Warren, Markey take aim at natural gas project
Thought Piece It is embarrassing when any state has both Senators, Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey, in the US Congress who are playing politics with proven emission reduction strategies like natural gas and upgraded infrastructure, [...]
It Costs $532,000 to Decommission A Single Wind Turbine
Thought Piece The largest uncertainty about renewable energy is the two kinds of technology risk. Like with all new technologies, renewables have a productive life of uncertain length. This is especially problematic when renewables are [...]
New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy
Thought Piece Well, holy moly. Michael Moore isn’t as doctrinaire as it seems. Or at least this new piece suggests so. “The only indefensible position is certainty.” Anonymous. New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy [...]
How to Cut Emissions Without Wrecking the Economy
Thought Piece The Abject Failure of Emissions Trading and Carbon Taxation Both, a carbon tax and cap and trade, have yet to provide a single good example of working. In fact, the EU ETS has [...]
The case against fracking is based on ideology, not science
Thought Piece My thought is that profound modesty is the core of international, federal, and state regulations. Also, good global economic development is the best strategy for environmentalism and thoughtful energy usage. The case against [...]
Cheap Renewables Could Make 90% of Proposed Gas Power Plants
Thought Piece Look, Ma! Those stinking problems for renewables, wind and solar, have magically disappeared. We no longer have to worry about intermittency, storage, finance, technology, and distribution, thanks to DeSmog. Whew.... Cheap Renewables Could [...]
The Growing Market for Clean Energy Portfolios + Prospects for Gas Pipelines in the Era of Clean Energy
Thought Piece I think this new report will damage Rocky Mountain Institute’s credibility. It is wrong in several ways. Just saying. The Growing Market for Clean Energy Portfolios By Charles Teplin, Mark Dyson, Alex Engel, and Grant Glazer Prospects [...]
ExxonMobil “Investing” $100M in Gov’t Research to Lower Emissions
Thought Piece I cannot keep from wondering: How much the “Big Green Machine” has given to aid government research in lowing emissions? Oh, that’s right,they spend their billions on preventing any private sector from investing [...]
State Policy Options to Price Carbon from Electricity
Thought Piece The Abject Failure of Emissions Trading and Carbon Taxation Both, a carbon tax and cap and trade, have yet to provide a single good example of working. In fact, the EU ETS has [...]
Cuomo vs. New York
Thought Piece Credibility Means Something Even in New York In New York's media, there have been so much under-informed writing and reporting about fracking it makes the cognoscenti of unconventional oil downright embarrassed. Defying intellectualism, [...]
Enbridge acquires Ohio line to serve Toledo gas users
Thought Piece As a lifelong private sector advocate, I have been an active witness to several states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia and emerging NG Ohio, who are endowed with vast amounts of unconventional oil and [...]
Electric Fracking Could Take Over The Permian
Thought Piece Electric Fracking on the Horizon! Efficient Energy is more important than any other source of energy, other than energy efficiency. They both are cheaper, cleaner, quicker!!! "The world needs as many Practical Environmentalists [...]