Record-low high temperatures set on Kauai, Maui

It didn't get very warm over parts of the island chain yesterday.

A stalled cold front over Maui County yesterday resulted in record-low high temperatures being tied on Maui and Kauai, the National Weather Service said.

Energy Police: Thermal Imaging Vans To Be Sent To Monitor House Insulation Efficiency

Homeowners may soon get a nasty surprise as councils plan to send "energy police" into suburbs to test their heat insulation.

Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Senate stimulus plan out-greens the House

Unfortunately, S. 336 also includes a $50 billion expansion in loan guarantees, with the bulk of the loans going for nuclear plants and coal-to-liquid transportation fuel plants, although it is possible that they may also go to renewable energy projects. The nuclear and liquid coal projects sparked by the loan guarantees would take years to come to fruition and to create many jobs. Liquid coal plants also produce huge amounts of greenhouse gases–twice as much as the production of ordinary gasoline. They consume huge amounts of water–up to seven gallons for every gallon of fuel produced. This expanded loan guarantee program is the type of unnecessary pork barrel spending that President Obama urged Congress to avoid, and it should be removed from the final bill.