As I mentioned when I posted this satirical piece on “Exxon Hates Your Kids,” I thought I had a knack for insulting the oil companies; these people make me look like Mr. Rogers (pictured left). Apparently, they’re at it again, …
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Chevron's In No Hurry To Settle the Case in Ecuador
I normally don’t bet against my own longevity, but it seems extremely unlikely that I’ll still be on this planet when the case against Chevron in Ecuador is finalized and the damages are paid. Here’s an article that explains Chevron’s …
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From Guest Blogger Cameron Atwood: Thirsty for Justice?
Chairman and former CEO of the Nestlé Group, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, described “declaring water a public right” as an “opinion” and “an extreme solution” that “NGO’s” fostered. He stated that he believes the “better” “opinion” is that “water is a foodstuff …
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Bill McKibben’s Fossil Fuel Divestment – A Skyrocketing Success
As described here, legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben’s suggestion that folks sell their holdings in fossil fuel companies has been accepted by a gathering wave of universities, churches and synagogues, city governments and pension funds. According to the article, “In the …
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Electricity Rate-payers in Austin, TX Take Progressive Stance on Renewable Energy
Here’s an article that lays out three choices available to electricity rate-payers: deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”), and goes on to discuss the merits of each. In the last case, a municipality’s purchasing …
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Does Exxon Really Hate Your Children?
Holy cow! Just when I thought I may have crossed the line in my calling out the oil companies for their rapacious greed as they rake in record profits by destroying our planet, a friend sends me this, proving that …
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — Working to Repeal Environmental Regulation
When I wrote this piece yesterday by Inside Climate News’ Maria Gallucci, I had no idea that just a few hours later, a friend would send me this article by the same author, in which we can see how nasty …
An End to Subsidies for Big Oil?
Every once in a while I hear something from Washington D.C. that provides a ray of hope that perhaps a bit of sanity may eventually prevail in the U.S. energy policy. Obama sure has disappointed a bunch of people in …
Is It Pointless to Care About Energy Policy?
Here’s a wonderful video presentation of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire,’ the clever reminder that problems in the world are nothing new, and really nothing to get too concerned over. I infer that this philosophy must be quite …
Why Energy Policy Doesn’t Contemplate the Future
Frequent commenter “Shivrat” writes: Great that solar investment is increasing so rapidly, and agreed that many challenges lie ahead, but would you say that a paradigm shift to renewables is inevitable in the long term? After all, something like 80% …
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