A couple of days ago, Marc Fisher, who operates a blog titled Raw Fisher at the Washington Post, published a commentary titled Mixed greens: How nuclear power splits environmentalists. This post has attracted a significant string of well-reasoned (and a few goofy) comments. I encourage you to visit, read the thread and contribute if you are so inspired.
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Yesterday, I shared by introduction to Dr. Bruce Yandle’s “Bootleggers and Baptists” theory, which is aimed at trying to explain the often strange alignments of groups that support the imposition of prescriptive regulations. Here is the essence of the theory: Durable social regulation evolves when it is demanded by both of two distinctly different groups….
There is an interesting discussion going on at Green Car Congress under the heading of Ports of LA and Long Beach Introduce Draft Comprehensive Clean Air Action Plan. The article summarizes some of the most important points in the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan and lists some restrictions that will be placed…
Foster’s Online is the web edition of a venerable publication called Foster’s Daily Democrat from Dover, New Hampshire. The paper’s mission as stated by Joshua Foster in 1873 is still at the top of the About Us page of the web site. “We shall devote these columns mainly to the material and vital interests of…
At 2:00 am on 3 January 2006, the Financial Times web site published a commentary about the Russian-Ukrainian natural gas dispute titled The Kremlin tightens the energy screw. Fascinating analysis that even mentions the related fact of Gerhard Schroder’s new job at Gazprom. Certainly worth a read! Here is a sample quote: As a first…
On the Economist web site, I found an article officially titled Greenstanding: Gordon Brown’s New Deal will do little to advance renewable energy. The reason I used the word “officially” is that title is the one that is displayed on the visible page on the web and in print, but the title tagged for the…
When you read this, repeat this mantra to yourself – “no one wants to invest in nuclear energy projects”. At least, that is what people like Amory Lovins and Peter Bradford want you to believe. I know that one day of stock trading for a “penny stock” means very little in the big scheme of…