ClimateProgress: Northeasterners should switch from oil, gas to switchgrass pellets for heating

Who wouldn’t want to shovel switchgrass pellets all winter — and for marginal savings on the fossil fuel bill? Continue reading ClimateProgress: Northeasterners should switch from oil, gas to switchgrass pellets for heating

There will be green blood: Enviro groups, billionaire threaten primaries against pro-Keystone Dems

“A spokesman for [billionaire] Tom Steyer said he ‘is very mindful on the approach Mayor Bloomberg has taken on gun reform.'” Continue reading There will be green blood: Enviro groups, billionaire threaten primaries against pro-Keystone Dems

Ernest Moniz And Fracking Drive Enviros Off The Rails: Fracking ‘a zenith of violence and disconnect’

“The more we learn about a gas-drilling practice called hydraulic fracturing—or ‘fracking’—the more we see it as a zenith of violence and disconnect” in our world. Continue reading Ernest Moniz And Fracking Drive Enviros Off The Rails: Fracking ‘a zenith of violence and disconnect’

Calpers: ‘We have dialed back on clean energy’; 10% annualized losses since 2007

“Clean-tech investing has got an L-curve for ‘lose’.” Continue reading Calpers: ‘We have dialed back on clean energy’; 10% annualized losses since 2007