2007 blog postings by Sean Casten

• Grist.org, December 26, 2007
  What I want for 2008: A plea for utility leadership on climate change.
  
• Grist.org, December 18, 2007
  Pity our poor customers: Coal utilities weigh in on the carbon policy.
  
• Grist.org, November 28, 2007
  You know what they say about a guy with a big footprint? GAO says the electric sector's got a big subsidy to match.
• Grist.org, November 27, 2007
  More proof that coal ain't cheap.
  
• Grist.org, November 19, 2007
  A litmus test for good economic policy: Pro-business vs. pro-market.
  
• Grist.org, November 16, 2007
  Shameless self-promotion: RED positioned to fund $1.5 billion of recycled energy projects.
  
• Grist.org, October 10, 2007
  Fascinating, but for the wrong reasons: Shellenberger & Nordhaus echo flawed economic assumptions.
• Grist.org, October 2, 2007
  Goooooal: Moving toward a better energy policy.
• Grist.org, September 20, 2007
  A little karate: On electricity deregulation.
• Grist.org, Septmber 12, 2007
  Parsing the carbon storage debate: "Carbon-friendly" utilities may not necessarily be in the public interest.
• Grist.org, August 19, 2007
  Coal logic: Not your father's Old Coal.
• Grist.org, August 16, 2007
  EPRI: The secret to carbon reduction is more coal...Really?.
• Grist.org, August 6, 2007
  Saturday night's energy bill: It contains some transformative measures.
• Grist.org, July 19, 2007
  Some good news about coal...For once.
• Grist.org, July 16, 2007
  The economic and political foolishness of paying for carbon reduction: Don't let your ambition limit your reality.
• Grist.org, July 2, 2007
  Why economics (and coal) matter: Parsing 15 years of electric data.
• Grist.org, June 25, 2007
  Reframing the debate on low-carbon generators: Don't call it a subsidy.
• Grist.org, June 22, 2007
  The trouble with RPS: Mixing up paths and goals.
• Grist.org, June 21, 2007
  Doing carbon right: What good carbon policy should — but often doesn't — reward.
• Grist.org, June 20, 2007
  Energy, economics, and the environment: Political courage needed for change.

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