Category Archives: US energy policy

Senator Jay Rockefeller – “Confirmation Bias” … or just lazy?

On December 8, 2010, following the failure to extend subsidies for renewables (and before they found another way to subsidize profits), I wrote the following to “my” Senator Jay Rockefeller (WV): To Senator Rockefeller Sir, I am extremely disappointed to … Continue reading

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Roger Pielke Jr. on Politics and Science

Normally, we prefer to post the original source.  But frankly, when Pielke Jr. weighs in with commentary, that’s what you go with.  It’s like setting up the right cross with an uppercut. As always, well worth your time:  Political Affiliations … Continue reading

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URGENT: Department of Energy seeks your comments on its industrial wind “workforce development roadmap.”

The Department of Energy is seeking public comments on a draft “Workforce Roadmap,” which it hopes will ultimately serve to benefit the wind energy industry in the US by, as stated in the Executive Summary of Workforce Development for the … Continue reading

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Paul Driessen challenges Obama Administration renewable energy agenda.

The following is provided courtesy of CFACT – Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow. A few questions for President Obama President Obama sounds like an anti-business Community Organizer in Chief: pointing fingers, making baseless claims about ending our “addiction to oil,” … Continue reading

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