Kate Gordon got a huge shout out from National Geographic’s The Great Energy Challenge today. Mike Casey essentially casts her debate as the definitive blueprint for the defense and advocacy of clean energy. My time at CAP ends tomorrow and being here for the inception of this coherent platform has been a tremendous privilege. The world is […]
Trade in The Beast for the Batmobile!
You’ve probably seen the video of the Presidential limousine getting stuck on a speed bump at the Dublin embassy. In case you haven’t: Popout Maybe he should trade the limo in for one of these. Popout Batman Begins – The Tumbler
USA Today blasts climate deniers
USA Today isn’t known for being a hugely political paper. It usually reports the news right down the middle and doesn’t get called out on Fox News for being part of the “Mainstream Liberal Media” cabal. Which is one of the reasons it was the number one newspaper by circulation until last year (since eclipsed […]
Wind and Solar among top ten thriving industries – WSJ
According to the Wall Street Journal, Wind and Solar are among the top ten thriving industries in America. The wind industry grew at 17% in the last decade and Solar grew at 2.7%, but they’re forecasted to grow at 11.2% and 7.9% respectively in the next six years. Sector Revenue 2010 (in millions) Growth 2000-2010 […]
Huntsman on climate science
Finally, a GOPer with a rational view on climate change and the science behind it. From an interview with TIME: This is an issue that ought to be answered by the scientific community; I’m not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring. If 90 percent of the […]
Up your work rate and quality will come
“A genius is a genius, Simonton maintains, because he can put together such a staggering number of insights, ideas, theories, random observations, and unexpected connections that he almost inevitably ends up with something great. ‘Quality,’ Simonton writes, is ‘a probabilistic function of quantity’” Malcolm Gladwell in the New Yorker.
“He said, she said” journalism and the novelty of Politifact
While cruising my morning blogs it struck me how much of political journalism has be come a recounting of statements. Boehner says one thing, Schumer counters with another, and the debate ends there. The press is meant to be a check on government so abuses of power don’t go unpunished. Abuses occurring in secrecy will […]
Oil CEOs testify before Senate Finance Committee
Some sharp words exchanged here. Apparently Conoco put out a statement saying the removal of oil subsidies is “un-American.” Schumer and Menendez asked the CEO to apologize but he refused to do so. Lots of CAP research cited by Dems and serious spin by R’s. I almost feel bad for the CEOs – all of […]
Getting ready for the road
I’ve had my ’77 Honda CB400F for a little more than a year now and I’ve been spending my weekend afternoons trying to get her in shape for the summer. I’ve been riding motorcycles since the summer of ’08, when gas was north of four dollars a gallon and I didnt want to abandon my […]
Regulatory capture: FCC Commissioner joins Comcast-NBC
No matter how strongly I feel about an issue, I try to keep my discussions civil. Things like this really strain the standards of common decency. Regulators are tasked to serve the public interest, but for Atwell to play a major role in approving the Comcast/NBC merger and then accept a fat paycheck from them […]