leverage the liberals’, er, energy to get something smart conservatives want? That’s good politics, right?
And that’s the point of a recent column by well-known conservative Cal Thomas on Townhall.com. Cal’s onto something…
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As I’ve mentioned many times before on this site, renewable sources of energy will only achieve widespread use in this country when they are cost competitive with fossil fuels. In many parts of the country, wind power is already cost competitive, and provides a significant amount of electricity. A prime area where this technology has [...]
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We can (and should) have a debate about the criteria for selecting recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize. But that’s for another day. Today Mr. Gore has received tremendous recognition for his efforts. He gets a (brief…very brief, please) moment in the spotlight…Congratulations, sir.
But let me illustrate the challenge this award represents [...]
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There was an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday that detailed the efforts of several large companies, including Unilever, Proctor & Gamble, and Jarden, to make their products more environmentally friendly. Reacting to pressure from Wal-Mart, the biggest retailer of their products, these companies have been working to decrease packaging size by concentrating [...]
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Terra Rossa’s own Dr. Whit Ayres, pollster extraordinaire, spoke Saturday at the Republican Environmental Leadership Conference in San Antonio, TX where he said that if his fellow Republicans want to win elections, one thing we should do is reclaim conservation as a calling card. Whit knows his stuff, having directed a lot of traffic at [...]
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There’s a lot of talk about endangered species these days, and the list seems to be ever-growing. Well, I have a new one to add: Republicans in Congress. Everyone knows that independent voters went overwhelmingly for Democrats in the 2006 wipeout, and the GOP stands to do just as badly in 2008 if it can’t [...]
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Check out Terra Rossa in today’s National Journal article by Bara Viada. “Bloggin On” highlights the influence of blogs on policy debate. Here’s a clip from the article highlighting Terra Rossa role :
Eskew blogged during the 2004 election and says he found the blogosphere “a good place to be for emerging issues, especially [...]
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Question: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Answer: To reduce his carbon footprint.
Researchers at The Ohio State University are using eggshells to streamline a process to make hydrogen for automotive fuel cells. The shells assist the process of turning gasified coal into hydrogen gas. The egg shells allow researchers to cut down [...]
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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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In his address to the UN General Assembly last week Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defied Security Council demands that his nation stop its uranium enrichment program, again claiming Iran is pursuing nuclear power for peaceful purposes.
I seriously doubt Iran’s motive here is to reduce its carbon footprint.
And my view is that pursuing new clean-energy options [...]
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