I met a guy at the farmers’ market just now who asked me what I was doing with my life. In the course of my explanation, I mentioned that renewables and cleantech generally are facing a stiff headwind associated with …
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As we’ve noted a few times over the years here, Royal Dutch Shell seems to be by far the most progressive of the world’s major oil companies. Here’s an article discussing Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden (who recently traded in …
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For all you geologists who study the macro-effects of climate change, here’s a recent article from Science Magazine on the loss of ice in Western Antarctica.
It’s the birthday of French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville who came to the U.S. about half a century after it was formed to observe and critique its fledgling democracy. Amazed with what he saw, he wrote in his book Democracy in America (1835): “There …
Alexis de Tocqueville Would Have Written: “Oligarchy in America” Read More »
Here’s something of such little note, I won’t blame you for skipping it altogether: The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has voted to cut funding for wind and efficiency in half, while expanding research into fossil fuels.
As I suggested the other day, it’s useful to look at the nauseating, minute-by-minute drama happening in the White House as an artful distraction, much like a magician’s misdirecting his audience. We need to ask ourselves: What’s happened quietly, behind …
The Environmental Protection Agency’s War on the Environment Read More »
Here’s an article that suggests the forces of pure market economics are all that are necessary to replace gas and diesel powered cars and trucks with electric vehicles. Of course, this is the thesis of most of what I’ve written …
Public and Private Sectors Working Together To Encourage Electric Transportation Read More »
Here’s a note to the commenters who say that I seem to write an awful lot of “anti-Trump rants” lately. Yes, a lot of my recent pieces have been “anti-Trump,” but it’s important to point out that they’re really about …
As Trump’s antics whipsaw the nation’s attention with the violence of a cat 5 hurricane between transgenders in the military (today), insulting the Boy Scouts (yesterday), Kushner’s bogus testimony on Russia (the day before), and the ceaseless march of daily …
Gary Tulie, 2GreenEnergy super-supporter from Buckinghamshire, England (pictured), sent me this piece called Air Quality Plan: Diesel and petrol cars banned by 2040, £255m to tackle pollution blackspots. He writes: Hi Craig. The UK is to end sale of new diesel …
Outside the U.S. the Developed World Is Working Hard on Environmental Responsibility Read More »
