I wrote this story for Reuters, where it first appeared on November 23, 2010. A coalition of environmentalists, national security advocates and budget hawks on Tuesday called for an “oil security fee” and deployment of new transportation technology to lessen dependence on imported oil and to promote “mobility choice.” “Oil’s virtual monopoly over transportation fuel [...]
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Enviros, defense advocates call for “oil security fee”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Smithsonian of solar power
Posted in solar energy, solar power plants, Uncategorized, tagged CleanPath Ventures, Matt Cheney, PVUSA on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on Wednesday, I follow up my story on community solar power plants: In an article in the special Energy section of The New York Times on Wednesday, I write about a developer who wants to sell “garden plots” in a 15-megawatt photovoltaic farm in Davis, Calif., so [...]
Saving trees with communty solar power plants
Posted in solar energy, solar power plants, Uncategorized, tagged Calif., CleanPath Ventures, Davis, Matt Cheney, Miitch Sears, SMUD on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times special Energy report, I write about how community solar power plants offer residents a chance to own photovoltaic arrays without putting panels on their roofs — or cutting down trees: DAVIS, Calif. — In this environmentally conscious college town, thousands of bicyclists commute each day through a [...]
GE names winners of $200 million Ecomagination Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged GE Ecomagination Challenge on November 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Four months ago, General Electric fired up the imaginations of would-be entrepreneurs tooling away in garages everywhere when it offered up $200 million as part of an “Ecomagination Challenge” to crowdsource smart grid and renewable energy ideas. On Tuesday, the global conglomerate announced the first [...]
Judge orders California to consider species listing for pika
Posted in climate change, endangered species, global warming, Uncategorized, tagged American pika, Earthjustice, Foursquare on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photo: Todd Woody In The New York Times on Thursday, I wrote about the continuing legal battle over placing the American pika, a small mountain-dwelling critter, on state and federal endangered species lists due to climate change threats to the animal’s survival: In an article in Wednesday’s paper, I wrote about an environmental law firm [...]
Obama, Gates, Gore oppose Prop 23, No on 23 lead widens
Posted in Uncategorized on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
photos: americanprogressaction, jmtimages, and jurvetson I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. As a new poll showed that nearly half of likely California voters now oppose Proposition 23, the ballot measure that would suspend the state’s global warming law, heavy hitters from President Obama to Al Gore and Bill Gates came out [...]
James Cameron, Gordon Moore take on California’s Prop 23
Posted in climate change, global warming, Proposition 23, Uncategorized on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. Have the Texas oil companies backing Proposition 23 surrendered in the fundraising battle over the ballot measure that would suspend California’s global warming law? Since Thursday, the No on 23 forces have raised more than $7.3 million as the Silicon Valley-Hollywood-environmental-industrial complex revved up for [...]
Prop 23 television battle for undecided voters begins
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. The air war over California’s global warming law has begun. Flush with cash, the campaign to defeat Proposition 23, the ballot initiative that would suspend the state’s landmark climate change law, broadcast its first two television commercials Tuesday. The ad blitz came as the No [...]
Ex-Edison chief, NRDC founder named chair of solar startup
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged BrightSource Energy, John E. Bryson, solar energy, solar power plants on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. In any emerging industry, there are turning points that bear watching. One of those occurred Tuesday when BrightSource Energy, a California developer of solar power plants, announced the appointment of John E. Bryson as its new chair. Bryson is a key player in the energy-enviro-regulatory [...]
Koch brothers jump into California Prop 23 climate fight
Posted in Uncategorized on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I wrote this story for Grist, where it first appeared. A company controlled by the billionaire Koch brothers, who have bankrolled numerous right-wing causes, has donated $1 million to the campaign to pass Proposition 23, the California ballot initiative that would suspend the state’s global-warming law. The contribution was made Thursday and came from Flint [...]
