November 20, 2012 – 1:53 pm
I know, I know, it’s shocking that this would happen (via Tom Nelson) (The Sunday Times) ENERGY companies will launch a fightback in the row over soaring household bills with a new report that claims government-imposed “green†charges are driving up prices. Politicians pilloried the “big six†utilities for a flurry of recent rate rises […]
November 7, 2012 – 5:06 pm
Surprise! (Telegraph) American and British researchers compared two groups of residents in the US state of Maine. One group lived within a mile of a wind farm and the second group did not. Both sets of people were demographically and socially similar, but the researchers found major differences in the quality of sleep the two […]
November 2, 2012 – 3:36 pm
And not too hot with fossil fuels (Energy Live News) Could you name a renewable energy source? It sounds like the easiest pub quiz question – but according to new research, more than half of Americans can’t even manage to name one. On top of that, a third of Americans couldn’t say what a fossil […]
October 27, 2012 – 11:53 am
I caught the tweet on this from David Roberts of Grist yesterday, but didn’t feel like doing a long post on my Android. He’s really psyched! Despite GOP jeers, BrightSource succeeds in solar Over the last year or so, Republicans have woven a tale of collapse and futility around clean energy. Each setback for the […]
October 25, 2012 – 12:31 pm
Does this mean that the US only has 57 states now? (via Twitchy) “I want to build on the progress we’ve made. Doubling clean energy. I want fuel efficient cars and long-lasting batteries and wind turbines manufactured here in China! I don’t want them manufactured in China, I want them manufactured here in the United […]
October 19, 2012 – 7:25 am
I’m sure this is somehow George Bush’s fault (Heritage) A solar company that got a multi-million-dollar grant from the Department of Energy earlier this year announced Wednesday that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, making it the second taxpayer-backed green energy company to file for bankruptcy this week. Satcon Technology Corp. announced the […]
October 16, 2012 – 10:48 am
I wonder of Gov. Romney will bring this up tonight? (Bloomberg) A123 Systems Inc. (AONE), a maker of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries for electric cars, filed for bankruptcy after failing to make a debt payment that was due yesterday. The company listed assets of $459.8 million and debt of $376 million as of Aug. 31 in […]
October 12, 2012 – 11:25 am
Ford is coming out with a vehicle in the US, which has been available in Europe for a couple of years, called the C-Max, designed to give the Toyota Prius a run (which it won’t any time soon. The Prius is refined, available in several models, and has seen its price drop to where it […]
October 11, 2012 – 1:58 pm
As Grist points out, this comes a mere 3 weeks before the election (Interior Department) As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of a ‘land-into-trust’ application from the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Today’s action is […]
October 8, 2012 – 7:51 pm
Here we go again. One would think a sitting US Senator would understand some market economics (and the fact that Ca. regulations and taxes artificially inflate the prices), or would at least have someone explain it to her. Alas, no (Boston Herald) The average price in the state hit $4.668, according to AAA. Sen. Dianne […]
