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Category Archives: Energy & Environment
April 14, 2012
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Green Meltdown Continues
Solar’s bad year continues as yet another solar company’s ambitious projects prove unprofitable. Fledgling solar provider BrightSource Energy canceled an IPO at the last minute, admitting that it couldn’t find buyers at the expected price. And BrightSource is not alone … Continue reading
April 11, 2012
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Brown Jobs Spread Internationally
For all the talk of a “green century” fueled by renewable resources, lower energy consumption, and ambitious carbon-trading programs, the most significant energy developments of the 21st century so far have been in the brown sector, thanks to advances in … Continue reading
April 10, 2012
ESSAY
Green Policy Damaging Environment
Europe has long prided itself on being greener and more environmentally conscious than the rest of the developed world, with its commitment to a 20 percent reduction in carbon emissions 20 by 2020 being the clearest indication of this consciousness. … Continue reading
April 9, 2012
ESSAY
What is the Matter with Kansas? If You Like Oil, Nothing.
Black gold might soon be gushing from the Kansas soil, according to AP. Drilling has only just started but the oil is attracting speculators from all over. Ancient land records are being pulled off of courthouse shelves in a frenzy; land … Continue reading
April 3, 2012
ESSAY
The Dance of the Unicorns
It’s been a bad year for solar power. Last year’s Solyndra scandal was one of the biggest public relations setbacks the industry has faced in years. And in recent months, more solar companies have been filing for bankruptcy, and even … Continue reading
April 2, 2012
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EPA Cries Wolf on Fracking
The Wall Street Journal reports that some of the objections being raised to hydraulic fracking have turned out to be quite overblown: The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped its claim that an energy company contaminated drinking water in Texas, the … Continue reading
April 1, 2012
ESSAY
Indian Government Flunks Management 101
Some of India’s private companies are among the best managed firms in the world. Government, however, is another story. Not only is India’s government notoriously corrupt and slow; it lacks the capacity to make basic decisions and repeated failures to … Continue reading
March 30, 2012
ESSAY
Self-Driving Cars: Another Reason Why High Speed Rail Is Pointless
We’ve known for some time that the Google geeks were working on cars that could drive themselves. Lasers, cameras and radar work together in Google’s system to, well, drive a car with no human help. According to Google, it’s working: … Continue reading
March 29, 2012
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Voters Tire of Green Agenda
No surprises here: A new Gallup poll reports that Americans are still broadly skeptical of the Green agenda, currently putting economic growth ahead of the environment by 49 percent to 41 percent. And moderates are increasingly joining conservatives in the opinion … Continue reading
March 28, 2012
ESSAY
A Plethora of Pipelines
President Obama’s recent decision to fast-track part of the contested Keystone pipeline has dominated headlines, but there’s a bigger story beyond the political points won or lost by that decision. The abundance of oil in North America is driving the development … Continue reading
March 27, 2012
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Science We Hope Turns Out To Be Settled
Regular readers of Via Meadia may sometimes get the impression that we have something against settled science. In critiquing hysterical greens for their draconian, hear-no-dissent discourse on climate change and what to do about it, we have often pointed to … Continue reading
March 25, 2012
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In Latin America, Old Wounds Make New Trouble
Despite the hubbub over China’s slowdown, Ecuador has scored big points by taking advantage of China’s undiminished hunger for natural resources. But the experience of neighboring Peru points to the pitfalls ahead. Ecuador’s leftist president, Rafael Correa, has signed away the … Continue reading
March 24, 2012
ESSAY
Note to Pols: Looking Green Wins Elections, Governing Green, Not So Much
Earlier this week, Australia passed the Minerals Resource Rent Tax, a tax of 30 percent on profits of the largest iron ore and coal mining companies operating in Australia. The first, tougher version of this initiative was introduced by former Prime … Continue reading
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How Green Gullibility, Hyperpartisanship Are Wrecking The Climate Movement
One of the biggest intellectual failures of the global green movement against climate change is the persistent failure of its leaders and spokespeople to grasp the way their own advocacy fatally undermines their credibility. They blame cunning, unscrupulous and well … Continue reading
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Did The NYT Just Thank Bush and Cheney For Making Us Energy Independent?
In a front page story on Friday, the New York Times covered a surprising new development that could revolutionize the way America powers itself and conducts foreign policy: The US is surprisingly close to becoming self-reliant on energy. With oil … Continue reading
