Category: Climate & Energy

Said capitalism is the “road to hell.” Now he will find out. Continue reading Dictator Hugo Chavez dead; Joins his beloved Kyoto Protocol

The Washington Post has no use for Hansen and McKibben’s anti-Keystone Xl activism either. Continue reading Green with Anger: McKibben says NYTimes ‘is turning poisonous on climate’

Overall production is booming thanks to private and state land activity. Continue reading Report: Oil production on federal lands falls again in 2012

“The main celebrity anti-fracking campaign took off last summer when Ono and Lennon, her son, founded Artists Against Fracking. Their family farm sits near gas reserves in New York, and they fear fracking might be allowed in the area.” Continue reading WSJ: Celebrity ‘fractivists’: True advocates or NIMBYs?

“What problem to do they solve for electric-car owners?” Continue reading Marc Gunther: If electric cars are the answer, what’s the question?

“Ralf Speth criticizes UK government subsidy of ‘poor electric vehicles’ and nationwide charging stations.” Continue reading Jaguar Chief: Electric cars not mass-market solution

“There will be sufficient rail car capacity in 2015 to transport as much oil as the Keystone XL pipeline is projected to carry.” Continue reading Exxon: Pipelines preferred, but railroads viable for oil sands

Where’s the Continue reading NOAA: Atmospheric CO2 hits new record

“A recent increase in U.S. natural gas prices and a decline in coal is set to dent demand for gas as utilities use more coal to generate power, electricity traders said on Tuesday.” Continue reading U.S. utilities seen burning more coal as prices decline

“Commercial shipping will be possible from North America to Russia or Asia over the North Pole by the middle of the century, thanks to climate change, a new study says.” Continue reading Study: Climate Change To Open Arctic Sea Routes By 2050