Decarbonization
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Energy and Climate
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Beyond Boom and Bust: Summary of Recommendations
The recent gains made by clean tech sectors in the United States are shadowed by the looming collapse of federal…
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Energy and Climate
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Energy and Climate
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Energy and Climate
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Did the Media Hype Fukushima Health Impacts?
Was Japan really on the verge of evacuating Tokyo in the wake of last year's tsunami, as the New York Times reported…
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Energy and Climate
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Energy Efficiency, Rebound, and the Rise of the Rest
Quick quiz: If you improve the productivity of energy use at a steel plant in China, will that plant save energy, or…
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Energy and Climate
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Energy and Climate
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Terry Engelder on Federal Role in Shale Gas Revolution
As a part of the Breakthrough Institute's in-depth investigation of shale gas extraction and the role of the federal…
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New Air Pollution Rules Could Reduce US Electric-Sector CO2 Emissions By More Than 4 Percent
Updated: This post was originally published on January 1, 2012. It was updated on January 27, 2012 to reflect the…
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New Investigation Finds Decades of Government Funding Behind Shale Revolution
The technological revolution allowing for the cheap extraction of natural gas from shale occurred thanks to more than…
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History of the Shale Gas Revolution
The shale gas revolution, which has been the primary source of increased natural gas production since 2000, [1] is the…
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Interview with Dan Steward, Former Mitchell Energy Vice President
Mitchell Energy's first horizontal well was subsidized by the federal government, according to former geologist and…
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The iPhone and the Invisible Hand of Government
With sad news this week of the passing of Apple's Steve Jobs, we look back at the history of public-private…
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Does Efficiency Present a Catch-22?
Writing for Conservation Magazine, reporter John Carey spotlights an ongoing debate over "rebound effects" simmering…
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Statement on "Climate Pragmatism" from BTI Founders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus
Full Report OverviewThe best way to move forward on climate policy is to not focus on climate at all.That's the…
