Climate and Energy

Rep. Ed Markey makes bid for ranking spot on Natural Resources Committee

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Ed Markey, Climate and Energy, Natural Resources Committee, Food News
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China's top-down energy gigantism and a bottom-up American alternative

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Efficiency, James Fallows, Microgrids, Smart Grid, Business, Climate and Energy, Coal-Fired Plant, Coal, China, Distributed Energy, Electric Cars, Green News
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So what's EPA up to with its CO2 regulations?

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Plants, Igcc, Energy Efficiency, Biomass, Obama Administration, Natural Gas, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate and Energy, Cogeneration, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News
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On habits and how to change them

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William James, Technology, Living Green, Climate and Energy, Becc, Social Psychology, Behavior, Habit, Green News
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Changing behavior: it ain't easy

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Carbon Pricing, Living Green, Climate and Energy, Becc, Behavior, Green News
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Rejecting free savings out of sheer dumbness: common!

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Water Conservation, Living Green, Climate and Energy, Business, Water, Robert Cialdini, Behavior, Becc, Green News
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Time for climate hawks to take to the hills?

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Ed Markey, Cap and Trade, Carbon Tax, Fossil Fuels, Climate Hawks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Business, Climate and Energy, Feed-in Tariffs, Green News
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House Republicans battle over committees, reinforce orthodoxy

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House of Representatives, Fred Upton, Politics, Doc Hastings, Joe Barton, Republicans, Climate and Energy, Natural Resources Committee, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Green News
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Behavior change causes changes in beliefs, not vice versa

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change Science, Politics, Climate and Energy, Climate-Change-Skepticism, Behavior, Green News
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Taxing Carbon As Part of Responsible, Progressive Fiscal Policy

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Politics, Cap and Trade, Conservatives, Carbon Tax, Progressives, Carbon Pricing, Climate and Energy, Public Investment, R&D, Green News
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Despite conservative hysteria about the effects of a carbon price on the economy, the fact is that the amounts of money in question aren't that big in the context of the federal budget, much less the U.S. economy.

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Back to the Bush Leagues on Arctic Drilling?

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas, Congress, Wildlife, Bush Administration, Arctic, Oil, Department of Interior, Science, Oceans, Climate and Energy, Obama Administration, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

In the Arctic waters surrounding Alaska, George W. Bush is still president, but Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has the chance to inaugurate a new regime.

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Sabotage in Senate Over Climate Change

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Copenhagen, Science, Climate and Energy, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency, Obama Administration, U.S. Supreme Court, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Today, as world leaders, led by President Obama, struggled deep into the night on a plan to fight climate change, a handful of U.S. senators at home w...

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