Monthly Archives: August 2009

US Energy Policy: Good Is Not Good Enough

By AKB | Published: August 10, 2009
Here are a few articles related to the current legislation in the US Senate right now: A Real Bill for the Climate: Here’s a quick one that explains the situation in congress right now with the current energy bill and why it should be more of a climate bill than an energy bill. A Missed [...]
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More on US-China Emissions

By AKB | Published: August 8, 2009
I did a bit of analysis on a set of data in the new Annual Energy Review 2008 (released June 2009). The Review is created by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) – the statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. Although there is a lot of information about energy production and consumption in this [...]
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US climate change policy stuck on China

By AKB | Published: August 5, 2009
A NYTimes article from last month discusses the recent talks between China and the USA to see eye to eye on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The heart of the issue is that China will not commit to a specific GHG reduction quota and that the USA will not commit to enough reductions. Together, China and [...]
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Back home

By AKB | Published: August 4, 2009
Sorry for not posting for a bit – I just got back home from 7 weeks of traveling. I’ll be back in the swing of things soon. AKB
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