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Applying Innovation to Oil & Gas

January 23, 2012 by Geoffrey Styles
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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]

A Message To Our Community

September 27, 2011 by Richard McGill Murphy
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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]

Social Media Meets Healthcare On HealthworksCollective.com

May 2, 2011 by Robin Carey
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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]

Diesel Hybrids Arrive

September 8, 2010 by Geoffrey Styles
with 1,039 views
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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]

Did You Miss Our Conversation with Stewart Brand?

February 22, 2010 by Energy Collective
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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]

A Very Good Year

December 28, 2009 by Robin Carey
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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]

A Christmas gift for readers

December 24, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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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]

Overwhelmed by climate conference news?

December 9, 2009 by Dan Yurman
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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]

Udall - Testing Pro-Nuclear Waters - Finding a Warm Reception From Some Local Press

November 2, 2009 by Rod Adams
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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]

Lew Hay’s climate flip-flop

October 28, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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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]

Luis Reyes, Regional Administrator for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Commenting on AP1000 Shield Design Concerns

October 27, 2009 by Rod Adams
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During the Nuclear Construction Summit being held at the Dupont Hotel in Washington, DC on October 26 and 27, I had the opportunity to listen to a talk by Luis Reyes, the Regional Administrator for NRC region II in Atlanta, GA. Under the current organization, Mr. Reyes has overall responsibility for all nuclear construction activity... [read more]

TEC discussion (con't): Lowering nuclear costs with advanced technology

October 10, 2009 by Charles Barton
with 1,047 views
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This is the third in a series of letters I am writing to Jesse Jenkins, the Director of Energy and Climate Policy of the The Breakthrough Institute, I am attempting to demonstrate to Jesse that a massive deployment of nuclear power plants is possible by 2050.Dear Jesse, To the left is a greatly simplified depiction of a Light Water... [read more]

TEC discussion (con't) about "Nuclear power: An Inconvenient Solution"

October 8, 2009 by Charles Barton
with 1,005 views
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Dear Jesse, One of the reasons why I would like a dialogue with you is to increase awareness of the creative thinking among nuclear supporter. There is actually a sort of peer review process among nuclear supporters. Newly proposed ideas usually are subjected to critical discussion on the Energy from Thorium Discussion forum. Many... [read more]

TEC discussion about "Nuclear power: An Inconvenient Solution"

October 7, 2009 by Charles Barton
with 485 views
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Jesse Jenkins is the Director of Energy and Climate Policy of the The Breakthrough Institute, an active Energy/Environment Blogger, and an active participant on the Energy Collective. Yesterday Marc Gunther posted an essay on Lamar Alexander's recent speech on land use. Marc's post is titled Nuclear power: An inconvenient solution. I... [read more]

How Republicans can save the climate bill

October 4, 2009 by Marc Gunther
with 524 views
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Until recently, the environment was a bipartisan issue. Consider: The EPA became a cabinet-level agency during the Nixon administration. The 1990 amendments strengthening the Clean Air Act were adopted by a 89-11 vote in the U.S. Senate. Previous sponsors of climate legislation to cap emissions of greenhouse gases were Senators McCain [... [read more]