Energy and Environment
New Study: Coal’s Net Cost to Virginia’s Budget in FY 2009 Was $22 Million
Cross posted from Scaling Green Back in 2011, a Harvard study found that "when the entire…
Dept. of Energy Announces Offshore Wind Power Awards, Including for Virginia
This is good to see, although I really could do without the "all of the above" nonsense…
Greenwashing Virginia’s Renewable Energy Law, Part 2: Check, Please!
In our last column, we looked at Virginia's renewable energy standard, trying to grab hold of…
Greenwashing Virginia’s Renewable Energy Law: Honey, I Shrunk the Goals!
Criticism of Dominion Virginia Power has been steadily mounting over the $76 million the company…
#FAIL: Most Powerful VA Government Board You’ve Never Heard Of Says Benefits of Solar…
Would you be at all surprised if I told you there was an extremely powerful (e.g., its authority…
New Progress for Virginia Offshore Wind Energy
The Obama administration today announced plans to sell leases for preliminary offshore wind energy…
Has Your Campus Started a Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement? If Not, What Are You Waiting For?
As you may have heard, Bill McKibben of 350.org has been traveling the country on what he calls…
Pat Robertson: “If you fight revealed science, you’re going to lose your children”
Wow, will wonders never cease? Pat Robertson not only refutes the ridiculous notion that the earth…
Tim Kaine at Tigercomm Clean Energy Forum on Combating Anti-Clean-Energy “Theology”
Cross posted from Scaling Green, the following is by Tigercomm President Mike Casey In our first…
Offshore Oil Drilling for Virginia: Undead and Ugly
Drilling for oil off Virginia's coast is once again a possibility, popping up like a zombie…
