Edwards, Obama, Richardson and Clinton on energy
Which of the major Democratic party candidates has the best energy platform? A comparison based on what I could find on their websites and some interviews.
Energy Policy
Green China and young China (2)
Environmental protection needs to pay attention to issues of culture and ethics, says Pan Yue. In the concluding part of his two-part essay, Pan calls on youth to step forward and embrace idealism once again.
Tensions around North Pole hydrocarbons raise the specter of new (bitter) Cold War.
The technological problems of drafting arctic oil and gas into human service have not even been solved, the ecological fallout of this course of action hardly addressed, but already huge sums of money are committed for grabbing control and potential revenues.
United States – July 31
Energy bill aids expansion of atomic power
Obama on energy and the environment
The House to debate Energy Bill- join the TOD lobby
Coal & sequestration – July 31
CO2 capture and storage: the economic costs
Earth too warm? Bury the CO2
Esso reckons 20 more years of oil left in Bass Strait (Australia)- bad news for sequestration
Energy industry – July 29
Gulf royalties targeted again
Coal’s doubters block new wave of power plants
To dismay of power utilities, coal emissions are under fire
A federal energy policy: can it happen here?
Now is not the time to continue subsidizing every form of energy that can be produced in the United States, as the current Congress seems intent on doing.
Peak Oil Review – July 23, 2007
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective. Includes coverage of the National Petroleum Council (NPC) report.
United States – July 23
NY Times on Cheney task force: How the energy dice were loaded
Veteran House Democrat guards turf on energy
Record failures at oil refineries raise gas prices
LA Times:
No to nukes
Facing the Hard Truths about Energy – the NPC report, commented
Extensive commentary on the National Petroleum Council’s report on energy supply. The report is a mixed bag in absolute terms but a real step forward in political terms. We should definitely use it in the public debate, with regular use of the phrase “Even the industry now acknowledges that…
Peak Oil – July 22
The Independent on the NPC report
Mountaineers- climate criminals?
Peak Moment Newsletter (online videos)
An extension of the world import/export land model
Nuclear – July 20
Tokyo frets as nuclear shutdown hits energy
Accidents dim hopes for green nuclear
Japan’s nuclear plant leak to be reference for Javanese
