Four days away from the presidential primary Governor Schwarzenegger will be visiting the capital of Ohio. But his agenda is not political. He will be in town to join 17,000 competitors for the Arnold Fitness Classic. Over 20 years ago Schwarzenegger was a pioneer in fitness. Now as Republican Governor he continues to be a [...]
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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 articles [...]
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Reading Jonathan Martin’s excellent profile of Minnesota GOP Governor Tim Pawlenty in The Politico last week, I came across the following quote:
It’s on the environment and on fiscal issues where Pawlenty draws fire from the right. “He’s a little too green,” says Phil Krinkie, a former Republican state legislator who now heads the conservative Taxpayers [...]
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Many conservative thinkers (Newt jumps immediately to mind) have said Republicans need to start offering solutions to climate change based on our party’s principles. They’re right, of course – a strategy of denial will cost Republicans at the voting booth. My good friend and fellow Terra Rossa blogger Whit Ayres has already warned [...]
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You may have already heard about “Earth Hour” planned for March 29, and if so you may find this latest eco-stunt as silly as I do. For those not in the know, Reuters described it this way:
“As many as 30 million people are tipped to switch off lights and televisions around the world to [...]
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The big energy news this week is that crude oil futures have once again passed the $100 mark, primarily due to political unrest in Nigeria and the possibility that OPEC may cut production in the weeks to come.
We understand that the U.S. uses oil to drive its economy because it’s inexpensive compared to other energy [...]
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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 articles [...]
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In recent weeks you may have heard some debate about the best way to deal with climate change and how it may impact Ohio’s economy. As a sign of how important this debate is becoming, President Bush recently signed an energy reform bill that recognizes the need to reduce global warming pollution from cars and [...]
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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 articles [...]
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Here’s a fun one. Looks like Chinese environmental activists are up in arms – not about the country’s air pollution problems, or world-leading carbon emissions, or river-destroying dam projects – but about…chopsticks. Yes, disposable chopsticks are apparently a major environmental problem in China, according to an article in Friday’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required).
This could [...]
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I read this in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required):
“Venture capitalists have been pouring billions of dollars into ‘clean-energy’ start-ups — producers of solar panels, biodiesel fuel and even eco-friendly drywall…
Clean energy represents ‘the biggest set of new market opportunities to come along in a long time,’ says Ken Lawler, a partner at Battery Ventures [...]
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Reuters’ Deborah Zabarenko wrote a great piece yesterday entitled “Climate Change Becomes a Republican Issue, Too.” It’s about time. Here’s why, in an excerpt taken right out of Deborah’s article that quotes my good friend, former RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman:
“Democrats used to own the environmental issue, grabbing votes from party loyalists and independent voters when [...]
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There’s a very encouraging article by Clifford Krauss in today’s New York Times about the long-term viability of today’s high interest in renewable energy and green technologies. As the article notes, high oil prices in the 1970s led to similar discussions about alternative energy, but that talk quickly faded as oil prices fell, and it [...]
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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 articles [...]
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I wanted to alert Terra Rossa readers to a new blog from the Wall Street Journal, Environmental Capital. Compiled by veteran journalists Keith Johnson and Jeffrey Ball, it is a useful and insightful roundup of the energy and environmental news of the day, particularly as it relates to the overall U.S. and global economies. It [...]
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