In R-Squared Energy Blog - Posted 1 week ago

In Part I, I presented the notes on renewable energy that I took as I read through the 2008 International Energy Agency (IEA) World Energy Outlook. He...

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In California Energy Blog - Posted 1 week ago

Time magazine steps up and pans President-elect Obama's ambitions energy agenda as being woefully inadequate. So much for the political honeymoon!Time...

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In R-Squared Energy Blog - Posted 1 week ago

I am working on an essay on the renewable energy portion of the recently released 2008 IEA World Energy Outlook. In Part I, I merely present some of t...

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In California Energy Blog - Posted 2 weeks ago

In one 24 hour period, Southern California participated in the largest eartquake simulation drill in history (designed to prepare for the impending mo...

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In R-Squared Energy Blog - Posted 3 weeks ago

Today the International Energy Agency (IEA) released their much anticipated (and previously leaked) World Energy Outlook 2008. The full report costs ...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 4 weeks ago

A consortium of European governments is developing the world's first International Renewable Energy Agency. The agency, known as IRENA, will serve as...

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In California Energy Blog - Posted 4 weeks ago

With wall to wall converage of Barack Obama's historic win including all sorts of speculation about the Fairness Doctrine, we thought it only appropri...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 4 weeks ago

By Li TaigeEnvironmental challenges make supplying the ever-growing population of Tibet with sufficient and sustainable electricity a logistical conun...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 4 weeks ago

Weren't we just recently talking the environmental benefits of dam removal? From a small, unassuming plant at Lock and Dam No. 7, not far from histori...

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In WorldChanging - Posted 5 weeks ago

By Max LevinIn May 2007, the government of Costa Rica announced the ambitious goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2030. Though Costa Rica has a rat...

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