by Jonathan Hiskes Courtesy Related Links: Understanding the allure of ‘drill baby drill’ Is Obama’s offshore drilling plan winning any GOP votes? 75 countries set carbon emission targets for 2020, says U.N. Read more: Scrounging for a green angle to the Large Hadron Collider experiment  Read More →

by Jonathan Hiskes President Obama’s decision to expand offshore drilling leases seems to affirm the power that the “drill baby drill” battle cry holds in the American energy conversation. Turns out a short, simple, much-repeated slogan holds more currency than detailed policy arguments... 

by Jonathan Hiskes The consensus, among People on the Internet anyway, is that Obama’s far-reaching offshore drilling expansion is a bid to win Republican support for clean-energy legislation. More offshore drilling is a major Republican energy priority, after all. So how are GOP leaders responding?... 

by Agence France-Presse PARIS – Seventy-five countries accounting for more than 80 percent of greenhouse gases from energy use have filed pledges to cut or limit carbon emissions by 2020, the U.N. climate convention said Wednesday. The promises, made under the Copenhagen Accord, are only a step... 

Is your home plagued with musty smells, condensation on windows, a clammy basement, or mold creeping up the walls? Is your home drafty and uncomfortable, with energy bills that seem too high no matter how diligent you are about turning down the heat and turning off the lights? If these headaches sound... 

In the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, there’s an area local fishermen call “Turtle Island.” It’s real enough, but you’d be foolish to try to sail there. The island is never in precisely the same place, and it changes size from one minute to the next. In fact,... 

A lack of trust wafted through the Copenhagen air when negotiators gathered at December’s United Nations climate summit. While many developing countries offered emission reduction commitments, several delegates from industrialized nations remained unconvinced that such reductions could be proven.... 

President Barack Obama is to announce on Wednesday a plan to permit exploration for oil and natural gas off the coast of Virginia as a way to create jobs and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil. Obama, who wants Congress to move a stalled climate change bill, has sought to reach out to Republicans... 

US EPA has announced the timing for major sources of greenhouse gases to revise their permits, or to obtain new permits under the new greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting and permitting regulations. The first stationary sources will be required to get Clean Air Act permits that cover greenhouse gases in January,... 

by Jonathan Hiskes President Obama will open large swaths of the Atlantic, Gulf, and Alaskan coasts to offshore oil and natural gas drilling in a stunning concession to fossil-fuel companies, the New York Times , Los Angeles Times , Wall Street Journal , and others are reporting. In the official announcement... 

by Jonathan Hiskes Greenpeace has a new report out highlighting the climate impact of cloud computing and devices like the Apple iPad that rely on it to stream video, download music, load Greenpeace.org , etc. The “Make IT Green” report calls on Apple and other tech leaders to tackle the... 

by Jonathan Hiskes Portland, where else?Courtesy Related Links: Greenpeace takes on iPads, cloud computing, other click-friendly subjects TV weathercasters moonlight as climate experts. It’s a problem Koch Industries funds climate change deniers, Greenpeace reports Read more: Lawyer: No, you shouldn’t... 

by Jonathan Hiskes This week in TV-news bashing, we learn that significant numbers of TV weathercasters are serving as climate-change experts, without training in climatology but with lots of confidence in their ability to opine on the subject. Here’s what it means for your weekend. Here’s... 

Starved and emaciated, sea lion pups are beaching themselves along the Pacific Coast. A strong El Nino tropical weather pattern is to blame. Unusually warm sea surface temperatures in the western Pacific are moving east, forcing the sea lions’ natural food sources — squid, hake, herring and anchovies... 

03/05/2010 – First Wind, an independent US-based wind energy company, today was offered a conditional commitment from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for a $117 million loan guarantee to finance the construction of its proposed 30 megawatt (MW) Kahuku Wind project. Located in Kahuku, Hawaii,... 

The economic growth in much of Asia has been quite remarkable in the last few decades. Unfortunately, along with growth comes intense pollution and atmospheric degradation. Pollutants from the region are being carried upward into the stratosphere during the monsoon season. Findings from a new study conducted... 

by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON – Koch Industries, a huge privately owned U.S. company dominated by oil and chemical interests, is plowing millions of dollars into campaigns to discredit climate science and clean energy policies, a report alleged Tuesday. Between 2005 and 2008, the Kansas-based... 

See what 200 health and environmental groups had to say to the chemical industry outside its annual GlobalChem conference. See the original post here: 3 Ways the Chemical Industry and Health Advocates View "Reform" Differently  Read More →

As the winter freeze ends, there’s more ice in the Arctic than at any time in recent years. Is this another PR problem for global warming activists? See the rest here: Something Odd for the Arctic:"Normal" Sea Ice Extent As Winter Ends  Read More →

In Texas, 700,000 customers now have access to detailed information about their energy usage and costs. Here’s one family’s experience. Read this article: One Household’s Experience with a Smart Meter  Read More →