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It surely complicates the challenging tasks we face, with regard to resource management and environmental stewardship, that much of the public doesn't trust government or energy to solve our important problems.[read more]

Jesse Jenkins, Featured Writer and Digital Strategist, The Energy Collective

It is with great pleasure that I announce today that Jesse Jenkins, a member of our blogger advisory board, a long-time friend of The Energy Collective and one of the smartest people I know when it comes to energy policy, will be taking on the role of Featured Writer and Digital Community Strategist.[read more]

Hughes Belin provides an extensive update on the latest policy developments and what to expect for the near future in the field of energy policy in the European Union.[read more]

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Every day, we hope to feature the best analysis and commentary on energy, climate change and green business. 2012 was a year of record heat, high gas prices, the proliferation of shale gas, and general energy market volatility. Check out our 10 most read posts of the year to get a feel for the year in energy.[read more]

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Don't forget to check out this book by one of our star bloggers, reviewed by another one of our star bloggers![read more]

This Friday at noon Eastern Time I'll be participating in a webinar on The Energy Collective covering the application of innovation to the emissions from oil and natural gas. The topic is timely, not just because of the current debate over the fate of the Keystone Pipeline, but because despite the growing importance of renewable energy,...[read more]

Here at Social Media Today LLC, which owns and operates this site, nothing is more important than the integrity of the material that we publish. In particular, we have a zero tolerance policy where plagiarism is concerned. Passing off another writer's work as your own is theft, pure and simple. Plagiarism violates Social Media...[read more]

Here on the The Energy Collective we cover all aspects of energy policy. We’re proud to take on another big, and globally significant business conversation: How to deliver quality healthcare to as many people on the planet as possible. Today marks the official launch of HealthWorksCollective, our tenth community at Social Media Today....[read more]

Regular readers know I'm a fan of diesel cars, having test-driven some terrific models at recent car shows, as well as renting them on past trips to Europe. For drivers who travel mainly highway miles, the fuel economy benefits of dieselization can approach those of hybrids at a much lower initial cost premium. However, at least in the...[read more]

On Friday, February 18, 2010, the Energy Collective's Marc Gunther sat down with Stewart Brand, author of the Whole Earth Catalog, and Whole Earth Discipline. Ever the independent thinker, Brand weighed in on issues from renewables, to nuclear power and genetically modified crops. Click here to listen to the entire interview.[read more]

2009 was a watershed year for TheEnergyCollective, in which we broke from our small-but-lively-with-great-contributors status to something, well, more substantive, more newsworthy and definitely more popular.  The year saw our number of annual visitors climb from under 30,000 to over 250,000, and we delivered over 4M page views....[read more]

New York Times reports on a new pipe organ to echo the sounds of Bach In an inspiring article about construction in Rochester, NY, of an exact replica of an 18th century pipe organ in Vilnius, Lithuania, the New York Times has published a breathtaking story about music from the baroque age. It is an astounding combination of music...[read more]

Here are some places to catch up on what’s happening in Denmark The opening waves of two weeks of all climate all the time from Copenhagen are crashing ashore on to the beach of the news reading public. OK, so what are you going to read about the conference? Here are a few sources. Please feel free to suggest other sources in a...[read more]

Senator Mark Udall (D-CO) has signed on as a co-sponsor for a proposed bill that would, among other things, enable the Department of Energy to increase the amount of research and support that it provides to small and medium sized nuclear power plant development. The reaction in the Colorado press and in the blogosphere to Udall's...[read more]

Several years ago, Lew Hay, the dynamic chairman and CEO of FPL Group, which is the nation’s leading provider of renewable energy ($16 billion in 2008 revenues), gave an impassioned speech at a Goldman Sachs climate change conference in New York, arguing for a tax on emissions of carbon dioxide to deal with the threat of global warming...[read more]