Until they need recharging, that is. 75% of U.S. electricity is fossil fuel based. Continue reading
Category Archives: Clean energy
Plan to dramatically expand renewables in Europe fails
“The European Parliament yesterday (21 May) approved a non-binding resolution calling for a mandatory EU-wide share for renewables for 2030, but failed to set the target in the 40-45% range.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Reuters: ‘The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill’
Whatever happened to Schwarzenegger’s “California Hydrogen Highway”? Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Obama gives wind farms a pass on killing eagles
But oil companies and utilities get prosecuted. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Green Hypocrisy, Endang. Species
Is Kleiner Perkins Sorry It Ever Met Al Gore?
When I suggested to Kleiner Perkins chief John Doerr in 2010 that maybe Al Gore wasn’t the best point man for marketing green energy investments, Doerr angrily snapped “Forget Al Gore!” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
New Jersey NIMBYs move block 55-acre solar farm
“Will irreparably harm the area’s natural resources and destroy community’s rural character.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Green energy investments a loser since 2008 for Al Gore & Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins John Doerr said in 2007, “Going green is bigger than the Internet.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Solar Fraud in Florida: Developer sold ‘fake’ panels
Customers now have to pay to have the fake panels uninstalled, real ones installed — or lose subsidies. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
North Carolina Senate Committee votes to repeal renewable energy mandate
An ill wind blows for rent-seeking. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Anti-renewable bill resurrected in North Carolina
“Lawmakers on Wednesday could once again attempt to end a state renewables policy whose proponents say has elevated North Carolina to the nation’s fifth-largest developer of solar farms.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Enviro Wind Math: $1.08 billion > $1.65 billion
No wonder they don’t understand that “clean energy” makes no economic sense. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Gov. Chris Christie reduces clean energy welfare in NJ: Enviros label him ‘either a liar or a flip-flopper’
“New Jersey is a lapsed state. It has succumbed to the dark side.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
British government to roll out solar strategy
One (green) option will be sailing the island south. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
New Windbag in Town: Wind industry hires RINO as new chief lobbyist
Replacing windbag Denise Bode, Tom Kiernan recently praised Obama’s pick of Gina McCarthy to head the EPA. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Rentseekers win in North Carolina: State House committee defeats proposal to end renewable energy program
The Committee on Public Utilities and Energy voted 18-13 Wednesday to kill a proposal that would have ended the state policy of subsidizing solar farms and other forms of renewable energy. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy
Saudi Arabia blocks climate change from UN sustainable development goals
“International recognition that sustainable development cannot be achieved without renewable energy is not in the interest of Saudi Arabia, Venezuela or any other oil exporting countries.” Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Climate Change
Solar Inefficiency: More solar workers than coal miners in U.S. but coal provides 210 times more electricity
The heavily subsidized solar industry is little more than workfare. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Coal
Good news for birds: GE warns of sliding wind turbine sales — results aren’t expected to improve
“General Electric Co warned of slowing profit growth in its industrial businesses due to weakness in Europe and sliding [wind and gas] turbine sales, unnerving Wall Street and pushing its stock down.” Continue reading
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Navigating the American Carbon World (with the UN)
There is much activity in the UN climate arena at the moment, as they push for yet another “Global Agreement on Climate Change”
At the moment, UNFCC executive secretary, Christina Figueres is boasting that they have an agreement to come to an agreement by 2015. Whilst it is to be hoped that this agreement to agree goes the way of previous ones, it highlights that they haven’t gone away and are determined to keep pressing on, no matter that the AGW paradigm is collapsing.
She gave a speech this week in San Francisco, entitled Navigating the American Carbon World
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Posted in Cap & Tax, Carbon capture, Carbon offsets, Carbon Tax, Carbon trading, Clean energy, Climate Change, Env. Justice, Environmentalism, IPCC, UN
Tagged carbon fund, carbon price, carbon scam, climate fraud, climate hysteria, energy subsidies, global governance, greenhouse gas emissions, UNFCCC
Copenhagen to be carbon neutral by 2025; Hilarious photo
A photo accompanying the article is captioned “Copenhagen already gets much of its electricity from wind power (photo: Justin Gerdes)”. Note coal plant blazing away in background. Continue reading
Posted in Clean energy, Climate Change
