Hilton’s energy plan better than Obama’s or McCain’s

This is really sad. Paris Hilton’s energy policy sounds more logical than either John McCain’s or Barack Obama’s.
“Paris for President” sends chills down my spine, but as far as energy policies go, she takes the tack I’d like to see our next president take: a common-sense, multi-faceted, middle-of-the-road approach.
Drill off-shore, especially where oil companies already [...]

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Rain

The overcast crept in unnoticed and unworthy of note. It meant nothing, less than nothing. Like the distant rumbles that accompanied it, it was only a tease. It’s happened so often this summer, and nothing ever comes of it. The fickle little showers always dance in someone else’s yard.
When the outflow winds hit, though, I [...]

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MIT solar energy storage project puts Big Oil on notice

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The MIT news office yesterday announced the discovery of a new way to store solar energy, overcoming the limitations that have until now limited its use.
MIT’s Daniel Nocera, Henry Dreyfus Professor of Energy at MIT and senior author of a paper describing the work in the July 31 issue of Science, calls this the [...]

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Judge ensures a safer autumn for gray wolves

I’m sending out a big hug and kiss to U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula, Montana. Friday he granted a preliminary injunction restoring endangered-species protection to gray wolves in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. The federal government had stripped the wolves of their protected status in March.
There has been an intense effort by environmentalists over [...]

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