04-20-09 by dugan The biofuel industry was robbed by the California Air Resources Board, says a letter today from scientists at the Sandia National Laboratories. The biofuels industry has been crying foul since the California…
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Archive | Tag: renewable-fuels
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Cap and trade. Eek!
The Environmental Protection Agency declaration Friday that greenhouse gases and global warming are a threat requiring action is the enviro equivalent of the teacher announcing a pop quiz on quadratic equations. All of us who…
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Conoco’s chicken-fat fade-out
When a major oil company announces a green fuels project, the trumpet is loud. Press releases, media blitz, public officials on site. The death of the project is a slink-away-at-midnight affair. So it is with…
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Look who’s talking
03-25-09 by dugan There’s no doubt that the ethanol industry is in trouble. Credit crunch, ugly recession, and roller-coaster energy prices that spook investors. The Des Moines Register has a good rundown today on cellulosic…
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Loving Exxon and Ben Stein?
When I hear that Ben Stein and the chairman of Exxon are both pushing a policy that I like, it scares me to pieces. Last month, Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson said in a speech that…
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Solar power grab in L.A.
2-18-09 by dugan There’s no organized opposition to a misbegotten and politics-ridden solar power initiative on the March 3 city ballot in Los Angeles–because there’s no money to be made from opposing it, and because…
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Bacon-scented tailpipes?
02-06-09 by dugan You know the coffee can full of bacon grease that Grandma used to keep for frying? Or, in parts of the South, to drizzle on bread? Well, yeah, it was tasty but…
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Big solar’s big problems
02-05-09 Is giant solar as big a boondoggle as Big Oil? One of the best energy reporters I’ve worked with, Craig Rose of San Diego, has a piece in the latest issue of Nation magazine…
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What’s wrong with carbon credits
Here’s an environmental blog that gets straight to the heart of what’s wrong with existing and planned "cap and trade" schemes to reduce global warming emissions with a free market in so-called "carbon credits." The…
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Exxon & Chevron’s Record Profits
Energy Prices That Deepened Recession Drive Exxon, Chevron to Yearly Profit Records, Says Watchdog Oil Giants Cling to Cash Hoards and Trim Output, Setting Trigger for Next Price Spike Santa Monica, CA — Consumers left…
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Wheels cut from under transit
1-27-09 by dugan Now we know global warming will stick around for 1,000 years, and every extra pound of carbon emitted will make things worse. That report from scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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Fusion Soon, Chevy Volt When?
12-19-08 by dugan Dan Neil in the LA Times reports today that he got 52 mpg city/highway in a test drive of the production model of the Ford Fusion hybrid, in comfort. Too…
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Chevron’s relentless greenwash
11-21-08 by dugan We at OilWatchdog have been relentlessly critical of Chevron’s faux-green ad campaigns (here, here, here and here.) I’ve recently heard from reporters who are sniffing around the ubiquitous image ads–the fortune Chevron…