Less than 50 Years of Oil Left, HSBC Warns By JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF The world may have no more than half a century of oil left at current rates of consumption, while surging demand from the developing world threatens to create “very significant price rises” before substitutes like biofuels can serve as viable alternatives, the […]
What Obama needs to say on gas prices
I think there’s a real lack of progressive engagement with the most pressing issue to most people – gas prices. For people working 40 to 60 hours a week, looking for jobs, feeding their families, the latest EPA MACT rule isn’t even on their radar. They care about gas prices, which are really cutting into […]
Pace of innovation accelerating in Clean Tech
I came across these two articles demonstrating the rapid pace of technical improvement in clean energy. In spite of all the bad news from the debt deal (funding cuts for clean energy research), at least we’ll see returns from previous investments. A lot of the breakthroughs below come from innovation in academic settings. More and […]
CAPper Kate Gordon gets big love from Nat Geo
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Job Search — Clean Energy and Pakistan
So my internship is rapidly approaching its end and it’s go time for finding a new gig. I’ve been working with the Energy Opportunity team at the Center for American Progress for the past three or so months (which explains all of the energy-related posts) and I’ve enjoyed it very much. I think Energy is […]
Resurgence of climate denial
This is a saddening indicator of how far the climate debate has fallen – McCain on Climate: Popout Gingrich on Climate: Popout Contrast it with this – Presidential hopeful Tim Pawlenty: Popout Chairman of the House Energy and Environment Committee Fred Upton: Popout Sad. Progressives are on firm, factual ground with climate but need to […]
Cleantech saves soldiers’ lives
The military is the one area where government spending on R&D is tolerated by the GOP. Republicans tried to gut the Department of Energy’s hugely successful ARPA-E program during the last budget fight, but left DoD’s DARPA virtually untouched. But Defense is picking up the slack by demonstrating a practical application of clean energy: to […]