November 15, 2011 – 12:51 pm
By Mike Mulvihill
An article in the NY Times this weekend, A Gold Rush of Subsidies in Clean Energy Search, has generated a number of posts in support and in opposition of the article and solar subsidies.
The article points out that several investor-owned utilities and large projects capable of shopping for private capital, are utilizing federal [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Posted in Digital Marketing
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Also tagged Beacon Power, crt-tanaka, crt/tanaka, electric energy, Green, Green energy, New York Times, Politics, renewable energy, Solyndra, U.S. Energy Information Administration
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by Mike Mulvihill
An excellent blog post Sunday by Kate Galbraith in the New York Times (Word Choice Matters for Energy Policy) points out the depth of our nation’s political obfuscation on energy policy.
Ms. Galbraith points out that when President Barack Obama speaks about the fuels of the future; his term of choice is usually “clean [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Posted in PR Industry Trends
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Also tagged alternative energy, American Public Media, clean energy, coal-fired power, crt-tanaka, crt/tanaka, Facebook, NASA, natural gas, nuclear energy, President Obama, Priya Ramesh CRT/tanaka, Public Relations, renewable energy, University of Montana
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by Mike Mulvihill
Whoopee! A blog post by Inhabitat – Green Design Will Save the World is celebrating independent consulting firm Ernst & Young’s release of a report yesterday predicting the price of solar energy per watt is expected to fall to $1 by 2013, down from $2 in 2009. The report, prepared for the Solar [...]
by Michael Whitlow
John Janoush, vice president of Jantran,a Mid-South towboat operator, told National Public Radio recently that six of his towboats are stuck on the Arkansas River, a tributary of the Mississippi River. Later in the story, when talking about the flood danger to Rosedale, Mississippi, he commented about the strength of the levees: “Our [...]
October 26, 2010 – 6:35 am
By Mike Mulvihill
I have issues with society’s uninformed and misguided belief that renewable and alternative energy sources offer us a quick fix, silver bullet to the world’s growing appetite for more energy with less global impact.
However, a recent conversation with an old client and acquaintance, John Woolard, renewed my confidence that there are pragmatic, bold efforts [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Posted in Digital Marketing
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Also tagged alternative energy, battery technology, BrightSource Energy, carbon free generation, crt-tanaka, crt/tanaka, electric energy, Green, Ivanpah, John Woolard, land use, President Obama, renewable energy, solar thermal storage
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By Mike Mulvihill
The art of debate has given way to the bully pulpit of the zealous. Red states versus blue states, FOX conservative demagogues versus liberal MSNBC whack jobs and environmentalists versus business. Regardless of the correctness of their premise, zealots have created most of the world’s most serious ills – outside of pandemics – [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Posted in Digital Marketing
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Also tagged coal-fired power, electric energy, electric grid, electricity, energy conservation, Energy consumption, energy efficiency, FOX News, green economy, Green energy, Green Power, MSNBC, natural gas, nuclear energy, nuclear power, power plants, renewable energy, wind, wind energy, wind power
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By Mike Mulvihill
Before the powerful pheromone of green energy seduces the nation into scrapping our existing energy infrastructure, perhaps it would be good to look more closely at those alternative power sources.
Robert Bryce, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, penned an article in the Washington Post a few weeks back on the myths of green [...]
November 10, 2009 – 1:40 am
By Mike Mulvihill
Wind Power. Renewable Energy. Green Economy. There is an awesome amount of momentum in the America right now around all of these topics. We’re on the cusp of real change in how we create the gobs of energy we increasingly consume in a manner that is kinder and gentler to Mother Earth.
One problem – [...]
By Mike Mulvihill
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Posted in Digital Marketing, PR Industry Trends
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Also tagged CBS 60 Minutes, cyber attacks, cyber terrorism, electric grid, green economy, Green energy, President Obama, renewable energy, smart grid, wind energy, wind power
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