12-18-07 by dugan I want a hybrid electric GT with a dark, glossy exterior wrap that’s actually a cheap solar-electric film. It would boost battery power and range whenever the sun shines. The concept…
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Calling Big Oil’s Tax Bluff
12-14-07 by dugan If legislation were poker, this column in the Washington Post would have Big Oil and its corporate allies chucking their hands. It’s too bad that Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein…
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Ok, Thanks, DiFi
12-14-07 by dugan Speed-legislating is full of mysteries, and often mischief-making. But the final Senate energy bill came out all right for California and other states in the forefront of clean air and…
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What Was DiFi Thinking?
12-13-07 by dugan The energy bill passed the Senate tonight, composed of not much more than the 35 mpg auto standard and some pork for biofuels. But as far as OilWatchdog can tell, a…
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Biofuels vs. Oil: Wrong Battle
12-13-07 by dugan The folks who don’t like biofuels often argue that ethanol, because of the energy used to produce it, is pointless, even a net energy loss. Here’s the highly reasoned answer by…
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State Clean Air At Risk, Call Now
12-13-07 by dugan Act today to save California’s and other states’ tough clean air laws! Call Senate Leader Harry Reid, (202) 224-3542 or e-mail him via his online form here. Tell Sen. Reid not…
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Big Bust in Bali
12-121-07 by dugan We can’t be surprised that the White House has vetoed any targets for cooling the "fever of the Earth" (Al Gore’s phrase) at the global climate meeting in Bali, Indonesia. The…
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Oops! Disappearing Greenwash
12-11-07 by dugan Shell and BP are under fire for talking green and doing the opposite. Britain’s Guardian newspaper has the story. "Shell, the oil company that recently trumpeted its commitment to a…
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Energy Bill’s Race to Bottom
12-10-07 by dugan The only sure result of the "ping-pong" negotiating game the House and Senate are playing this week on the energy bill is that it will come out weaker. Even a provision like…
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Child of ‘The Yes Men’ Strikes
12-04-07 by dugan "Hoaxers Target Big Oil." That’s an irresistible headline in OilWatchdog’s plush consumer-financed corporate headquarters. The story in the sober British Guardian newspaper was straight-faced, about a fake promise appearing on…
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Energy Bill or Just MPG Bill?
12-3-07 by dugan It sounded too good to be true, and it was. The announcement Friday night was that Congressional negotiators had come up with a compromise energy bill including moderate new auto fuel…
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300 MPG, and Speeed
11-29-07 by dugan Thanks to the 40mpg.org website for alerting us to this CNN-Money story: "Watch out, Detroit. A new crop of electric-vehicle startups aims to put a dent in the Big Three by…
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Hooray for ‘Cheap and Clean’
11-29-07 by dugan I was struck by the stock analysts’ reaction in today’s New York Times story to Google’s announcement that it would invest up to hundreds of millions of dollars to commercially develop renewable…