New York City Some of the more interesting reports at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) training and finance conference were from some of the activist global trackers of the coal industry. Here’s the short summary: the coal dudes are going down! Christine Shearer of the Sierra Club’s Coalswarm Project laid out …
Month: March 2015
Understanding Net Energy Pricing as Another Subsidy of the Rich by the Poor
New York City At the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis during the second day of the organizing conference, we witnessed a fascinating argument, disguised as a debate in the question and answer section, between a number of environmental advocates and a hedge fund manager over the competing values of social justice and solar …
Winning the “War of Attrition” Against Coal-Fired Power Plants
New York City The first day of the annual Energy Finance conference convened in New York University’s Law School buildings on Washington Square by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis was – believe it or not – fascinating. Not only did I get to catch up with Daniele Pommes and his No Al …