James Kachadorian, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 17, 2009. Solar saves money, benefits the planet and makes for a comfortable house that requires little in the name of back-up fuel.
Brian Merchant, TreeHugger. November 16, 2009. Her book is hardly out the gates, and it's already facing a torrent of criticism from mainstream news sources for including various untruths and flat out lies.
Media Matters for America AlterNet: PoliticsNovember 16, 2009. In anticipation of the release of her memoir, Going Rogue, Media Matters has compiled Palin's Top 10 falsehoods from before the book was published.
Terry Macalister, The Guardian. November 12, 2009. Warning of a deliberate underplay at the International Energy Agency of a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying.
Lee Fang, Think Progress AlterNet: Environment. November 11, 2009. Part of the fury from the right against Graham is being spurred by the oil and coal industry.
Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger. November 11, 2009. Apparently the IEA was concerned that reporting the true reserve numbers would trigger a buying panic.
Steven D., Booman Tribune AlterNet: Politics. October 23, 2009. Graham had the nerve to attempt some real bipartisanship on the issue of climate change.
David Morris, AlterNet. October 2, 2009. Happily, a new climate bill drafted by Sen. Maria Cantwell may change both the nature of the debate and its outcome.
Rachel Smolker, AlterNet. September 30, 2009. A new movement is demanding more from the president, Congress and even most major environmental groups in order to pass truly meaningful climate legislation.
Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com. September 24, 2009. The great age of renewable energy is in our distant future. Before then, energy prices will rise, environmental perils will multiply and conflict will grow. Buckle your seatbelts.
Barack Obama, AlterNet. September 22, 2009. The president called for investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, and slashing our emissions to reach our targets.
Tara Lohan, AlterNet. September 17, 2009. Could you get by without your car, food from outside your community, your job? There's a bunch of folks who want to show you how.
Luanne Bradley, EcoSalon. September 16, 2009. Using a clothes line instead of a dryer saves tons of carbon, yet some communities have banned the practice.
Matthew McDermott, TreeHugger. September 14, 2009. Schwarzenegger's solution -- he supports the higher renewable energy goal in principle -- is to mandate the change through executive order.
Brad Johnson, Think Progress AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. August 14, 2009. According to a leaked memo, oil giants are manufacturing ‘Energy Citizen’ rallies to oppose clean energy reform.
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, AlterNet. August 10, 2009. Last week revealed some of the best and worst moments in the role of people of color in the struggle over our nation's energy and economic future.
Daphne Wysham, Institute for Policy Studies. July 28, 2009. The new energy bill would strip EPA of its power and let polluters take the reins with a market-based system.
Teryn Norris, AlterNet. July 8, 2009. If we don't act now to strengthen the bill, it could create a "super lobby" that will diminish the possibility of achieving future reforms.
Peter Gleick, Pacific Institute. June 25, 2009. It takes 50 gallons of water to produce the ethanol biofuels needed to drive a car one mile, using irrigated corn.
Kurt Yeager, AlterNet. June 25, 2009. Congress is fast-tracking legislation for a national grid that does little to improve energy efficiency or reliability.
Dara Colwell, AlterNet. June 24, 2009. Let's take a look at why Waxman-Markey has the support of big polluters such as Shell Oil and Duke Energy, and not many environmental groups.
Faiz Shakir, Amanda Terkel, Matt Corley, Benjamin Armbruster, Ali Frick, Ryan Powers, Nate Carlile, June 24, 2009. As Congress inches closer to ushering in a clean energy economy that protects our planet, the far right is ramping up efforts to block it.
