Posted by Andy Stevenson in Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
One of the key findings from a new NRDC climate policy study is that policies to support CO2 capture and sequestration at power plants and industrial facilities could also help recover almost 37 billion barrels of stranded domestic oil by 2050. This increase...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Living Sustainably , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment , U.S. Law and Policy
The soon to be former Governor Sarah Palin's "plan" to keep America addicted to fossil fuels and to abandon the President's cap and trade program for carbon pollution is not only a disastrous climate policy, it is even worse as...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil
Following up on Jad Mouawad's excellent article on Exxon Mobil, Green Is for Sissies, I thought it would be useful to comment on how the "Exxon Way" of discipline, patience, and long-term vision could be put into practice over the next few...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , The Media and the Environment
In their LA Times article "The Green Bubble Has Burst" Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger make two broad claims about the economics of the energy / climate change debate. The first is their assertion that "Drill baby drill" had anything...continued→
Posted by Andy Stevenson in Moving Beyond Oil
Oil prices hit an all-time high of $147/barrel in July. Up until this time, global oil supply had failed to keep up with rising global demand, allowing speculators to push oil prices higher and higher without penalty. That was their...continued→
