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U.S. News & World Report’s James Pethokoukis had a terrific post on his Capitol Commerce blog yesterday. Check it out. He highlighted a recent solar energy innovation at MIT that he believes is a contributing factor to the recent decline in oil prices. (That may or may not be so, but it is [...]
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Reuters’ Deborah Zabarenko reports that the U.S. Army has started a new initiative to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2015. In addition to the environmental benefits, the Army is motivated by the belief that less fuel equals less risk to American troops. “If we can reduce consumption on our forward [...]
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Recently, I’ve been talking about the need for some sort of national standard on carbon emissions, so that U.S. power companies and manufacturers know what rules they have to abide by in advance, rather than having to be told by judges or federal regulators after the fact.
A recent Reuters article shows that many corporate executives [...]
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Exelon, America’s largest electric power utility, just made some big news. The Chicago-based company wants to significantly reduce their carbon footprint.
“In a bid to shape the debate on carbon dioxide rules and to get a jump on compliance,” according to the NY Times, Exelon will reduce, offset, or displace all of its greenhouse gas [...]
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In my last post, I talked about how a Georgia judge revoked the air pollution permit or a proposed coal-fired power plant because it failed to include standards for carbon emissions. In that post, I spoke to the need for some sort of standard so that power companies know what to expect when applying [...]
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The New York Times reports today about a proposed coal-fired power plant’s air pollution permit being revoked by a state judge because it did not set limits on carbon dioxide emissions — according to the article, “the first time a court decision had linked carbon dioxide to an air pollution permit.”
I’m not sure sure where [...]
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Fret not, Terra Rossa readers. Republican governors seem undeterred by recent inaction on climate legislation by the U.S. Senate.
Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, the newly elected chairman of the Western Governors Association, said this weekend he plans to continue the WGA’s work on climate and even wants to “reach overseas to address climate change and [...]
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Here’s some interesting news that didn’t get widely reported, except for an editorial in the Washington Post.
An independent task force commissioned by the influential Council on Foreign Relations just released a report that urges an “overhaul of U.S. domestic and foreign policy to confront the challenge” of climate change. One of the task force’s [...]
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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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Due to the soaring rise in gas prices safety directors and city finance directors or going back to city council to find more funds to pay for gasoline. Large cities are $3-$5 million over their projected budgets. Police forces are returning to their roots to combat the outrageous rise in the price 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 articles [...]
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Advertising Age reports that “some of the reddest states at the polls are among the greenest at the grocery checkout.” In fact, solidly red states such as Idaho, Utah and Alaska are home to some of the greenest shoppers around, according to a recent marketing survey.
It’s just more evidence that my Party would do [...]
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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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This week the U.S. Senate is debating bipartisan legislation introduced by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and John Warner (R-VA) that would reduce greenhouse gas pollution through a market-based cap & trade system. Critics say given rising gas prices and the state of our economy now is the worst time to take up the bill (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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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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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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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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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 [...]
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