New Orleans The donors and activity of the now named Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation are becoming a front page political issue that increasingly seems like to roil the coming Presidential campaigns. From what we know now, including recent reports from the Wall Street Journal, it seems possible to make an early assessment on …
Coal Projects Busting Globally
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 …
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 …