Eight Things Paul Ryan Wishes You Didn’t Know About His Energy Budget
Unsurprisingly, Ryan has multiple cases of misinformation and at times, blatant lies.By Tiffany Germain on Mar 13, 2013 at 2:06 pmHouse Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his fiscal...
View ArticleDrill, Barack, Drill !!!
A new study shows the U.S. oil boom is all on private and state land.WSJ | March 13, 2013, 7:02 p.m. ETPresident Obama does a neat John D. Rockefeller imitation these days, taking credit for soaring...
View ArticleObama Will Use Nixon-Era Law to Fight Climate Change
Similar analyses could be made for the oil sands that would be transported in TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL pipeline, and leases to drill for oil, gas and coal on federal lands, such as those for...
View ArticleA new all-time high radiation level has been detected in a fish near the...
A new all-time high radiation level has been detected in a fish near the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. A fat greenling, Hexagrammos otakii, a high-end delicacy in Japanese cuisine, was found to...
View ArticleDid Obama Just Block Keystone?
The Keystone XL pipeline may have already been effectively stopped by Obama’s quiet new directive.By Stanley Kurtz | National Review | March 16, 2013Deciding whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline...
View ArticleProfiting From The Sun In The UAE
You may know the United Arab Emirates for planning a refrigerated beach or an indoor ski slope. You may know it for the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa.You most likely know it for the large...
View ArticleRising Solar Power Production In U.S. Likely To Make It Second-Largest New...
Solar power is on the rise, even as the growth rate of U.S. electricity consumption has been slowing. This year, energy generated from solar power will be the second-largest source added to the U.S....
View ArticleRenewables more Important Than Trump's Greed
Scotland decides to build wind energy test bed over the objections of Donald Trump. Renewable energy deemed more important that a golf Resort. added by: Wyley_Wombat 31 comments
View ArticleThe 30-Second Climate Change ad Exxon Forced Off The Air
The following 30-second climate change ad has already aired in three major media markets across the United States, to great acclaim as the first nationally crowdfunded climate change PSA. It was...
View ArticleTwo Tar Sands Oil Spills In U.S. This Week
One week after the Senate held a symbolic vote in favor of the Keystone XL pipeline, the U.S. saw two different oil spills involving Canadian tar sands crude oilBy Rebecca Leber on Mar 31, 2013 An...
View ArticleExxon pipeline breaks spilling 84,000 gallons of Canadian crude oil near...
On Thursday, I wrote about the 30,000 gallons of Canadian oil that spilled in Minnesota following a train derailment and noted the differences in oil spills caused by train accidents versus oil...
View ArticleCalifornia city aims to be all solar
Two years ago, the mayor, a Republican, decided to leverage the incessant Antelope Valley sun so that Lancaster could become the solar capital “of the world,” he said. Then he reconsidered. “Of the...
View ArticleSolar Could Destroy U.S. Utilities, According to U.S. Utilities
Solar power and other distributed renewable energy technologies could lay waste to U.S. power utilities and burn the utility business model, which has remained virtually unchanged for a century, to the...
View ArticleMelting in Antarctica is Worst in 1,000 Years
The amount of ice melting on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased dramatically in recent decades.Steff Gaulter Last Modified: 14 Apr 2013 13:20For the first time, scientists have managed to...
View ArticleGovernor LePage Spins Windmill Conspiracy Theory
Governor LePage claims University of Maine turns on an electric motor when the wind isn’t blowing to fool people into thinking that “wind power works.”Posted on April 18, 2013 by Mike TippingBANGOR –...
View ArticleJames Hansen Wins The Ridenhour Courage Prize
The Prize is “presented to an individual in recognition of his or her courageous and life-long defense of the public interest and passionate commitment to social justice.”By Joe Romm on Apr 24, 2013 at...
View Article'Artificial leaf' gains the ability to self-heal damage and produce energy...
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View ArticleFracking Ourselves to Death in Pennsylvania
Their symptoms are the same: rashes, nosebleeds, severe headaches, difficulty breathing, joint pain, intestinal illnesses, memory loss, and more.By Ellen Cantarow | May 4, 2013More than 70 years ago, a...
View ArticleCO2 Levels Hit 400 PPM - Highest In 4 Million Years
AT NOON on May 4th the carbon-dioxide concentration in the atmosphere around the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii hit 400 parts per million (ppm). The average for the day was 399.73 and researchers at...
View ArticleNew App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers, Monsanto And More By Scanning Your...
In her keynote speech at last year’s annual Netroots Nation gathering, Darcy Burner pitched a seemingly simple idea to the thousands of bloggers and web developers in the audience. The former Microsoft...
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