All Posts Tagged With: "global warming"

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A Cleantech Venture Capitalist Who is Unconvinced of Man-Made Climate Change

Go ahead — call me a hypocrite. I claim to be a cleantech venture capitalist yet I tell you here and now that I am not convinced of anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change (aka global warming). And I will audaciously tell you that my convictions on climate change in no way run contrary to my strong belief in the need for a cleantech revolution.

19Dec2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Commentary — “It’s About Energy, Stupid”

During the 1992 presidential campaign, then-candidate Clinton hammered President Bush with the message, “It’s the economy, stupid”—which is credited with turning the election in his favor. Now, twenty years later, Republicans who hope to win the 2012 election need to resurrect a modified version of the ’92 message: “It’s about energy, stupid.”

23May2011 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Election Does Not Spell Cleantech Doom

I suspect that energy policy will be a topic where this Congress will get something done especially with the President’s increased desire to work across party lines. It won’t be exactly what the president wants and it won’t be exactly what the Republicans want. It will be an old-fashion compromise …

13Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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COP-15: The Mice in Council

Long ago a group of mice held a supreme council to consider how to deal with the threat posed by the local Cat. After hours of debate they finally agreed the best solution was to tie a bell around the Cat’s neck so they would have advance warning of its approach. They began returning to their homes, when a wise old mouse said, “I have just one question — who’s going to tie the bell on the Cat?”

30Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Viewpoint: Energy: Past, Present, Future Needs

The United States now is sitting on the world’s largest known source of fossil fuel. It is called the Green River Formation situated astride the Green River running through Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. It has been determined that several centuries worth of oil shale is deposited there.

1Dec2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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IGCC Technology in a Reduced Carbon World — GE Energy Makes Its Case

This plant could become a model for new power generating facilities worldwide and help position the United States as a leader in low carbon power generation,” said Jonathan Briggs, regional director of the Americas for Hydrogen Energy.

18Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Major Energy Player Wants Global Cap-and-Trade System

Europe’s largest oil producer said regional mechanisms to reduce carbon dioxide output should be expanded into a global cap-and-trade system to ensure more companies are forced to curb emissions.

16Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Salazar Says Oil, Gas and Coal Important to
U.S. Energy Portfolio

“The fact remains that oil, gas and coal are a very important part of our energy portfolio and will remain a part of the energy portfolio in the future. We must also not forget that we as a nation must deal with climate change,” the Interior Secretary told the Bismarck, North Dakota audience.

10Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Jackson Hole Revisited: Notes and Reflections on the Western States Energy Conference

We headed south out of Jackson Hole last week, skirting the mountain ranges of Western Wyoming and across the ribbon of highway that intersects impossibly vast reaches of the open range. With my wife behind the wheel from Jackson to Rock Springs, it was time to reflect on the event that just took place.

3Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Cap-and-Trade Proposals Failing Public’s “Test of Common Sense” Says Western Business Group

The Western Business Roundtable says that if Congress develops climate change legislation that follows “10 Common Sense Principles,” released by the Roundtable last week, it would gain the acceptance of a public increasingly skittish about sweeping proposals from the federal government.

23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Independence Not Attainable Until at Least 2030 — Says KPMG Survey of Oil
and Gas Executives

Execs say mass production of alternative energy not possible by 2015; Over half now believe in global warming, but still don’t support cap-and-trade or carbon tax

5May2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Ranchers Voice Skepticism on Carbon Storage Plan

Only ranchers who have a grazing plan would qualify for the program, which would require the ranchers to watch out for overgrazing so that their grass is long enough to store carbon.

23Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Governor Signs Carbon Storage Bills

One of the bills gives precedent to the right to mine or drill for resources over the right to store carbon gas underground. The other specifies that whoever injects carbon gas underground remains legally responsible for it.

2Mar2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued