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  • Doha was a Dud!

    The Doha climate change conference concluded this week with what has become a familiar ring.  Nothing much of import happened and increasingly fewer …Continue Reading »

    Doha was a Dud!
  • Common Sense Kiss of Death for Climate Change Lawsuits

    The decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 09-17490, 2012 U.S. …Continue Reading »

    Common Sense Kiss of Death for Climate Change Lawsuits
  • RIP A123

    The battery technology firm A123 burned cash faster than it was coming in the door in a market for PHEV that is not as hot as many would like.  But …Continue Reading »

    RIP A123
  • Getting to Solar Energy Sustainability

    The search for market equilibrium is an elusive quest in the solar energy industry.  But the addiction to subsidies, carve-outs and other political …Continue Reading »

    Getting to Solar Energy Sustainability
  • Coal Fights Back, and Wins in Europe

    A funny thing is happening on the way to the clean energy future.  While the US government wages a regulatory war on coal fired generation, in …Continue Reading »

    Coal Fights Back, and Wins in Europe

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Doha was a Dud!

The Doha climate change conference concluded this week with what has become a familiar ring.  Nothing much of import happened and increasingly fewer people noticed.  Oh, the issues at the surface are still the same as they have been since they first flamed out in 2009 at Copenhagen.  These events have become a global debate…Continue Reading »

Common Sense Kiss of Death for Climate Change Lawsuits

The decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp., No. 09-17490, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 19870 (9th Cir. Sept. 21, 2012) if left standing has the practical effect of ending the way environmental law claims are decided.  In a unanimous decision, the Appeals…Continue Reading »