by Emily Schwartz Greco | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog, Climate
When Maria van der Hoeven summed up the 20-year outlook for global energy investment in London last year, she identified a couple of daunting challenges. The amount of money required by 2035 is a staggering $48 trillion, the International Energy Agency chief and...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 5, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism
Republicans have announced that their first order of business in the new Congress will be to try to force the Keystone XL Pipeline through. This prioritizing shows that they understand who paid their way to the dance. In "Republicans Say They’ll Act Fast to Push...
by Bill Scher | Dec 12, 2014 | Blog, Climate, Jobs and Growth
A fascinating graphic presentation from Bloomberg shows how America has nearly achieved energy independence and broken our addiction to oil. It's not because oil got too expensive. The U.S. shale boom has helped drive gas prices to their lowest point in four years....
by Bill Scher | Nov 18, 2014 | Blog, Climate
In Alison Lundergan Grimes' losing campaign, she ran an ad that made one of the most insightful points of any ad in the 2014 midterm elections. Standing in front of a coal-fired power plant Grimes said, "They are shutting down half the plant and laying off their...
by Bill Scher | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Climate
Last month in Politico Magazine as I chronicled how Republicans lost the culture war, I recounted how they bet wrong on gay marriage: After 2003, many on the right were in a panic once the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court established equal marriage rights for gays...
by Lindsay Koshgarian | Nov 3, 2014 | Blog, Climate, Economy, Jobs and Growth
With Heidi Garrett-Peltier Imagine: The year 2034, late October. America is no longer dependent on coal and foreign oil. Consumption of these fossil fuels is down by 60 and 40 percent, respectively. Natural gas consumption is down by 30 percent. Fall is in the air...
