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Today's WAPO headline (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/14/AR2009101404054.html?hpid=topnews) delivers the grim news: "Cap-and-trade Would Slow Economy, CBO Chief Says."
The article paraphrases CBO...
Posted Thursday, October 15th, 2009 at 7:18 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment
Yesterday was a big day in the political climate change world. First, the Kerry-Boxer legislation was unveiled -- what ever happened to ladies first? -- to much environmental group cheering and Chamber of Commerce et al jeering....
Posted Thursday, October 1st, 2009 at 10:07 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation
This week ended with two back-to-back announcements that highlighted the ongoing guessing game of if and when a climate change bill might pass this year. On the House side, Representative Ed Markey, co-author of the Waxman-Marke...
Posted Friday, September 25th, 2009 at 9:26 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation
Thursday, political and energy observers were treated to a provocative E&E ClimateWire lede (http://www.eenews.net/climatewire/print/2009/09/17/1) that, even though many expected, still managed to raise eyebrows once it was se...
Posted Friday, September 18th, 2009 at 8:43 am | Filed in: Environment, Legislation
Today's WaPo -- and its strong reporter Steve Mufson -- reports on the bizarre "controversy" over certain Obama Administration analyses of the costs of climate change policies (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/...
Posted Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at 3:41 am | Filed in: Economic Security, Environment, Legislation
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to announce this week a requirement that 33 percent of the power sold by California utilities be renewable energy. (California law already requires that 20 percent of power b...
Posted Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 6:45 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Electric Utilities, Energy Supply, Environment
A “Solar-Powered Oil Field” is the latest juxtaposition of today’s energy sources. As we move towards more independence from non-renewable fuels, the inevitable reality is that energy sources will be mixed. The joint ini...
Posted Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 at 9:19 am | Filed in: Alternatives, Environment, Renewables
This Sunday marks the season 3 premiere of the AMC hit, Mad Men, a show about a New York-based ad firm in the early 60s. In anticipation of this Sunday's deadline, my wife and I have been feasting on the season 2 DVDs this week. L...
Posted Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 8:59 am | Filed in: Energy Security, Environment, Legislation, Oil Dependence
While you won't hear many mining companies or coal-burning utilities express support for the proposition that the pending Waxman-Markey CLIMATE CHANGE and energy bill (it works best if you shout climate change and whisper energy -...
Posted Thursday, July 30th, 2009 at 6:58 am | Filed in: Electric Utilities, Energy Supply, Environment, Legislation, Natural Gas
Perhaps the most important energy development of the week had to do with healthcare. What? Yeah, reports that the healthcare debate on the Hill is being postponed has a major bearing on energy, because when the topic du jour i...
Posted Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am | Filed in: Electrification, Environment, Gas Prices, Legislation, Natural Gas
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