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Obama and George Will — Cherry-picking the facts on climate change
Whenever I write a column on climate change, I am almost guaranteed to receive a few emails from the Coachella Valley’s climate skeptics, citing their evidence that any claims to a scientific basis for...
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Desert Sun Energy Reporter K Kaufmann test drove a Tesla S at the Clean-Tech Investors Summit in Indian Wells on Wednesday. The all-electric sedan is built in California and comes with a price...
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California’s green Energy Commission
Gov. Jerry Brown continues to pack the California Energy Commission with appointees with deep backgrounds in renewable energy on both the state and federal level. Brown filled two empty seats on the...
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The Cal ISO-PacifiCorp deal — Getting more green energy on the grid
The best way to integrate wind and solar energy onto the electric grid — without creating big spikes that require the frequent firing-up of natural gas peaker plants to even things out – is to spread...
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The green learning curve: Tesla, the New York Times and commercial real estate
The Tesla-New York Times kerfuffle has been interesting to watch. A brief recap — Tesla Motors pitched the NYT to do a road trip in its Model S all electric sedan from Washington, D.C. to Boston, using...
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Pushing green energy ceilings — wind and solar hitting new highs
The sun is setting in the Coachella Valley as I type this, but somewhere on the other side of the world, I feel certain, it is shining and possibly there’s a solar panel there converting the sunlight...
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Getting ready for the 2013 Earth Hour challenge
Our ever-multiplying array of appliances and digital devices — from microwaves and cell phones to DVR systems and HD television sets – is changing the way Americans use electricity. If you think about...
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Colorado River update: How dry can we get?
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is out with a new YouTube video today, providing a less than rosy update on drought conditions in the West, particularly related to the Colorado...
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Climate change, coffee and chocolate
Last week I wrote about climate change and water, which are pretty basic issues, but this week, as noted above, it’s time to get our heads around the impacts of climate change that could really hit...
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Translating renewables and energy efficiency into dollars and good sense
Left to my own devices, I could spend a good deal of time immersed in new studies of renewable power and energy efficiency, announcements for which land in my email box or turn up on my Twitter feed...
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Solar projects taking off in Imperial and Kern counties — the math of PPAs
Southern California Edison may have backed out of its agreement to put a 10-megawatt solar plant at College of the Desert’s West Valley campus in Palm Springs, but it’s still signing contracts with...
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Green you can live-stream — Moniz hearing, Global Food Forum, Protect Our...
Got nothing better to do on Tuesday — or even if you do — if you’ve got a computer, tablet or smart phone, you can hook into some very cool and interesting stuff. For the early risers, the Senate...
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The Moniz confirmation hearing — what he said
Early online reports on Tuesday’s confirmation hearings on Secretary of Energy nominee Ernest Moniz focused on his well-known and long-stated support for natural gas development. But from where I was...
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Inside Climate News wins Pulitzer for oil spill story: Dilbit disasters and...
The Pulitzers were announced Monday and Inside Climate News, a five-year-old, nonprofit website that covers the environment and climate issues, won the award for national reporting for its series, the...
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Riverside County passes on $700,000 renewable energy development grant
It’s rare for any county in California to turn down the opportunity to score $700,000 in state grant money to help update its general plan or other renewable energy permitting regulations, but that...
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