The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has released an analysis of how much renewable energy we could produce in each state if we really tried. According to the data, the U.S. could generate over 450,000 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity. Compare that…
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My browser tabs are out of control: time to dump some energy notes! 1. I mentioned yesterday that kids are driving less, in part because they get their connection fix online. I notice this downtown in Madison: nobody drags Main…
Heartland Consumer Power District honcho Mike McDowell, who blogs mostly to tout his own organization and rub environmentalists noses in the dirt, notes that the United States stinks at energy efficiency. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy finds that…
David Montgomery tracks down this video of Governor Dennis Daugaard talking about his super energy-efficient house. The clip comes from the Governor's address to the South Dakota Rural Electric Association's 2011 annual meeting. Inspired by President Jimmy Carter's call for…
Mike McDowell can't write his way out of a paper bag, but I appreciate his sharing this graph (though not the link thereto—bad blogger!) from BusinessWeek that shows why we don't need to drill, baby, drill... or that maybe we…
Dr. Blanchard will not be pleased. From the "Credit Where Credit Is Due" Department, I note that Governor Dennis Daugaard is at least consistent in his expressed desire to expand energy jobs. Last week he cosigned a letter on behalf…
The State Department's report to Congress on its decision to deny TransCanada its permit for the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline makes clear that nixing this pipeline now "is unlikely to have a substantial impact on U.S. employment, economic activity,…
Whoo-hoo! The EPA offers a new searchable map of greenhouse gas emissions from big facilities across the nation. Now you can track down who in your county is heating the planet... and tell them to switch those emissions back on…