In my recent post There Are No More Apolitical Americans, I suggested that a significant percentage of Americans believe that Trump is “a sociopath, riding a wave of bigotry and ignorance, inflicting enormous damage and embarrassment on this once-great country …
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Human Civilization Is Moving To Extremes
It’s easy to see that the evil in the world keeps getting worse. Regardless of what one believes as to the genesis of human species, wickedness has been around us since the beginning. Yet it seems like just yesterday that …
Good News on Coal-Fired Power Plants, But Let’s Set It in Stone
We all know that coal, at least in the U.S., is on its way out. A coal plant closes here every 22 days; a total of 17 have been decommissioned since Trump took office a little over a year ago.
There Are No More Apolitical Americans
Along with all the damage it’s wrought, the Trump phenomenon has had a very positive effect on this country: it’s brought essentially all Americans out of the political closet. At this point, virtually everyone here believes one of three things …
The U.S. Department of Energy – Hard At Work
Here’s a video that’s illustrative of a couple of important operating principles in the U.S. government:
Private Sector Not Waiting for a Push from Government To Adopt Renewable Energy
Depending on whom you ask, corporations generally can have a pretty nasty reputation when it comes to environmental stewardship. And while no one doubts that this is well deserved in many cases, we tend to overlook the incredibly broad and powerful sustainability initiatives that …
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Nice Article on Climate Change–Too Bad It’s Worthless
Here’s an article called “No, Trump, Ice Isn’t Growing at Poles, and Yes, We Are Boiling the Earth,” written to refute Trump’s statement that the polar ice caps are in good shape and that climate scientists are wrong.
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: How Our Democracy Works
Question: The Koch brothers spent $20 million to pass the tax reform scam. What’s their ROI, i.e., the annual percent return they’re getting on that $20 million investment? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: As Bernie Sanders says, “The …
Report on Climate Change from Someone Experiencing It
I thought I’d reprint a comment that just came in from David Poppe in Alaska; it’s always good to get the viewpoint of the “man in the street.” He writes:
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Trump and the Military Are at Odds on Climate Change
Don’t you love a good paradox? Here’s an article in Energy Today that raises an interesting question: How is it possible that the Trump administration dismisses climate change as a hoax, and the U.S. military, which Trump directs as its …
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