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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the 2008 International Global Energy Prize award ceremony The Christmas to New Year period is traditionally ‘hibernation mode’ for blogs, when page views and comment counts plummet (my hits have dropped about 70% compared to early December!). I suppose this is a time when people find better things to... [read more]
Audio Archive: Growing Wind Power
Can the growth of the wind industry substantially reduce our dependence on fossil fuels? And if so, how soon? What evolutions in technology, policy, and economics are necessary to drive that growth? What are the obstacles to a large increase in wind power? [read more]
Energy News Cliff Notes
Amid a still-ongoing nuclear accident and buoyant oil prices, The Hill reports that President Obama will "outline a plan for America's energy future" tomorrow (Wednesday). The focus is expected to be on transportation and clean vehicles. Gov. Tim Pawlenty thinks his rationalization for flip-flopping on cap-and-trade is better than his... [read more]
The Future of Philanthropy in a Post-Cap and Trade World
In an effort to develop a truly effective post-cap and trade climate strategy, policy is not the only aspect that requires deep reflection - philanthropists, too, must reconsider the best way to channel grants in order to successfully fund solutions to climate and energy challenges. Breakthrough's Director of Climate and Energy Policy... [read more]
A new denier myth is born, this time for energy efficiency
The Breakthrough Institute has midwived another denier myth with Jesse Jenkins' Michael Shellenberger's introduction to a blog post, “Why Energy Efficiency Does Not Decrease Energy Consumption.” The sensational headline caught my eye, and I found another unfortunate example of BTI’s sometimes incendiary approach to being provocative.... [read more]
AUDIO: The Energy Collective Webcast on the Senate Climate and Energy Bill
Yesterday, The Energy Collective hosted a unique, in-depth discussion about the Senate climate and energy bill that Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman had planned to release on April 26, but has been on-hold, with upheaval from Senator Graham's defection on April 24 over immigration reform. LISTEN TO THE WEBCAST AUDIO HERE The... [read more]
Climate Legislation in the US Senate: Will Obama Get a Bill in 2010?
May 6, 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT Register Here Free Live Webcast Featuring Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund, and Energy Collective Featured Bloggers Marc Gunther and Jesse Jenkins In the wake of significant upheaval over the climate and energy bill that Kerry,... [read more]
"Jumpstarting a Clean Energy Revolution with a National Institutes of Energy" Report Overview
"Jumpstarting a Clean Energy Revolution with a National Institutes of Energy," a policy memo co-authored by the Breakthrough Institute's Director of Climate and Energy Policy, Jesse Jenkins, and Third Way's Joshua Freed and Avi Zevin, is a joint effort by both think tanks to jumpstart American energy research and development. The memo... [read more]
Jenkins on ABC: U.S. Needs a National Strategy to Win the Clean Energy Race
Jesse Jenkins joined ABC's Diane Sawyer on "The Conversation" via Skype today, to discuss clean technology competitiveness in the United States. In the interview, Jenkins emphasized the findings of the Breakthrough Institute/ITIF report, "Rising Tigers, Sleeping Giant," explaining to Ms. Sawyer that a national strategy for clean tech... [read more]
Letters to Jesse 6: General Conclusions, More Debates
Dear Jesse, I have decided to bring this series to a close, although I will be open to answering questions, about what I have written for you, I will, of course, continue t0 write about what I see as the potential of nuclear energy and advanced nuclear technology. I will also continue to expose misinformation about nuclear power and... [read more]
TEC discussion (con't): Lowering nuclear costs with advanced technology
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"
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"
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]
Experts Discuss Senate Climate Politics and Policy in an Exclusive Energy Collective Webinar
The Senate climate debate is on. Yesterday, Senators Barbara Boxer and John Kerry released a discussion draft of their "Clean Energy Jobs and America's Power Act" - aka Kerry-Boxer, or for you acronym fans, CEJAPA (see pronunciation guide at end of post!). Always on top of the climate policy pulse, theEnergyCollective.com... [read more]
Obama Administration "Strongly Opposes" Senate's Attempt to Cut RE-ENERGYSE Program
By Devon Swezey,Originally posted at the Breakthrough InstituteToday, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expressed "strong opposition" to the Senate's attempt to cut funding for two key Obama administration energy initiatives, which received no support in the recent committee markup of Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The... [read more]
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