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Shooting with Blanks at the OK Corral
by David Doniger of the NRDC Next week a rogues’ gallery of science-denying industry associations, right-wing advocacy groups, Tea Party backers, and ultra-conservative elected officials get their...
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If Polluter Lobbyists Were Asthmatic Children (VIDEO)
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Sierra Club have launched a new video ad focused on an alternative reality where “every polluter’s lobbyist around Congress was suddenly replaced...
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To Obama & EPA: Innovative NRDC Plan Featuring Federal-State Partnership...
Experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council today unveiled a groundbreaking proposal to sharply cut carbon pollution from America’s power plants, featuring a unique federal-state partnership and...
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Showtime To Air Top-Notch Climate Change Series With Matt Damon, Don Cheadle,...
Here’s some recent climate change, climate policy, and fossil fuel news for you, in case you missed it (a lot going on this past week): Climate Change, Climate Politics, & Climate Policy Showtime...
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EPA Proposes 84% Emissions Cut For Coal-Firing Navajo Generating Station
Visiting the Grand Canyon is the trip of a lifetime. Trying to take in the natural beauty of the Southwest through a nitrogen oxide haze is a total bummer. To avoid this scenario the United States...
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Dave’s Top 10 Cleantech & Energy Stories From Last Month
As part of staying current, literally hundreds of clean energy articles are reviewed each month. Thank you, Google. Dozens of relevant stories are found and reported to my network at month’s end and...
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US Climate Action “Costs” Illuminated
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jules Kortenhorst Earlier this week, the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced new guidelines under the Clean Air Act limiting...
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Obama’s Clean Power Plan Avoids Policy Mistakes Made In EU
Energy Post By Vincent Swinkels The Clean Power Plan recently announced by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been hailed for its good intentions, but also widely criticized for its...
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Obama’s Dirty Energy Secrets
Editor’s Note: Obama has done many great things to promote renewable energy, but his administration also has some humongous dirty energy secrets. These are not single issues, but span many issues....
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API Energy Report Says Solar Will Double In 2015-16
Yes, you did hear that right. For the first time ever, the annual API energy report is including the solar energy resource. It ranks among the top four API Energy Report Says Solar Will Double In...
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EIA 2040 Forecast Understates Renewables, Policy, Contingencies
Last week the U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Annual Energy Outlook. EIA’s big news: American energy imports and exports will come into balance for the first time in over 50 years....
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Clean Power Plan Won’t Kill The Grid, Even If The Wall Street Journal Says It...
Those who take the Wall Street Journal for gospel miss a lot of what’s going on with US energy, says Denise Robbins of Media Matters for America. Too bad they probably won’t get it if they stick to...
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NRDC: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Is Economically Beneficial For USA Due To Health...
“It’s time to act,” says the Natural Resources Defense Council in Clean Power: The Case For Carbon Pollution Limits, its new report (aka R-15-06-B). Widely thought to be the nation’s most effective...
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The Clean Power Plan Emerges (VIDEO)
Later today at the White House, President Obama and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy will officially release the final Clean Power Plan, carbon pollution guidance for the...
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Why Not The Clean Power Plan?
The Clean Power Plan just finalized by the Obama administration has occupied the media for most of a week now. So what’s the big deal? The Earth has a significant problem with climate change, and the...
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Misunderstood Clean Power Plan Reduces Hardship Across The Board
President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan (June 2, 2014), a far-reaching measure that limits the amount of carbon the United States electric power industry can emit to the atmosphere, has received two...
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Climate Change & More Green News Link Bomb (Leo DiCaprio Climate PR, Earth...
Closing out this series of “link bombs,” here are other cleantech/green news items that don’t fit into the solar energy, wind energy, electric vehicle, and bicycling categories: Climate Change Related...
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30 Cases Of Anti-Humanity Extremism From Republicans In Congress & Donald Trump
Clearly, the political focus of the year is a certain mind-boggling presidential candidate who hardly touches policy matters -- and when he does, tends to push absurd ideas and proposals that would...
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California Waiver Trumps EPA Dirty Fuel Rule
It's beginning to look like our democracy is actually better defended against strong-man autocracy than I feared. The constitution, the fourth estate, the rule of law, have all taken massive hits, but...
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Air Pollution Ranking In 32 Cities — How Does Yours Measure Up? (State of...
As we revealed in our previous article, air pollution is a serious problem that costs millions of lives each year and is a drain on the world economy. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO)...
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