Ban Bulb Bans
After recent announcements that both California and Australia are considering bans of incandescent light bulbs, a Slashdot post suggests GE has made them more efficient. The press release has more...
View ArticleGore's House
Climate change deniers and right wing pundits are thrilled to see a report suggesting Gore's Nashville mansion used 221,000 kilowatt hours of electricity in 2006. While the report comes from a...
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Week Wrapup
MEP's lobbyist, John Tuma explained what happened to climate change legislation in the Minnesota House this week. He also mentions progress on the conservation legislation. In other interesting news...
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Decoupling
The House Energy and Finance Committee had several discussions centering around decoupling sales from revenues for gas and electric utilities. Decoupling enables removes the disincentives for energy...
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Energy Conservation Update
The March 9 edition of Session Weekly from Minnesota House of Representatives includes a short piece on Representative Kalin's H.F. 1221 on energy conservation. I recently wrote a post about the...
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MN Leg Update
Energista has been sagging in its MN Legislature coverage over the past two weeks, but Loon Commons has continued with great weekly updates. The Leg has the week off and I hope to catch up with their...
View ArticleDetails on St. Paul Public Buildings' Efficiency
The City of St. Paul has a Sustainable Initiative and the Council Matters video program recently covered what St. Paul is doing to become more efficient. They interview Dave Nelson, the city of St....
View ArticleDoes Energy efficiency just offer more money to squander?
As more and more vehicles and appliances become energy efficient, Americans save money -- then spend that money on more and bigger vehicles and appliances, a new study finds.
View ArticlePrius v. Hummer
I continue to hear claims (even from people who should know better) that the Prius is somehow less energy efficient over its lifetime than the Hummer. This is total BS and Slate explained why the Prius...
View ArticleIs Pawlenty changing his mind about energy?
In an apparent policy reversal, Minnesota state agencies told legislators that further climate change action may be unnecessary. Data have shown a drop in emissions from 2005 to 2006, and the assistant...
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