A Changing of the Guard Brings a New Perception of Environmental Responsibility

I took a nice jog on the beach this morning, and, to my delight, ran past a whole bus-load of school kids studying the critters that live in the tide pools.  I’m reminded of something Dr. Jason Scorse told me when I interviewed him for my second book (“Is Renewable Really Doable?” – 2012): Young people really get the importance of environmentalism.  An older generation is dying off, replaced by a huge population of people who think much differently than their elders did in terms of our responsibilities to one another and our duties to take care of our planet.

I have to think he’s right about this.  But exactly where that’s going to take us in the face of the fossil fuel giants and their stranglehold on our legislative process is hard to guess.