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It was inevitable. Somebody somewhere always has to have the first available new new thing and is willing to pay a premium to get it. Car dealers have been playing this game since the Eisenhower administration, slapping a surcharge on hot selling new models so they can soak those who absolutely must...
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Geothermal power is our ace in the hole (literally) when it comes to 100%renewable energy

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President* Trump’s idea of US energy dominance is exclusive to fossil fuels. Nevertheless, his central premise — “innovation and new technology have opened trillions of dollars of energy for development” — can be equally applied to the vast wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal resources at t...
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Trump wants to steal Indian land to give to his fossil fuel buddies. Again. What could go wrong? Allow us to tell you, in detail....

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A fresh effort to pry more land from the indigenous people of the United States is on the Trump regime’s agenda. It’s promoted on the grounds that this will benefit American Indian tribes. Behind the idea is yet another of the centuries-long rip-offs of Indian land and destruction of tribes. The...
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The time for talk about climate change is over. It's time for action. No more "debate".

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I no longer debate global warming and climate change. When I’m confronted with a denier, I ask how either of us, not being experts in the field, could ever hope to resolve a climate science debate? Nothing gets accomplished and this usually shuts down deniers completely. If they keep going, I ask ...
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In spite of a record water year in Northern California, the abundance of Delta Smelt recorded in the state’s annual fall midwater survey (FMWT) is the lowest in the survey’s 50-year history. By Dan Bacher Only two Delta Smelt were collected at Delta index stations in October. One was from Suisun Bay and the other from the confluence of Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, reported James White, California Department of Fish and Wildlife environmental scientist, in a memo. [ 614 more words ]

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In spite of a record water year in Northern California, the abundance of Delta Smelt recorded in the state’s annual fall midwater survey (FMWT) is the lowest in the survey’s 50-year history. By Dan Bacher Only two Delta Smelt were collected at Delta index stations in October. One was from Suisun...
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Puerto Rico's grid was demolished by Hurricane Maria. Can free enterprise principals rebuild it?

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The state of Puerto Rico’s electricity system remains deeply troubling, but restoration efforts offer a light at the end of the tunnel. Now is the time to start talking about what comes after power restoration: repowering Puerto Rico’s energy institutions. Doing so will require deep thinking on ...
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Trump wants the Iran Nuclear Agreement "improved". The rest of the world is glad they have a deal that's working.

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Come mid-January, Donald Trump will have another chance to screw with the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. He took what could turn out to be the first step in that direction two months ago. But given how unpredictable he can be in matters of foreign policy, what he does next is subject to lots of specul...
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James Howard Kunstler: Bitcoin burns through more electricity than some COUNTRIES. Money made of coal...

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Shoeshine boys in airports ‘round the world must be whispering about Bitcoin as the crypto-currency coils upward to tickle the $20,000 line. Ethereum’s roaring up, too, along with most other cryptos, from Byteball Bytes to Tattoocoin (Limited Edition). Whatever else you think about it, this acti...
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Trump tweets about climate change. Because it's cold. Because of COURSE he does.

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2017 Year in Review: breakthroughs in clean energy are welcome by free-market green conservatives

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While other issues may have grabbed the national headlines in 2017, it has been another banner year for the clean energy industry—especially outside the Beltway. In fact, it may end up being remembered as the true tipping point in the evolution of America’s growing clean energy economy, as there...
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James Howard Kunstler: no amount of showers will wash off the YECCCHHHH of 2017

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2017 was the kind of year when no amount of showers could wash off the feeling of existential yeccchhhhh that crept over you day after day like jungle rot. You needed to go through the carwash without your car… or maybe an acid bath would get the stink off. Cinematically, if 2016 was like The Eggp...
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Wouldn't you just love to pay a large corporation every time you drive a highway or cross a bridge?

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John Buell writes on labor and environmental issues from his home in Southwest Harbor, Maine. His most recent book, published by Palgrave in August 2011, is Politics, Religion, and Culture in an Anxious Age. By Meteor Blades At CommonDreams, he writes—Will Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Become Anot...
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It has been very windy over the holidays here in Denmark with too little snow to call it a white Christmas, and I was curious as to just how much energy all the wind turbines in the country had supplied. According to energinet.dk the electricity supplied by wind as I write this is 1,659 MW and the total consumption is 4,612 MW, so things have calmed down now. [ 351 more words ]

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It has been very windy over the holidays here in Denmark with too little snow to call it a white Christmas, and I was curious as to just how much energy all the wind turbines in the country had supplied. According to energinet.dk the electricity supplied by wind as I write this is 1,659 MW and the �...
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Mercedes-Benz and its captive tuning arm, AMG, are moving headlong into the automotive future with innovative hybrid technology and a commitment to developing exciting cars with advanced autonomous capabilities. The brand is still coming to grips with how its electric vehicels should feel, however,�...
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They always say "What do you do when there's no wind and sun?" But coal plants drop out, too. #ElonMusk picked up the slack.

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Last spring, Elon Musk made a daring bet. He claimed he could build and install the world’s largest grid storage battery in South Australia within 100 days of the date a contract was signed or the system would be free. The contract was signed on September 29. Installation was completed by the thir...
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Shockingly, Pruitt's EPA isn't doing a damn thing about this. Oh well, see you in court...

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For a long time, northeast and mid-Atlantic states have complained that pollution from coal-fired power plants and other sources has been carried eastward by the wind from their origins in other states. Consequences? More ground-level ozone that creates or worsens smog in the downwind states. By Met...
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Could #Tesla 's Vehicle Revenue hit $73.7 Billion by 2022?

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This is a great title if you want to have your ass bitten in 5 years. As we all know all to well, predicting the future is a lot easier in retrospect. But let’s be clear: This is not a prediction. It’s also not any kind of investment advice. It’s just me having some number fun. By Zachary Shah...
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