After 1,850 posts on TommyWonk over the last six and a half years, it's time for me to turn my attention elsewhere.Next week I start a job with the State of Delaware in the area of rene… Read More

When it comes to environmental advocacy, I’m not interested in personal virtue. For me, this is not a moral crusade. Yes people may install solar panels or drive a hybrid car out of a… Read More

Data geeks at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took the reports of record high temperatures across the country and plotted them on a map: The data map shows th… Read More

Glacier National Park has some spectacular sights: Going-to-the-Run Road, Saint Mary Lake, and for now at least some glaciers. According to this story in the travel section of the New Y… Read More

The costs of sea level rise from global warming will not be limited to beachfront property and wetlands. A look at DNREC's sea level rise maps reveals significant impacts for the i… Read More

In a way I am reminded of the Civil War. The South chose to break away from our national government rather than accept limits on slavery. Today, the Republican Party is threatening to b… Read More

Republicans are downplaying the consequences of default if Congress fails to authorize more debt. The News Journal reports that Glen Urquhart thinks the U.S. government can get by without ra… Read More

The New York Times has a stunning first person account from the victim and the perpetrator of a brutal hate crime in Texas:Mark Anthony Stroman, 41, a stonecutter from Dallas, shot people h… Read More

I have previously noted the simple and cost effective practice of covering dark roofs with reflective roof coatings (here and here). Now Bill Clinton is touting the … Read More

Michelle Obama has drawn predictable carping from her critics who pounced on her lunch of a burger, fries and milkshake as hypocritical, or at least counterproductive, given her high profile… Read More

The News Journal has a story today on the EPA's new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, also called the Transport Rule, that targets power plants that emit pollutants that affect the air in… Read More

Senator Chris Coons took to the Senate floor yesterday to warn of America becoming a bad investment if the U.S. government refused to pay its bills:And I am gravely concerned… Read More

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776The unaminous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political… Read More

Senate Bill 130, the Bond Bill, was formally introduced yesterday. Old Leg Hall hands will quickly review the numbers in the front of the bill and turn to what is called the epilog language… Read More

The Caesar Rodney Institute's John Stapleford writes about Bill Wyer's tenure as chair of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce in a News Journal op-ed critical of public-private partn… Read More

The New York Times has published several important articles questioning industry estimates of the amount of natural gas reserves in shale deposits. The first article, accompanied by extensiv… Read More

NRG Bluewater Wind yesterday announced that it had agreed with Delmarva Power to postpone payment of security deposits required as part of the power purchase agreement. NRG ha… Read More

Senate Bill 124, which would help bring Bloom Energy to Delaware by including the company's fuel cells in the state's renewable porfolio standard, was released from the House Energy Committe… Read More

For those who wonder why we have an obesity problem in the U.S., this chart from I found on the Economix blog explains a lot:Unhealthy foods are becoming cheaper, while healthy foods are get… Read More

SB 124, a key part of the package to bring Bloom Energy to Delaware, would include the company's fuel cells in the state's renewable portfolio standard or RPS. The News Journal rep… Read More

I sometimes hear the criticism that the upgrades to the grid required to accommodate renewable energy will be too expensive. But the grid is like any complex infrastructure system; it w… Read More

A decade into the 21st century, Delaware is placing a big bet on clean, high tech energy. Bloom Energy, which makes sleek, highly efficient fuel cells, announced yesterday that it… Read More

Writing for Fortune, columnist Dan Primack says it's time to end the tax breaks for oil companies:For too long we've heard petroleum advocates say that solar, wind, and biofuel are failed ex… Read More

I first wrote about the elevated park in New York City called the High Line in 2005, and described my first visit to the park in 2009.The New York Times reports on the economi… Read More

Last week NRG cited the end of loan guarantees for wind power as a reason for delaying the construction of a meteorological tower for the Bluewater Wind project. In response, Tom Carper and… Read More