August 2010
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Why Free Parking Comes at a Price →
Aug 16th
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Michigan Solar Panel Factory's Labor-Intensive... →
Here’s another thing I can point to when I tell people ARRA and Obama’s policies killed the US renewable energy industry.
Aug 13th
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Remaining oil in the Gulf would alone be 8th... →
Aug 6th
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“Part of the reason cap and trade actually improves the financial situation of...”
– How Cap and Trade Would Affect Your Finances Thing I learned.  Not that it matters, as cap and trade is now dead.
Aug 5th
July 2010
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BP taking $10 billion tax credit from spill →
Jul 29th
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Oil on Surface of Gulf Is Rapidly Disappearing,... →
…they also cautioned that large quantities of oil remain in the water column and could adversely affect marine organisms, including fish and shrimp larvae, for years to come.
Jul 28th
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Catalonia bans bullfighting
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Brazil tribes seize hydro-electric plant →
HUNDREDS of Amazon tribesmen in warpaint have taken over a hydroelectric power plant in Brazil with 100 employees inside, demanding more than $A6 million for the burial and hunting grounds they lost to the dam. Talks between 300 members of at least six different Amazon tribes and the Aguas da Pedra power company broke down recently, triggering the takeover on Sunday of the Dardanelos power plant...
Jul 27th
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Bill Nye Explains BP’s Containment Effort & Its Many Risks (Video) (via muppetpants)
Jul 15th
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June 2010
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Jun 23rd
The Spill.
I can’t blog about it anymore.  I’m fairly catatonic as an environmentalist, professional renewable energy/energy efficiency writer, U.S. citizen, and person who is planning on moving to Louisiana.  My worst case scenario has come and gone and every time I see a new piece of news I quite literally feel sick.  I see the news, I can process the news, but I can’t handle thinking...
Jun 16th
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Jun 9th
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Jun 6th
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Jun 5th
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Dogfish Head Stop The Spill BP ESB →
Brewpub Only: Brewed just days after the Gulf oil spill began… and we hope the spill is stopped before the beer kicks! This very British style ale is a nitrogen poured Extra Special Bitter with English Malt and American Hops (Willamette and Galena). ‘Stop The Spill BP ESB’ has a pleasantly sweet malty flavor that sticks around until the hops arrive. The English ale yeast...
Jun 4th
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BP effectively, er, makes oil leak differently? →
Jun 3rd
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“Think of it this way: your rooftop photovoltaic (PV) system is your own business...”
– Making Money with New Jersey SRECs I really love NJ’s approach of decentralized solar.  For a state with relatively low solar resources, NJ’s incredibly practical approach has allowed for a pretty amazing adoption rate.  The idea of decentralized energy production in general seems...
Jun 3rd
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Beyond Propaganda (2006) →
I read this in the summer of 2006 and was so memorable I was just recently reminded of it.  Incredibly relevant: a PR man tells about rebranding British Petroleum to beyond petroleum.  We still aren’t.
Jun 2nd
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“Christian Charity Operation Blessing made a big splash in New Orleans after a...”
– A different kind of Jesus fish Nature is rad.
Jun 1st
May 2010
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May 29th
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BP Now Owns the Airspace Above the Spill, Too -... →
May 28th
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Coast Guard Approves Protective Sand Barrier →
When people complain about the Obama Administration not moving fast enough this will be a solid piece of ammo. I am still not sold that this is a 100% good idea.
May 28th
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“An Energy Efficient Mortgage (EEM) is a mortgage that credits a home’s energy...”
– What is an Energy Efficient Mortgage? : ENERGY STAR
May 27th
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7 in hospital receiving treatment for contact with... →
AND THE HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING!
May 27th
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“Three weeks ago in Venice, Louisiana the NRDC told me that oil cleanup workers...”
– Oil Cleanup Workers Getting Sick: BP Not Providing Safety Gear
May 26th
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May 26th
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May 25th
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Video Shows BP Gulf Spill & Toxic Dispersants Underwater This is fucking terrifying.  Nevermind what it looks like from above, this is far, far worse. EDIT: Also, this is the only piece of halfway “investigative” journalism I’ve seen performed regarding the spill.
May 25th
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Bush on Wind, Oil and a Happy Retirement →
As Texas governor, Mr. Bush signed the 1999 renewable portfolio standard that set Texas on a path to leadership in the wind industry. It now leads the nation by far in wind power, with nearly three times as much installed capacity as the next closest state, Iowa. A lot (read: most) people think Bush didn’t do enough for the renewable energy industry.  I strongly feel that Bush had the...
