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The Energy Industry vs. The Union of Concerned Scientists
I just got off the phone with Suzanne Shaw, the Director of Communications at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a 40 year-old non-profit organization headquartered in Boston. I made the call because I...
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Electricity Rate-payers in Austin, TX Take Progressive Stance on Renewable...
Here’s an article that lays out three choices available to electricity rate-payers: deregulation (“customer choice”), municipal aggregation (“city choice”), and municipal utilities (“city ownership”),...
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Differences of Opinion at Climate Talks in Warsaw
Here are a few words on the climate talks in Warsaw, based on yesterday’s New York Times article – just a few – since I have nothing constructive to report, nor, in my heart of hearts, do I think any...
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Infographic on Electric Transportation
Here’s an infographic from the Union of Concerned Scientists on electric transportation, whose point is that, where only 1% of the cars on roads currently are EVS, 42% “could be” – meaning that their...
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From Guest Blogger Tom: Renewable Energy — We Still Have a Long Way To Go in...
Nearly every kind of human activity raises the concentration of carbon dioxide and other global warming agents in the atmosphere. The greater the presence of these substances in the air, the more of...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Offer Online Quiz on Environmental Science —...
Here’s something I think readers will enjoy; I know I did. It’s a five-question online quiz called “Got Science?” created by The Union of Concerned Scientists, in which you’ll be asked to choose...
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Silver Lining for Environmental Groups in the Wake of the U.S. Midterms
If you’re looking to award a prize to the best environmental group in terms of articulating what they see as a “silver lining” after yesterday’s drubbing in the U.S. midterms, you can’t count out the...
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Coal and Natural Gas
To summarize a conversation that is happening in the comment to my post called Bans on Fracking: Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty supports fracking insofar as every kilowatt-hour of energy that doesn’t...
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Frustration for the Union of Concerned Scientists
Andrew Wheeler during his confirmation hearing Earlier this week, a three-person team from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), including its president, its director of Center for Science and...
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United Nations on Climate Change
While maintaining global temperatures within 1.5 ° C of pre-industrial conditions is imperative to halting a runaway train that will destroy our planet’s capacity to support organized civilization, our...
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Union of Concerned Scientists Reports: Scientific Integrity Act Passes Out of...
Six House Republicans joined 17 Democrats to ensure that science cannot be distorted or simply thrown aside and ignored in government policy-making. The Union of Concerned Scientists reports: The...
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The Trump Administration Does NOT Hate Your Children, Per Se
From the Union of Concerned Scientists: Years ago, the EPA determined that use of the popular pesticide should be banned. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for the Trump administration’s first EPA...
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Companies Joining Trump’s Attempts To Destroy Our Environment Face “Serious...
From Forbes: There’s a potential risk for automakers that have aligned themselves with President Trump’s attempts to roll back current fuel economy standards that were established under President...
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Mourning the Loss of Kurt Gottfried, Co-founder of the Union of Concerned...
From this: Kurt Gottfried, physicist, professor emeritus at Cornell University, advocate for peace, and co-founder of the Union of Concerned Scientists, has passed away at age 93. Throughout his...
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