Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
PBS recently aired a great story on harvesting wind energy. You watch that and can't help but feel hopeful about the path toward a cleaner energy future. Then reality kicks in when you consider that the bulk of U.S. energy subsidies go toward fossil fuels...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
The United States is about to enter a bold new energy era, ending a century of rising carbon emissions. We are on the cusp, writes Lester Brown in today's Washington Post. The brilliant Brown, a self-described doom and gloomer, offers up a glowing...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
The clean energy economy is upon us -- but will the U.S. heed the call? That's the gist of today's Washington Post story with this stark headline: Asian Nations Could Outpace U.S. in Developing Clean Energy. Excerpt: President Obama...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
In a new Nature article, Peak energy: promise or peril?, author Kurt Kleiner raises the specter of fossil fuel supplies dwindling far faster than previously thought. He explores the view of many experts who question whether there will be enough coal, oil and natural gas to...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Solving Global Warming
How's this for an eye-catching headline? Wind, Water And Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear And Coal For Clean Energy That comes from a story published today in ScienceDaily, which opens with this unequivocal sentence: "The best ways to improve energy security, mitigate global...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Curbing Pollution , Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming
It took over 300 million years for the Appalachian mountains to form. But apparently it only takes a few years to flatten one. And that’s just what rapacious coal companies have been doing to hundreds of mountaintops over the past...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
House Republicans gathered en masse on the steps of the Capitol this week, ready to launch a choreographed full-throated cheer for more drilling before the Washington press corps. But a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. The...continued→
Posted by Rob Perks in Moving Beyond Oil
He came on like a Texas tornado, after first approaching as quietly as a ninja wearing those soft-soled shoes, to take center stage as boldly as a tophat-and-tails circus ringmaster, letting his ideas gush forth like a newly tapped oil...continued→
