Jim Pierobon is Founder and principal writer of The Energy Fix. He is a policy, marketing and social media strategist who has reported on, testified and consulted about smarter grids, cyber-security as it affects the power grid, fossil fuel shortages, price spikes, energy efficiency and the rise and fall -- and the rise again of nuclear and renewable energy sources.Blizzards and climate change – stop trying to connect those dots
The harder climate change believers try to blame blizzards such as this week’s Nor’easter on global warming or climate change, the more muddied the debate becomes and more difficult it is to make a case for action. While there appears to be a very long-term connection between the severity of weather events and climate change, [...]
‘The only real salvation must involve coal’ – James Fallows. Oh really?
MUST READ – IF YOU MUST If anything, the “Dirty Coal, Clean Future” piece in the December issue of The Atlantic by James Fallows is a must read because it does one of the better jobs of illuminating the daunting challenges the world faces trying to curb harmful carbon emissions. And one of those is [...]
Upton vs. Wall Street and EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards plan
Fred Upton, the incoming Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, essentially declared war on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s just-announced plan for setting limits on harmful greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants and oil refiners. “We will not allow the administration to regulate what they have been [...]
Shale gas boom is THE energy story of 2010; what it means for renewables
While it poses numerous threats to groundwater, the production of Marcellus shale gas is changing just about every dimension of the U.S. energy outlook. In the recently released summary of its 2011 projections, The U.S. Energy Information Administration increased its estimate of U.S. natural gas supply pointing to a continuing low price per million cubic [...]
Cancun Agreements – worth the emissions?
The COP16 climate meeting in Cancun concluded with a rough consensus that no real progress was made toward a global pact that can put industrialized AND developing countries on a path to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The talks did keep the process alive and able to move forward. Here are selective dispatches from Cancun: [...]