http://dir.salon.com/topics/energy_policy/?source=rss&aim=energy_policy en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/27/waxman_markey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/27/waxman_markey/index.html?source=rss Passage of the first climate bill in the House is a big first step to cut global warming. But it's not enough By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/stimulus_money_and_chinese_jobs/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/11/02/stimulus_money_and_chinese_jobs/index.html?source=rss How screwed up is U.S. energy policy? A wind farm in Texas might get stimulus money to buy Chinese technology By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/06/16/small_cars_safety/index.html?source=rss Critics who whine Obama is outlawing big cars for dangerous compacts are riding shotgun with empty barrels. By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/22/shellenberger_cap_and_trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/22/shellenberger_cap_and_trade/index.html?source=rss The White House says it's serious about climate change. But its plan to regulate carbon emissions is doomed to fail. By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/22/romm_cap_and_trade/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/04/22/romm_cap_and_trade/index.html?source=rss Joining oil companies and conservatives, the Breakthrough Institute says we can reduce emissions without raising the cost of carbon pollution. It's a fantasy. By Katharine Mieszkowski Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/03/23/power_lines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/03/23/power_lines/index.html?source=rss Erecting new transmission lines for solar and wind power is a boon to coal-burning utilities and a drain on our wallets. What's an environmentalist to do? By Jeff Biggers Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/01/29/mountaintop_removal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/01/29/mountaintop_removal/index.html?source=rss Can a scrawny young wind-power activist topple the biggest, dirtiest industry in West Virginia? By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/01/26/obama_cabinet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2009/01/26/obama_cabinet/index.html?source=rss Myopic conservatives and the media still don't get global warming. But if anybody can preserve a livable climate, Obama's amazing energy team can. By Michael Klare Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss The price may fall still farther in 2009. Be careful what you wish for. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/04/sarah_palin_stiletto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/04/sarah_palin_stiletto/index.html?source=rss Put away the Quayle and Eagleton comparisons. Palin's for real, and on the key issue of energy policy, she has to be reckoned with By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/08/28/t_boone_pickens/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/env/feature/2008/08/28/t_boone_pickens/index.html?source=rss The oil tycoon's support of John McCain for president demonstrates that his heavily advertised plan for wind power is only hot air. By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/climate_act/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/30/climate_act/index.html?source=rss Americans must not allow global warming deniers to block the policies needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Our future is at stake. By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/02/nuclear_power_price/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/06/02/nuclear_power_price/index.html?source=rss Nuclear energy, the sequel, is opening to raves by everybody from John McCain to a Greenpeace co-founder. Don't be fooled. It's the "Ishtar" of power generation. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2008/05/29/price_of_gasoline/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2008/05/29/price_of_gasoline/index.html?source=rss It's not runaway greed or overregulation. It's the world we live in. It's a price that can be seen in a single gallon of California gas. By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/wind_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/wind_power/index.html?source=rss The U.S. can greatly boost clean wind power for 2 cents a day. Now all we need is a president who won't blow the chance. By Michael T. Klare Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/24/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/04/24/oil/index.html?source=rss In the new world order, energy scarcity will dominate our lives -- determining when we drive, if we travel, and what we eat. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/10/four_dollars_a_gallon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/10/four_dollars_a_gallon/index.html?source=rss When gas prices rise, incumbent parties hit the skids. If only it were that simple. By Patrick Smith Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/02/29/askthepilot266/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/02/29/askthepilot266/index.html?source=rss One airline is taking climate change very seriously. Will others follow suit? Plus: What to do with all that on-board trash? By Joseph Romm Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/22/plug_in_hybrids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/01/22/plug_in_hybrids/index.html?source=rss The Prius? Nope. Hydrogen? Forget about it. Plug-in hybrids are the only way to drive. By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/14/gop_dem_energy_policy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/06/14/gop_dem_energy_policy/index.html?source=rss Press conference kung fu -- Republicans: We need more gas! Democrats: We need to use less! By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/24/oil_companies/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/24/oil_companies/index.html?source=rss The president's ethanol push is discouraging the industry from investing in new refinery capacity, executives say. What does the White House think of that? By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/21/all_time_high/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/05/21/all_time_high/index.html?source=rss The cost of a gallon of gas hits an all-time high, which makes Sen. Chuck Schumer gloomy. He should cheer up By Andrew Leonard Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/20/spitzer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/04/20/spitzer/index.html?source=rss The governor of New York says there are some simple things that the vice president doesn't understand about energy policy. By Katherine Ellison Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/28/wind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/28/wind/index.html?source=rss The rich may be moaning about wind turbines ruining their coastal views on Cape Cod, but in Delaware, citizens are ardently battling politicians -- and the coal industry -- to build the nation's largest offshore wind park. By Amanda Griscom Little Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:06:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/12/muckraker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/03/12/muckraker/index.html?source=rss Coal supplies nearly half the electricity in the U.S. and is responsible for more greenhouse-gas emissions than any other electricity source. Is it too late to kick the habit?