February 22, 2012
Fox shows yet again it has a hard time with hard data
by Shauna Theel, cross-posted from Media Matters
In a segment falsely blaming Obama for rising gasoline prices, Fox News’ America’s Newsroom aired the following chart yesterday. It shows three data points...
EIA figures show the massive boom in China's coal consumption through 2010. Coal use increased another 9.7% in 2011
Energy consumption figures just released by the Chinese government underscore how quickly coal use is booming in China, a country that is already the world’s largest emitter...
Global Ice Loss from 2003-2010 Could “Cover the Entire United States in One and Half Feet of Water”
Changes in ice thickness (in centimeters per year) during 2003-2010 as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, averaged over each of the world...
On February 19, the Heartland Institute’s General Counsel, Maureen Martin, sent a letter by e-mail and post addressed to Think Progress in response to revelations about the Institute. Yesterday, Debbie Fine, General Counsel for the Center for American Progress Action Fund, replied to Martin.
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Bill Koch celebrates his 1992 yachting win. He claims yachting will be destroyed by offshore wind.
by Michael Conathan
This doesn’t qualify as much of a news flash, but just in case you were curious, hypocrisy is...
Politicians say they want to support the “Keystone Economy.” Here’s why that vision means fewer jobs, no impact on gas prices, and more pollution
by Daniel J. Weiss...
Other stories below: Judge rules town can ban hydrofracking; GM to Gingrich: You can put a gun rack in a Volt
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February 21, 2012
I’ll be the first to admit that cheap natural gas prices are one of the biggest short-term threats to deployment of renewable energy in the U.S. today. With a glut of gas dropping prices to historic lows, the competitiveness of technologies like wind, solar PV, and solar hot water are facing significant...Elizabeth Kolbert: It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.
Humanity’s Choice...
How we can use tax breaks to help rebuild our infrastructure
by Donna Cooper, Richard W. Caperton, Kate Gordon , Daniel J. WeissLast year was a bonanza for the top five oil companies—BP plc, Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil Corp., and Royal Dutch...