There have been a fair number of mainstream news articles expressing concern that the many promised green collar jobs created with stimulus funding are not appearing. These pieces often follow a certain hackneyed formula, citing a huge dollar figure...
Via Andrew Sullivan, I learn that James Hansen is boycotting the talks in Copenhagen on the grounds that he objects to cap and trade. But what is his objection?
“The fundamental problem is that fossil fuels are the cheapest form of energy. As...
It turns out that most Americans are not sure what a cap and trade program is. In a Pew Research News IQ Quiz ,
less than a quarter (23 percent) of the American public was able to identify cap and
trade legislation as dealing with energy and the...
When world leaders get together in Copenhagen, Denmark, next week to
discuss climate change, they will be addressing a concern that, as the latest Pew Global Attitudes survey
finds, is widely shared throughout much of the world. And all eyes will be...
For about half the year, I'm a reasonably committed bicycle commuter. (And that sentence should tell you a lot about my level of dedication.) During the darker and wetter months I tend to get my daily exercise in other ways, such as by eating.
True,...
