Tag Archives: fossil fuels
Exelon’s Rowe an Unlikely Booster for Shale Gas
“Somebody who really believes that the climate problem is the biggest problem we face will correctly point out that gas only deals with it for 20 years, and then the carbon in gas becomes a major impediment,” he said. “Well, 20 years is a long time. Better that we should do something now than wait for a perfect solution 20 years down the road.” Continue reading
America Should be Clean Energy Leader
Beyond driving investment into the U.S. economy, a national RES is predicted to create 274,000 jobs. It will also help protect the 85,000 people currently employed in the U.S. wind industry. Continue reading
Wind Energy Fights to Defend It’s Position as Clean Energy Alternative
…an oil and gas company trade group and think tanks financed in part with energy money are spreading misinformation to discredit wind as a renewable energy source. Continue reading
The Facts About Wind Energy and Emissions
Not to be deterred by indisputable data, numerous refutations, or the laws of physics, the fossil fuel lobby has doubled down on their desperate effort to muddy the waters about one of the universally recognized and uncontestable benefits of wind energy: that it reduces the use of fossil fuels as well as the emissions and other environmental damage associated with producing and using these fuels. Continue reading
Gulf Spill a Chilling Ad for Natural Gas
If we need fossil fuels, let’s burn the cleanest one. Continue reading
FERC Chairman Rethinks Baseload Electricity
The electricity grid may not need “baseload” generation sources like coal and nuclear to backup the variability of supply from renewables. Continue reading
NV Energy backs off coal-fired Ely Energy Center; Air Force objects to solar plant
Which is better: Fossil fuels or renewable energy?
The answer seems to be neither one, if you listen to a passel of politicians, environmentalists, military officials and power providers. Continue reading
The Fight Plan for Clean Air
The Environmental Protection Agency, about to declare heat-trapping gases to be dangerous pollutants, has embarked on one of the most ambitious regulatory challenges in history. Continue reading
