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Climate Change Legislation : Landmark Energy Bill Faces Major Challenge
Illustration by KAL / The Economist. The Energy Bill… sets us on two important courses: major support for development of alternative energy, and establishment of a cap-and-trade system to reduce emissions 80 percent by 2050. By Thomas Cleaver / The … Continue reading
Green Jobs 2009: Steelworkers, Hip-Hoppers and Tree-Huggers Get It On!
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka at Green Jobs 2009.Van Jones heads Green For All, an organization rooted among inner city youth.Blue-Green insurgency gets fired up at the DC Green Jobs Conference By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / February 8, 2009 … Continue reading
The Ethanol Alternative: Still Highly Questionable
Ethanol Production Process. The process of converting corn into ethanol results in approximately 2.8 gallons of denatured ethanol and 18 lbs. of Distillers Grains from every bushel of corn. Graphic: Verasun Energy.The Unraveling of the Ethanol Scam: 15 Studies Have … Continue reading
Is the Gaza Invasion About Its Offshore Gas Fields?
Interestingly, one of our readers asks in a comment, “This doesn’t mean I agree with the invasion of Gaza which seems self-defeating – not because of the numbers killed (though that’s awful), but because tactically what is it going to … Continue reading
Offshore Drilling Rigs Could Be in California’s Future
The coast off Jenner, north of Bodega Bay, is one area that would be attractive to oil companies, but the Cordell Bank marine sanctuary would still be off limits. Photo: Brian L Frank/The Chronicle.Drillers eye oil reserves off California coastBy … Continue reading
Energy Tech : There’s Still Some Buck Rogers Stuff Out There
Buck Rogers #1, Melbourne, Fitchett Brothers, 1936-1953 / Monash University Rare Book Collection.‘There is still some Buck Rogers stuff out there that might become important if we can just back the smart people who are not in the oil business.’By … Continue reading
Roger Baker : Industrial Collapse? Bring it On!
Collapse the Light into Earth by ~EvidencE~‘The best outcome is probably for humans to hit the wall soon and hard.’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 Is industrial collapse the BEST way out of our current … Continue reading
Toll Roads : Soon to be Yesterday’s News?
Toll road protest in California earlier this year.‘Ordinary people will look back on this era, shake their heads in wonder and ask: how on earth did anyone ever think toll roads were sexy?’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Energy, Finance, Oil Prices, Peak Oil, Public Finance, Texas, Texas Highways, Toll Roads, Transportation
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Chasing The Clean Coal Dragon : A DNC Lobby Adventure
‘Clean coal’ is in an experimental stage and at best hypotheticalAugust 26, 2008 DENVER — Greetings from from the Mile High City! It’s a beautiful day here in Denver. The DNC is in full swing, and excitement is in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Clean Energy, Coal, Democratic Convention, Denver, Energy, Lobbyists
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Drawn and Quartered
The Rag Blog / Posted August 24, 2008
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Tagged Cartoon, Energy, Humor, Oil Drilling, Oil Exploration, Peak Oil
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Rush to Arctic As Warming Opens Oil Deposits
US Coast Guard Cutter Healy will embark on Arctic Voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf in Alaska and to map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil Exploration
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Oil Drilling, the New ‘Clean’ Energy?
The New York Sun ran this idyllic graphic with its op-ed by Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover, who also owns a drilling company. Texas state Rep. Myra Crownover — who owns an oil drilling company — asserts that ‘oil drilling … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Environment, Katrina, McCain, Oil Companies, Oil Drilling, Texas, Texas Legislature
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