
By Timothy Hurst on March 27, 2012
The take-home from Musk is that subsidies may be good and may be bad as policy tools, but they are inferior to a carbon tax.
Category: Climate Change, Transportation | Tags: autos, carbon dioxide, carbon regulations, carbon tax, cars, Climate Change, climate policy, electric car, ev, green cars, tesla
![Obama's Weekly Address: Pushing Clean Energy, Pushing Back on Gas Prices [VIDEO]](http://ecopolitology.org/files/2012/03/obama-march10-150x150.jpg)
By Timothy Hurst on March 10, 2012
President Obama again takes the opportunity in his weekly address to advocate for a broad clean energy and energy efficiency strategy that would both spur job growth end subsidies for big oil.
Category: Energy, Politics | Tags: clean energy, Energy, energy policy, gas prices, obama, vieo, weekly address, weekly radio address

By Timothy Hurst on March 10, 2012
Newt Gingrich is in danger of coming off as ignorant of the Republican Party’s history with algae biofuel and the algae-fueled legacy of one of the party’s most revered conservatives.
Category: Energy, Politics | Tags: 2012 campaign, algae, algae biofuels, barack obama, biofuel, biofuels, Energy, energy policy, newt gingrich, Video
![Dr. James Hansen Takes on TED [VIDEO]](http://ecopolitology.org/files/2012/03/hansen-150x150.jpg)
By Timothy Hurst on March 9, 2012
What would you do if you knew what he knows?
Category: Climate Change | Tags: Climate Change, dr. james hansen, global warming, science, TED, Video
![Super PAC Attack Ad [Mad Libs Version]](http://ecopolitology.org/files/2012/03/super-pac-mad-libs-150x150.jpg)
By Timothy Hurst on March 6, 2012
Mad Libs are always good for a side-splitting laugh or two. Mix in one of those deep-voiced political commercial announcers and you know it’s going to be good.
Category: Politics | Tags: 2012 campaign, 2012 election, ad, advertisement, cartoon, commercial, funny, political cartoon, satire, super PAC, Video