May 25th
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IG report: Meth, porn use by drilling oversight... →
(via mandalay) Her biggest concern is the ease with which minerals agency employees move between industry and government, Kendall said. While no specifics were included in the report, “we discovered that the individuals involved in the fraternizing and gift exchange — both government and industry — have often known one another since childhood,” Kendall said. Having...
May 25th
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May 24th
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Axelrod downplays prospect of firing BP from spill... →
jasencomstock: josephleonardo: jasencomstock: josephleonardo:[angry things] [nay, sir] [I call everyone a jerk] Yeah I read the same Mother Jones article. I just think BP is the one that has us… OVER THE BARREL. BP has probably threatened to walk away from the disaster if they weren’t allowed to do everything themselves.  If the Feds were to meddle too much BP would scream that the...
May 24th
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May 24th
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Axelrod downplays prospect of firing BP from spill... →
jasencomstock: josephleonardo:[angry things] So on Sunday Ken Salazar said that the Federal Government was going to take over the handling of the leaking oil well.  Bullshit his department promptly informed him. Axelrod said the right thing.  There is no organization on planet Earth that is capable of sealing the leaking well other than BP or one of BP’s competitors and contractors like...
May 24th
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BP Still Resists Switching Dispersant →
May 24th
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Axelrod downplays prospect of firing BP from spill... →
White House senior adviser David Axelrod defended BP’s response to the Gulf oil spill on Monday and signaled it should not be pushed aside. “Does anybody really believe that BP is dragging their feet in solving this problem?” Axelrod said in an interview on MSNBC. “The fact is they have a bigger interest than anyone in trying to shut off this leak,” he added. This, ladies and...
May 24th
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Wind could be next great farming subsidy →
The project is not a one-site wind farm but—similar to the $1 billion wind energy complex in Texas—will be a connected system of turbines across various private lands. About 40,000 acres of farmland will be utilized with farmers receiving energy royalty payments, as well as lease fees for the use of their land. Once the installation of the turbines is complete, 98 percent of the...
May 24th
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May 24th
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Medical Pot Sold In Boulder Colorado Must Be Grown... →
May 24th
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EPA tells BP to find new dispersant due to health... →
One month after the fact, the EPA has decided that the massive amounts of EPA-approved dispersant BP dumped into the Gulf of Mexico might not be so great after all.  Great job Obama Administration. Best part: instead of forcing them to cease immediately (as you would expect a “stop dumping something harmful into the ocean” memo to read) it gives them a three day period to continue...
May 20th
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ADHD linked to pesticide exposure →
Researchers measured the levels of pesticide byproducts in the urine of 1,139 children from across the United States. Children with above-average levels of one common byproduct had roughly twice the odds of getting a diagnosis of ADHD, according to the study, which appears in the journal Pediatrics. Exposure to the pesticides, known as organophosphates, has been linked to behavioral and cognitive...
May 17th
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Windmill-Car
smartercities: How many times has your car stopped while you were on your way because you ran out of petrol? How many times you spent more than half an hour on your way because someone else’s car stopped for the same reason?  How full of cars smoke is the air you breathe? All those questions pushed me to think about a solution, that will lead my city to be smarter. I started to think about...
May 17th
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MMS Approved 27 Gulf Drilling Operations After BP... →
He splits up the MMS and still continues this.  No NEPA review for drilling projects?  With the same BOPs?  Are you out of your fucking mind?  What the fuuuuuck?  How recklessly irresponsible are you?  How laughingly do you take the greatest environmental disaster in this nation’s history?
May 12th
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Raising the oil liability cap could be disastrous... →
Smaller independent oil drilling companies (90% of the market) would be unable to get insured, leaving us with only the large oil companies.  Smaller companies propose an increase in tax.
May 11th
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When Climate Bill fails Reid will push smaller... →
The Climate Bill is for jerks but I’m excited for this.
May 11th
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May 11th
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May 11th
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“President Obama is proposing to split the agency that oversees offshore oil...”
– Obama Proposes Splitting Oversight Agency for Oil Drilling The MMS’ oil operations have proven to be a giant clusterfuck so kudos on actually attempting to fix the bureaucracy—let’s hope this doesn’t lead to more bureaucracy.  I’m also interested in seeing how this...
May 11th
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The case of Vietnamese fishermen in Louisiana →
May 11th