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More bad news for coal as big banks reconsider financing
I assume you’ve all heard the good news that three huge investment banks are planning to impose stricter standards on investments in coal-fired power plants. See WSJ’s Jeffrey Ball here […]
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Three Wall Street banks announce funding restrictions for new coal power plants
Photo: iStockphoto Three major investment banks, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, will announce new environmental standards today that are expected to make it more difficult for large coal-fired […]
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New tool tracks financial ties between politicians and oil companies
Check out Follow the Oil Money, a tool from the Center for Responsive Politics Oil Change International. You can find out exactly how much oil money any politician is getting […]
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Q&A with Eric Janszen on whether an alt-energy bubble is in the making
Eric JanszenEric Janszen, the founder and president of iTulip.com, recently argued in Harper's Magazine that the alternative energy segment is a prime candidate for a massive asset bubble, potentially dwarfing both the dot-com and housing bubbles. I wrote about Janszen's prediction last week. This week, Janszen joins us for a question-and-answer follow-up.
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Oil industry barely hangs on, thanks to brave Republican defense of subsidies
You may recall that a couple of months ago, Republicans in the Senate threatened a filibuster to defend about $13 billion in oil company subsidies. In other news, Exxon Mobil […]
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Lockheed Martin signs exclusive contract with Eestor for energy storage units
Oh! I forgot to pass on some interesting news that came my way recently. Defense mega-contractor Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with mysterious ultracapacitor company Eestor to use its […]
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More Blankenship bashing …
… from the folks at FirstPost. Blankenship bashing on Grist here, here, and here. Why this guy isn’t every progressive’s bogeyman is beyond me.
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See how easy it is being Green(TM)! Just use Greenwash!
Luckily, some folks at the U. of Oregon are tracking it.
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Senators include clean-energy incentives in economic stimulus bill
More than 40 senators, of both the Democrat and Republican persuasion, got behind a successful effort to include green-job boosting and renewable-energy incentives in the Senate version of an economic […]
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Companies are greening but progress is limited, says report
Hardly a day goes by without some U.S. company touting its green credentials, but don’t get too optimistic about corporate eco-friendliness. Consulting company Greener Media studied companies’ performance on 20 […]
