Energy & the Environment

Another Perspective on Greenwashing

Jul 28, 2011 at 11:06 am by admin

Back in May, Jim Thompson wrote a Nip Impressions column http://www.nipimpressions.com/article/1430/week-of-23-may-11-greenwashing on "greenwashing," asking whether the term.... Read More

Heartland Institute Reacts to BULB Act Vote

Jul 12, 2011 at 07:08 am by admin

On July 11, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to begin debate on H.R. 2417, the Better Use of Light Bulbs (BULB) Act to reverse the 2007 de facto ban on the sale.... Read More

Nuclear Power and the Pulp and Paper Industry

Apr 28, 2011 at 11:04 am by admin

The manufacture of pulp and paper require a great deal of energy. The U.S. Department of Energy reports, "In 2002, the paper manufacturing industry consumed over 2.4 q.... Read More

Taking the Hot Air out of Sustainable Energy Debates

Feb 10, 2011 at 11:05 am by admin

In Sustainable Energy – without the hot air author and Cambridge Physics professor David MacKay gives a lucid and highly readable description of the challenges in movi.... Read More

Seeing REDD

Jan 06, 2011 at 11:04 am by admin

In contrast with the Copenhagen meetings in 2009, which environmentalists bemoaned as catastrophic, many deem the recent UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun a modest succ.... Read More