Tag: Renewables
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Fracking: What’s That Smell?
MICHAEL BRUNE — Natural gas boosters like to claim that it is a climate-friendly energy source, supposedly because it’s not as dirty as other fossil fuels. That’s like saying it’s safer to be attacked with a knife than a gun …
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How Crowdfunding Lowers the Cost of Solar Energy
ROCKY MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE — There are a number of different solutions in development that will help lower interest rates associated with solar PV financing. But crowdfunding excites me for one main reason: it’s here now. And if we’re to get on pace …
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Obama Nominates Ernest Moniz as Energy Secretary
ECOWATCH — President Obama’s expected nominee for Energy Secretary, Ernest Moniz, has a history of supporting dirty and dangerous energy sources like gas and nuclear power with polluting partners including …
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Offshore Wind Bill Renews Commitment to Clean Energy
NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION — These leaders understand that to support offshore wind development is to support a clean and prosperous future, where job growth is responsible and lasting, and investors are rewarded for putting their money in the right place …
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Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Topped $620 Billion in 2011
EARTH POLICY INSTITUTE — The energy game is rigged in favor of fossil fuels because we omit the environmental and health costs of burning coal, oil and natural gas from their prices. Subsidies manipulate the game even further. According to …