Clean Energy Politics

October 11, 2010 10:36 PM PDT Chunky U.S. energy policy hard on green biz by Reuters WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. energy and climate policy may be implemented bit by bit means that companies will have less incentive to grow their green-energy businesses. Obama told Rolling Stone magazine last month that following the Senate's failure to pass comprehensive climate legislation that would have put a price on greenhouse

Their Moon Shot and Ours By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The New York Times Published: September 25, 2010 China is doing moon shots. Yes, that’s plural. When I say “moon shots” I mean big, multibillion-dollar, 25-year-horizon, game-changing investments. China has at least four going now: one is building a network of ultramodern airports; another is building a web of high-speed trains connecting major cities; a third is in bioscience, where

Why the U.S. should give up on the clean energy race By Eric Lukas Monday, September 27, 2010 - 12:37 PM Energy alarmism is on the rise again in the United States. This time, the looming phantom is not peak oil, but the danger of the United States falling behind in alternative energy development. Reprising a role it has played well in trade circles for

The whole oil drilling catastrophe off Texas raises the question of the need and continued use of fossil fuel in any form. 11 men dead, thousands of endangered fish and birds killed, fishermen economically dislocated, tourism impeded, swimming water quality unhealthy. All for petroleum we can not afford to fill our tanks with because the price is controlled by the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX.com)

Clean Energy Politics News: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _________ For Immediate Release                          September 22, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL BAN KI-MOON'S CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT United Nations Headquarters New York, New York 9:46 A.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Thank you very much.  Good morning.  I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating.  That so many of us are here today