A crime against humanity? Climate change denialism is part of Trump’s very brand. It’s an expression of who and what he is; it’s actually an important aspect of maintaining what remains of his political strength. The Trump brand is an ultra-consistent …
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According to a report recently published by the nonprofit think tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): • On a worldwide basis, coal, oil and gas get more than $370 billion per year in support. • This compares with roughly $100 billion for renewables.
Southern California’s City of Glendale, just northeast of downtown Los Angeles, has scrapped plans for a $500 million 262 MW gas peaker plant in lieu of an array of clean energy alternatives that include battery energy storage that when implemented, this integrated …
The circulation of high pressure air, or “heat dome,” that toasted Europe in the past couple of weeks is now hovered over Greenland, the home of the planet’s most important sheet. How important?
There may be certain ambiguities about the intention of America’s Founding Fathers. Does the Second Amendment grant the right of all individual citizens to own automatic weapons? (Doesn’t seem reasonable to me that the answer could be yes, but apparently, …
Discussions that assert that a certain thing (e.g., the migration from fossil fuels) is “possible” or “impossible” are interesting, but news that a certain thing is actually happening are even better, in that they are based on fact, rather than speculation. …
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According to the Writer’s Almanac: It’s the birthday of writer Alexis de Tocqueville, born in Paris (1805). He was 25 years old when the French government sent him to America to study the prison system. He spent nine months touring towns and …
American environmental lawyer Gus Speth is so right. The things that are taking our civilization down aren’t slow Internet speeds, imprecise PET scans, or the levelized cost of energy associated with solar and wind energy.
It’s said that every generation feels that the world is at a crossroads, and that it’s incumbent upon them to do the right thing about something, whether that something is abolition, women’s suffrage, civil rights, banning nuclear weapons, or any …
Here’s an article that provides a fairly comprehensive look at Africa as an energy hub of oil and gas production. Strangely, it doesn’t contain a single mention of renewables. Why is that strange? Simply because of:
