Environment

Carbon Markets: Extremely Troubled Scheme

Posted February 15th, 2013 by Economist

The Electric Car Mistake

Posted February 12th, 2013 by Washington Post Columnist

Solar Industry Grapples with Hazardous Wastes

Posted February 12th, 2013 by AP

Wind and Solar Still Generate the Most Expensive Electricity

Posted February 11th, 2013 by Real Clear Energy

EU on Brink of Historic Budget Cut after All-Nighter in Brussels

Posted February 8th, 2013 by Guardian

Obama to Nominate CEO of Outdoor Equipment Giant REI to Become Interior Secretary

Posted February 6th, 2013 by Washington Post

The Corruption of Wind Energy

Posted February 5th, 2013 by Energy Tribune

California Ex-Governors Call for Changes to Environmental Law

Posted February 5th, 2013 by Los Angeles Times

Why the World May Never Experience a Shale Boom

Posted February 4th, 2013 by Oil Price

US Tips Global Power Scales with Fracking

Posted February 2nd, 2013 by Der Spiegel

Latest State

Coal Isn’t Getting Enough Respect, Study Says

Coal's Impacts are Being Underestimated, Says WWU Prof

By John Stang | Crosscut
Corps Review Won’t Weigh Impact of Coal Beyond Northwest

Tells Congressional Hearing That Coal Pollution is Beyond the Scope of Its Analysis

By Hal Bernton | Seattle Times
New State Revenue Report Improves Climate for Budget Talks, But Will it End Talk of Closing Tax Loopholes?

No Word From Dems on Senate Offer

By Brad Shannon | The Olympian
Olympia Closes on Purchase of Isthmus Properties

By Matt Batcheldor | The Olympian
Hanford’s Porous Deadlines

Shame on the Feds for Missing Another Deadline

By Editorial | Seattle Times
Bridge Still Functionally Obsolete

Skagit River Bridge Will Still be Vulnerable to Catastrophic Failure, Even After Multi-Million Dollar Repair

By Jerry Cornfield | The (Everett) Herald
WSU Postpones Plan to Expand at Everett Community College

The (Everett) Herald

By Jerry Cornfield

Latest National/World

Obama Calls for Russia to Join U.S. in Nuclear Arms Cuts

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin indicated that Russia can’t reduce its arms while the U.S. builds missile defense systems, which long have been a point of friction between the two nations.

By Bloomberg Business Week
Boehner Assures Colleagues: No Immigration Bill Without Majority GOP support

They are expected to focus on the GOP-backed bill, which the House Judiciary Committee began debating Tuesday, that would give state and local law enforcement authorities more power to arrest and charge immigrants for over-staying visas or for entering the United States illegally.

By Washington Post
CBO: Immigration Reform Is a Free Lunch

To be precise, the bill increases government spending by $262 billion but increases revenues by $459 billion.

By Washington Post
What Changes Now That Doctors Have Declared Obesity a ‘Disease’?

“I would imagine it would cause the insurance companies to think again” about paying for weight-loss treatments, just as they do for smoking-cessation programs."

By Los Angeles Times
Yes, Premiums Will Go Up

In the end, those who are enrolled in individually purchased insurance plans will figure out that they are going to pay a lot more, and they won’t be happy about it.

By National Review
Explaining the Global Warming Hiatus

The last decade is proof of climate change, not a cause for reflexive skepticism. It was the warmest on record, despite a laundry-list of mitigating factors like prolonged La Nina, a wave of modest volcanic eruptions, and an ebb in solar activity.

By New Republic
Sending Arms to Syria Is Irrational and Dangerous

The chaotic twist of violent sectarianism and a complicated proxy war should be enough to stay out of a civil war that no one, especially the US, can win.

By Al Jazeera Op-Ed