By Kevin Mooney — The Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX), a product of Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Vestas Wind Systems, provides some insight. For the moment, News Corp. appears to be outpacing Starbucks in its commitment to renewables, according to the index. News Corp. purchases 67 percent of its electricity from renewable in comparison to 58 percent by Starbucks. [...]
Wind power: questionable benefits, concealed impacts
By Paul Driessen – America is running out of natural gas. Prices will soar, making imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) and T Boone Pickens’ wind farm plan practical, affordable and inevitable. That was then. Barely two years later, America (and the world) are tapping vast, previously undreamed-of energy riches – as drillers discover how to produce gas from shale, coal [...]
Green Jobs Lack an Explicit Definition, Just Know They are Government Subsidized, Temporary and Economically Unworkable
By Kevin Mooney — What is a green job? That question has a special relevance here in the early part of 2011 now that Team Obama has altered its environmental strategy. When he campaigned in 2008, President Obama said he would create 5 million new green collar jobs. Even if you do not accept the premise of man-made global warming, [...]
Wind, Solar and Drilling: The Face of Energy Policy is About to Change
By Rebekah Rast – From the right you hear “Drill, baby, drill.” From the left you hear, “Go Green.” These mantras couldn’t be more opposite. Now, with Republicans taking the majority in the House, Democrats retaining the Senate and President very outspoken about energy policies, finding a compromise on energy legislation should prove interesting. Energy is inevitably going to be [...]


