Obama takes steps to reverse Bush climate policies is the headline from Reuters. For one thing, the new President has instructed the EPA to revisit California’s application to institute carbon dioxide limits on motor vehicles sold there. (See California Standards here.) See also this from the “Washington Post” today, including the video of Obama’s announcement […]
New International Agency – AFP (via Yahoo) had this to say the other day: Germany hails creation of global climate-change agency. More than 100 countries are to be represented in Bonn next week for the founding conference of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Here’s how the new agency describes itself: “Mandated by governments worldwide, […]
Remember Drill, Baby, Drill? Well, it’s going to be more about actual good public policy based on sound science in the brave new world of the Obama administration. From “The Economist” comes Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth. I’ve touched on some of these folks at Obama’s Team and Obama’s Team, […]
The White House website already has a page on the “New Energy for America” plan. They’re on it! An article in this week’s edition of “EERE Network News” from DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, talks about President Obama’s inaugural address and its reference to renewables: how the US will “harness the sun […]
The Answer, My Friend – Wind Farm Off Cape Cod Clears Hurdle is the story from the “NY Times” the other day. As you know, offshore wind projects have been hurtling forward in Europe, but have lagged years behind in the US. The Cape Wind project generated an extraordinary and largely unforeseen backlash when it […]
The Asia Society held an interesting event the other day on the ins and outs of the melting of the Himalayan glaciers. Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the IPCC, was the keynote speaker. Dr. Pachauri highlighted this startling observation: There were 500,000 square kilometers of glacial cover in the Himalayas in 1995. At the […]
I want to present some more eye-catching, positive developments for your delectation. To paraphrase the Gershwins, “It’s very clear, renewables are here to stay.” Gulf Oil States in the Vanguard? – Why Not? In “Syriana,” a pretty cool movie if you haven’t seen it, an Arab Prince wants to move his country on from oil […]
Vaclav Klaus – The Czech President had an op-ed this past week in the “Financial Times” that grabbed some attention, more so because the Czech Republic has just assumed the rotating presidency of the European Union. I have written recently about the extraordinary leadership of the EU on energy and climate, for instance here and […]
The new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Henry Waxman, has reconfigured the committee. (See Le roi est mort. Vive le roi., among other posts, on the critical importance of Waxman replacing John Dingell as chair of the full committee.) Very significantly, the Subcommittees on Energy and Air Quality and Environment and Hazardous […]
Coal Ash – I wrote last week about the horrific spill of coal ash sludge in Tennessee. (See Jan. 1 below.) Hundreds of Coal Ash Dumps Lack Regulation is the story today from the “NY Times.” There are more than 1,300 of them, “most of them unregulated and unmonitored.” What do they contain? “heavy metals […]
I've lauded the many virtues of the "Financial Times" and its sister publication, "The Economist," on any number of occasions here, and referenced scores of their articles. This series from the FT, for instance, is well worth your time. Here is some more: In "The Economist" this week is a series on the Sea. Here's […]
First of all, I have to apologize for being off the air for so long. There’s a seven-year-old kid in the picture and Christmas, plus getting away for the last five days for some R & R for us, has all been a little consuming. I should’ve put some posts in the can prior to […]
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