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Enviros (and business) split over climate bill
Both the environmental and business communities are undergoing internal disputes over climate-change legislation. Washington Post environmental writer David A. Fahrenthold reports today that a " curious debate has broken out among American environm...
Analyzing the cap-and-trade vote in Pennsylvania
On Saturday, we focused on the key role played by three New Jersey Republicans in the narrow passage of the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill in the House. (Jersey Republicans key to climate bill passage)Matt Friedman reports in PolitickerNJ that the...
Jersey Republicans key to climate bill passage
Three Republican congressmen from New Jersey helped get the ferociously-lobbied Waxman-Markey climate-change bill through the House of Representatives yesterday on a narrow 219-212 vote.They were among only eight Republicans in the House who voted fo...
Feds' $2.4B to 'stimulate' carbon capture projects
On Thursday, we reported in For carbon sequestration, it's test time on a major project designed to test the commercial viability of carbon sequestration technology (more popularly known as 'carbon capture and storage').The technology, which removes ...
EPA's Lisa Jackson on Jon Stewart's Daily Show
Check out EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson's short but sweetMay 14 interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show.[Thanks to Jason Springer of Blue Jersey for bringing it to the attention of his readers and now, you, too]The Daily Show With Jon StewartM ...
For carbon sequestration, it's test time
It works in laboratory bench-scale tests, but the viability of capturing carbon emissions on a large, commercial scale and storing them underground is still unproven.American Electric Power hopes to prove that it an be done with a test that could las...
Thousands of climate lobbyists besiege Congress
Just six years ago, 70 percent of the interests weighing in on climate issues in the nations capital were energy companies and manufacturers. But by 2008, those sectors made up only 45 percent of the total, despite their strong growth, because so man...
'Carbon Sequestration' coming to NJ & PA?
Carbon sequestration--an ungainly phrase that some environmentalists hope we never need to master--has made its debut, at least conceptually, in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania.Carbon sequestration itself has been used successfully in limited applic...
Black cars are cool...except maybe in California
Black cars are cool. It's axiomatic, hardwired into American male genes.Black cars are powerful and dangerous......they leave cop cars in the dust......and they're indispensable when the situation requires a noticeable arrivalUnfortunately, at least ...
NJ's Global Warming Plan: Round One of Six
Did you know that New Jersey is creating a comprehensive standards manual for green buildings, to be made available in mid-2010?You do now. And you can thank Joe Basralian, the scrivener behind the Green Politics New Jersey blog who dug out this nugg...
Princeton Library's rich offering of environmental films and discussion--is all for free!
With the holidays over, are you ready to slump into mental hibernation? The Princeton Film Festival appears to have been designed specifically to prevent any such intellectual slacking.Running from January 2 through 11, the event offers a rich jumble...
PA nuclear plant builder's future is glowing
Less than two weeks ago, we speculated in Nuclear power revival - real or just talk? about the prospects for the nation's nuclear power industry in light of rising oil and coal prices and climate-change concerns.We noted that the Wall Street Journal...
