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On Earth Day, surely it's more than just about prices, right? But prices are what gets people's attention, and rising ...

The Energy Philosopher Episode 2: All thermal power plants require generous amounts of water, and become less efficient in hot weather. ...

I've started a new YouTube channel called The Energy Philosopher where I'll be posting short video segments discussing ...

As the world trundles from recession to man-made ('natural') disasters, we keep looking for scapegoats and quick fixes. Those who ...

Solar showdown in Calif. tortoises' desert home In a redux of the Cape Wind debacle and other misguided public opposition, (previous article) dumb environmentalism is again standing in the ...

As one of the most powerful liars in the world, Matt Drudge takes perverse pleasure in twisting facts to fit his right-wing denialist agenda. He's got this down to a ...

"How can we ever agree, Like the rest of the world, We grow farther apart. I swear you don't listen to ...

Coal Industry Still Poisoning America's Water via New York Times ...and they're getting away with it. Even Obama's EPA can't seem to get a handle on the corruption, bullying and intimidation ...

More on Human Nature, and the Free-Rider Problem "Why are people such assholes?" Someone asked me the other day. I replied, "Because ...

Last Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill. As a contributor to Repower America, ...

According to NASA, the astronauts on the International Space Station are now beginning to drink water purified from their own urine, sweat, and exhalations. While it's been possible for ...

It used to be that the most rancorous online debate was reserved for questions about religion, especially how and what to ...

A survey out last week from the Pew Research Center shows declining perceptions of necessity for a variety of household ...

R Donaldson - February 2009 Water, Water It is most of what our bodies are made of, in some way included in ...

I received an email taking me to task for comparing the 9/11 truthers with climate change deniers. The correspondent claimed that while climate science was solid, the 9/11 truthers might ...

Climate-induced drought. Deadly heat waves. Overfishing. 400,000 annual premature deaths from coal-soot in China (US ...

Turns out Bob Dylan was right after all. A new study by Stanford professor Mark Z. Jacobson (via Stanford News Service) ...

Proving once again that irrationality and science cover-ups are not the exclusive province of the religious right, the UK's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has "instructed ...

I always admire people who don't just talk about their principles, but put them into practice. With the Energy Transition, consciousness raising is nearly as important as personal commitment. After ...

An article on CNN describes the "plight" of a man who doesn't like wind turbines: He hates the sight and he hates ...

Plastic bag manufacturers have mounted a particularly galling advertising campaign to stop California from implementing its new $0.25 per bag tax on disposable grocery ...

It's hard to fathom OPEC president Chakib Khelil's (previous article) duplicitous and outrageous statements about the oil markets. On the one hand, OPEC is a cartel benefiting from prices ...

PHOTO: Methane Hydrate or so-called flammable ice, which exists under intense pressure in seabeds. The timing of the moronic "Carbon Belch Day" and Newt Gingrich's ...

Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: Gingrich Leads Chorus of Simpletons WASHINGTON, May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Solutions for Winning the Future announced today that more than 100,000 ...