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State of the Union 2013: Right Direction, Wrong Speed

President Obama got off on the right foot in last night’s State of the Union address by putting America’s economic revival at the center of…

Ending the Nuclear Drought

America’s long nuclear energy drought is officially over. For the first time in 33 years, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a construction and…

TODAY: The Future of Nuclear Power After Fukushima

In the wake of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, new questions are being raised about the future of nuclear power. The President…

Republicans for Environmental Progress: An Endangered Species

For most of modern American history, the two major political parties in America have largely agreed on the desired long-term environmental outcomes for the country:…

Obama’s Two-Track Approach on Energy

As often happens with State of the Union addresses, President Obama’s speech left a lot of D.C. pundits and policy types unsatisfied and complaining that…

Tom Friedman’s Reading My Stuff on Green Tech and the Military!

Look, I realize that Tom Friedman gets a lot of guff from the liberal intelligensia.  Matt Taibbi over at Rolling Stone has practically made a…

Knowledge Capital Writedown: Wind Turbines

On the front page of the NYT this morning, Keith Bradsher gives a perfect example of a knowledge capital writedown, in his story about wind…

Tip-Toeing Around The Elephant: US Mitigation And The COP

The US was in an awkward position in Cancun. The administration clearly wanted to show leadership, but it was hamstrung by an inability to deliver…

Making Sense of Connecticut v. AEP

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal to Connecticut v. AEP, a court of appeals granting eight states the right to sue…

When National Security Means Energy Independence

This post is the fourth in a series about the Progressive Military The smell that will always take me and many other vets back to…