All Posts Tagged With: "climate change"
Energy’s Big Picture According to Gates
“There’s certainly lots of room for increasing efficiency. But can we, by increasing efficiency, deal with our climate problem,” Gates asked. “The answer is basically no. The climate problem requires more than a 90 percent reduction in CO2 emitted, and no amount of efficiency improvement is going to address that.”
13Jul2011 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Why is Dirty Energy Still So Cheap?
The clean tech sector has experienced remarkable success in the past few years, yet there still remains one huge roadblock from mass implementation – cheap fossil fuels. Some may think this is simply a matter of free-market capitalism at work. The real truth is that petroleum and coal industries continue to receive massive subsidies from governments around the world, while renewable energy firms receive only a small fraction of that amount.
23Aug2010 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Policy and Politics Beat –
>> ENERGY PLAN FOR WHITE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST
>> LOAN GIANTS THREATEN EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
>> CLIMATE SMART CRASHES IN BOULDER COUNTY
>> WESTERN GOVERNORS RELEASE CLIMATE REPORT
>> BP FINED FOR MIS-REPORTING IN COLORADO
SUMMIT Reflections
While the attendees were the usual mixture of corporate executives, small business people, entrepreneurs, academics, students and government managers, it was noticeable this year that large corporations were more strongly represented than in previous years. Perhaps this is a reflection of the fact that sustainability has now become such a key driver of corporate strategy in so many of the world’s largest companies.
16Mar2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Administration Proposes $1.1 Billion BLM Budget
While focusing on renewable energy development and climate change adaptation, the budget also includes a $2.0 million increase in BLM’s Soil, Water, and Air Management program for air quality monitoring that will be targeted to areas with current or anticipated intensive oil and gas development.
3Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Clean Energy Battered, Not Broken
A cascade of events have discouraged such folks – to the degree that many are taking a silver-lining perspective on the clouds gathering around attempts to transform the energy industry in Colorado and beyond.
2Feb2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
COP-15: The Mice in Council
According to Aesop, 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 that the best solution was to tie a bell around the Cat’s neck so they would have advance warning of its approach. Convinced that they had solved the problem, they began to return 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
Colorado Lawmakers Want Congress
to Limit Energy Bill
20 Democrats from Colorado are asking the U.S. Senate to limit funding for coal and nuclear energy as Congress works on passing an energy bill. The lawmakers say too much emphasis on coal and nuclear energy would reduce funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
19Nov2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
Jackson Hole Revisited: Notes and Reflections on the Western States Energy Symposium
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, I had ample time to reflect on the unique gathering we had just attended.
3Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Will Colorado Get a Nuclear Plant?
Executives from an independent nuclear power plant developer visited the state last week to meet with a number of key county and state leaders to determine support for a combination nuclear and solar power plant in Pueblo County.
30Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
At Issue –
Energy Policy Needs To Be Science-Based
Colorado already is a sacrifice area from uranium exploration, mining, milling and dumping, yet we have no one qualified to inspect, monitor or act on water, chemical or toxic pollution or illnesses. We have 3,000 abandoned, ignored uranium mines.
23Sep2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Big Oil Lobbies for Status Quo
In more than 20 years of covering the oil industry I’ve found it to be like the military, in some ways: a vast, monolithic organization with pockets of very smart and progressive thinkers. The more forward-thinking oil companies know that the industry’s current mode of operation cannot stand.
25Aug2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
House Bill Proposes Big Changes to Drilling
on Public Lands
Still in the “discussion draft” phase, the bill would raise the royalties companies pay to drill on federal lands from 12.5 to 18.75 percent and shorten lease terms from 10 to five years. A spokesman for the energy industry says that, if enacted, the proposal will hurt independent, smaller oil and gas operators the most.
27May2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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