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Where Lights and Lungs Meet

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., December 2, 2011 -- Think the tension between electric reliability and environmental protection is just theoretical hand-waving? Debra Raggio, assistant general counsel at GenOn Energy,…


Abolish This!

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., November 17, 2011 -- Let’s stipulate: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is a doofus. I’ve elsewhere characterized him as “a stuffed shirt, in an empty suit,…


The Perils of Nuclear DIY

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., October 17, 2011 – To describe Progress Energy’s Crystal River nuclear power plant on Florida’s west coast as a problem unit is a substantial understatement.…


Tales of Adventures in Foreign Investment

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 29, 2011 -- A story in the Wall Street Journal recently – about a Chinese wind firm pirating U.S.-owned software that controls wind turbines…


Guest Blog: At CIA, Climate Change is a Secret

By Steven Aftergood Updated below When the Central Intelligence Agency established a Center on Climate Change and National Security in 2009, it drew fierce opposition from congressional Republicans who disputed the need…


Will DOE Punt Transmission Siting to FERC?

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 20, 2011 -- Having failed to implement the provisions of the 2005 Energy Policy Act aimed at facilitating interstate electric transmission, the Department of…


Another Scientific Warming Skeptic Makes News

By Kennedy Maize Washington, D.C., September 16, 2011 -- Add another prominent name to the list of know-nothing, scientifically illiterate skeptics of the conventional wisdom about global warming. Ivar Giaever,…