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Don’t believe in global warming? That’s not very conservative.
The best science available suggests that without taking action to fundamentally change how we produce and use energy, we could see temperatures rise 9 to 11 degrees Fahrenheit over much of the United States by 2090. These estimates have sometimes been called high-end predictions, but the corresponding low-end forecasts assume we will... [read more]
Can Conservatives Support Clean Energy Innovation Policy?
Steven Hayward, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and co-author of the “Post-Partisan Power” report, has a new article in The Weekly Standard that makes the conservative case for a federal energy innovation agenda. Hayward’s independent analysis is a must-read for conservatives advocates and indicates a strong... [read more]
Green Party Set to Gather Disaffected Lib Dems
The Green Party has asked Lib Dem voters not happy with Nick Clegg joining forces with the Tories to talk to the Greens instead. Green Party MSP Patrick Harvie said “Lib Dem members and supporters did not work hard over the last weeks and months to see their party become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Tories“. He said the Liberal... [read more]
Nuclear or no nuclear….the first dispute for the UK’s newly elected Cameron-Clegg coalition
As former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and his family stepped down from service, the new Conservative leader, David Cameron has finally stepped in to Number 10 Downing Street. In the most exciting, yet controversial general election for decades, the UK has seen a Cameron and his next in command, Nick Clegg from the Liberal... [read more]
Liberal Conservative Coalition – What has been Agreed on Energy and Climate Change?
It’s official, the Conservatives have formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. As a result we have a Liberal Democrat cabinet minister for energy and climate change – Chris Huhne. In 2007 Chris Hulne said “The doubling of our electricity generation from wind in a little more than a year shows what renewables can do,... [read more]
What Could the UK Election Results Mean for future Energy Policy?
In the face of the first UK hung parliament since 1974, the media has been dominated by talks of what happens next. A potential Conservative/ Lib Dem coalition has to date been the most discussed. We know however that the Conservatives and the Lib Dems have major policy differences on electoral reform, the economy and immigration.... [read more]
Paying for the nuclear renaissance in the U.K.
Setting a floor price on carbon taxes has become an election issue The role of carbon taxes as a source of financial support for new nuclear plants in the U.K. is shaping up to be an election issue. Britain will have a general election in May. The ruling Labour Party and the challengers from the Conservatives agree on... [read more]
UK Political Party Manifestos Commit to Renewable Energy
The key English political parties have now launched their manifestos in advance of the elections on May 6th. All parties commit to a substantial proportion of the UK’s energy coming from renewable sources in the near future; however the details of measures to facilitate this move are not yet clear. Labour’s ‘Future Fair for All‘... [read more]
Conservative Energy Policy Goes Live
The Conservatives want to put in place an offshore wind energy grid and “take the poison out of onshore wind” according to their energy policy released this week. Shadow Prime Minister David Cameron says the Conservative policy paper “Rebuilding Security” sets out the party’s would-be programme for a reform of British energy policy.... [read more]
Conservative Proposals for ‘Open Source’ Planning
Newly announced Conservative proposals for the UK Planning system would make it harder for wind energy companies to build wind farms without the support of immediate neighbours. The Tories say that on-shore wind farms are not appropriate in all settings: local community consent is vital, and applications will need to be considered in... [read more]
Thoughts on Framing Climate Change
By Leigh Ewbank. Cross posted from The Real Ewbank The climate blog It’s Getting Hot in Here featured an excellent post on the framing of climate change at the weekend. Taj Schottland, a senior at the College of the Atlantic, has developed three frames for communicating climate change and associated policies to political conservatives.... [read more]
McCain falsely claims he has ‘never favored’ capping global warming pollution
Outside of DC, global warming has been a bipartisan issue, where some of the real leaders are Republican. Even in DC, a leading proponent of strong action is one of the most conservative Senators [see Lindsey Graham (R-SC): “The idea of not pricing carbon, in my view, means you’re not serious about energy independence.... You’ll... [read more]
Local Targets - Good for UK Renewable Energy?
The Conservative party tell us they are all about local empowerment and ‘decentralised devolution’. Their decentralisation green paper ‘Control Shift’ released earlier this year set out proposals for change if they are elected next year. Conservative proposals include abolishing all planning and housing powers exercised by regional... [read more]
Conservative Proposals for Onshore Wind Energy
The Conservatives have announced proposals that will make it more difficult for UK wind farms to be built on land if they win an election next year. The Shadow Local Government Minister, Bob Neil visited East Riding Council last week to discuss the topic of wind farms in the district. Although the area is ideal for wind farms the... [read more]
Yielding the Moral High Ground — Part II
In Part I, we saw how conservatives were turning their backs on the moral issue of our time–global warming. Here we’ll examine the many reasons conservatives should share ownership of this issue. Global warming and its solutions involve issues that are important to conservatives, progressives, Independents and even political agnostics.... [read more]
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Baby You Can Drive My (Electric) Car
Posted May 11, 2012 by Scott Edward Anderson
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Siemens develops ABS plastic alternative
Posted May 9, 2012 by Doris de Guzman
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Reduce CO2 and Slow Global Warming?
Posted April 30, 2012 by Willem Post
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Hidroenergia 2012
May 25, 2012, Wroclaw, Poland
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WGC 2012 - 25th World Gas Conference
June 4, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Ecwatech 2012
June 4, 2012, Moscow, Russia
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“Cities will need to be retrofitted, as a whole. There's much work to be done. Vertical farming and other forms of energy/space/agriculture integration will be necessary to further sustain how humans live on this planet.”
“David,Reserves, potential resources and production are not interchangeable, and apocalyptic statements that depend on conflating them are thus fundamentally flawed. Your cogent analysis makes this crucial distinction well. It just needs a bigger audience.”