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by Christopher Mims. What one man can accomplish in a few short years. Just let the crazy wash over you: Bill McKibben’s climate change activism group 350.org is a communist plot March 2011 Winter disproves global warming March 2010 Beck peddles ‘food insurance’ kits: “More than peak oil or financial crash, I fear angry men armed to the teeth.” November 2010 Beck sneers at the food safety bill December 2010 Race-baiting Beck insists Van Jones is a communist ex-con on a mission to dispense reparations for slavery September 2009 Beck insists Van Jones is a black nationalist taking over the U.S. from the inside July 2009 Not content with Van Jones resignation, Beck targets ‘other radicals’ September 2009 Obama’s clean energy agenda will destroy the economy, energy advisor Carol Browner is a socialist October 2009 Cap and trade will cost American families $1,761 a year September 2009 The smart grid is a socialist plot to steal our thermostats March 2009 Bonus! Here are a couple of clips charting the earliest evolution of Beck’s denialism. Cow farts produce more greenhouse gases than cars July 2007 Climate change is a complete and utter hoax, here are a bunch of denialists to prove it May 2007
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In honor of Glenn Beck leaving Fox, the top 10 dumbass things he said about the environment
Why can’t big companies do a better job of managing the way they use energy and natural resources? In many ways, the unwieldy structure of the typical, modern corporation is to blame. Think about it: Offices are spread far and wide, across different buildings, states and even continents –each with its own energy use and
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HP Shows Companies How to Integrate Energy Management and Carbon Reduction
On Friday, Transocean, the company that operated the infamous Deepwater Horizon oil rig, told its shareholders that it gave its executives multi-million-dollar bonuses based on the company’s “ best year in safety performance .” CAP’s Kristen Bartoloni has the what-were-they-thinking story of week. Today, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar lashed out at the global offshore drilling company, which moved its official headquarters from Houston to Zug, Switzerland in 2008 in order to avoid paying taxes to the United States government. In a statement to ThinkProgress, Salazar criticized the company’s “ complacency ” about the explosion that killed 11 people, spewed 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and caused irreparable damage to Gulf communities: At the end of the day, it was that complacency that created an oil spill that was pouring over 50 thousand barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico a day. Using the justification of the company’s “exemplary statistical safety record,” Transocean’s executive compensation committee — GenOn Energy CEO Edward R.
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Salazar blasts Gulf disaster company Transocean for touting “best year in safety” – Transocean now says statement "may have been…
In terms of energy generation, when one thinks of the Middle East renewable energy would not be at the top of the list. Many of the countries in the region are rich in both oil and gas, however, not all countries in the region are equally rich in these resources. Due to this reason and the general drive for renewable energy globally, some countries in the Middle East are expanding their energy resources to include renewables. In terms of wind energy, the country in the region with the most current wind energy capacity is Iran. Iran has two wind farms totaling ninety-two megawatts. The country is planning for expansion in the coming years in order to increase this capacity to at least four hundred megawatts.
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Potential Wind Energy Growth In Middle East
Scottish and Southern Energy plans to test three next-generation turbine prototypes at Hunterston
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SSE bids to build Scotland’s first offshore wind test site