President Obama, having failed to get climate legislation, didn't want to show up to the Copenhagen climate talks with a big, fat nothing. So the EPA pulled the pin. In doing so,' [...]
President Obama, having failed to get climate legislation, didn't want to show up to the Copenhagen climate talks with a big, fat nothing. So the EPA pulled the pin. In doing so,' [...]
The US Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Minerals Management Service (MMS) has approved, with conditions, Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc.’s Exploration Plan to drill three exploratory, information-gathering wells in the Chukchi Sea.
In 2008, Shell’s subsidiary paid $2.1 billion for leases during Chukchi Sea Oil and Gas Lease Sale 193. [...]
One of the biggest problems with the issue of climate change is that many of those who are talking the most are actually doing the least to make changes in their own lives. This was evident in the past as' [...]
Though most climate policy wonks are now focused on US federal legislation or the summit in Copenhagen, the Western Climate Initiative is soldiering on -- and doing good work too. The WCI's Markets Committee recently released a white paper on carbon market oversight that is worth a read.
While the [...]
Click here to cast your vote in the Angry Mermaid Award and help decide which company or lobby group is doing the most to sabotage effective action on climate change.
Voting is open until Sun., Dec. 13, 2009. The winner of the Angry Mermaid Award will be announced in [...]
Once a year, we ask our readers to take a quick 10-15 minute survey about our work. We appreciate your feedback year ‘round, but this survey plays a particularly important role in guiding our work for [...]
One salmon skitters across the water doing the "Jesus walk" before succumbing to a premature death. Another swims in dazed circles near the water's surface then limply drifts downstream. Still another lies on its side, no longer swimming, mouth gaping open and shut and fins [...]
John's headed to the Southern Economic Association meetings in San Antonio this weekend. Unfortunately I can't make it. At the risk of exposing her to John's typcial meeting antics, I'm sending one of my brilliant Ph.D. students, Carolina Castilla*, in my place. She'll be presenting some work we're doing on consumers' price [...]
Abstract: ... This paper presents the results of an analysis of the potential cost-effectiveness of different policy options aimed to foster the production and consumption of energy-efficient appliances in different European countries. Our results suggest that incentives to promote the use of energy-efficient appliances can be cost-effective, but whether [...]
Abstract: The Kakamega Forest is the only remaining tropical rainforest fragment in Western Kenya and hosts large numbers of endemic animal and plant species. Protected areas were established decades ago in order to preserve the forest's unique biodiversity from being converted into agricultural land by the regions large number [...]
When doing science, there's generally one totally optimal way of performing an experiment. But, there may also be several other less optimal means of gathering similar data, and one of those may be much more feasible than the totally optimal method. As a scientist, you have [...]
Abstract: Green electricity is energy that is generated from renewable energy sources such as solar power, wind power, small-scale hydroelectric power, tidal power, and biomass power. These sources mostly do not produce pollutants and are considered environmentally friendly. However, considering the current state of technology, they are more costly. [...]
Keith Kloor
Passing climate legislation through the US Senate may be tricky, but that hasn’t scared off the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from doing its part. As Stephen Power at the WSJ’s Environmental Capitol notes:
“Congress might be a long way from passing legislation to fight climate change, but the [...]
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