It’s always interesting to look at the ever-expanding number of disciplines in which the scientific community has created specialties.
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Que Pasa Con La Environmental Protection Agency?
What are we to make of what’s going on in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)? Is it coincidence that we’ve seen the appointment of Scott Pruitt, career-long EPA enemy as its administrator, the removal/burying of references to climate change …
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The New French President Has a Message for U.S. Climate Scientists, and It’s Deeply Humiliating for All Americans
What is the take-away from the Macron landslide victory in France today? Of course, we can all breathe a little more easily that the election result represents a complete rejection of fascist and xenophobic values. But barely more subtle is …
Happy Birthday to the Integrated Circuit
It’s hard to know what our lives would be like without the integrated circuit, the basis for all the electronic gadgetry on which we have become to depend so intensely. In addition to all our goodies like cell phones and …
Caring About the Future of Our Civilization Could Be “a Thing” … and Fairly Soon
In this incredible interview, legendary environmentalist, eternal optimist, and one of my true heroes Paul Hawken points out that a sustainable civilization can come about quite easily, as only a small percentage of any society is required to create an …
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Vehicle to Grid Technology Is Happening in the Netherlands
Gary Tulie, long-time colleague extraordinaire, writes: Craig, here is one of the things I predicted when helping with Bullish on Renewable Energy. In the Netherlands, 6000 Tesla electric vehicles are beginning to show the potential of controllable charging to help …
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We Live in a World in Which Our Actions Have Real Consequences
It’s the birthday of Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, who propounded the notion of subjectivity, i.e., that we all perceive the world around us differently. He would later be joined by the linguistic philosophers whose point was that language shapes the …
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Solar Highways Are Sexy, But Are They Practical?
An old friend, a recently retired aerospace engineer, asked me to comment on the concept of a solar highway, in particular, the famed Route 66 that traverses 2500 miles of the U.S. I responded: It’s cool to think about; it’s …
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We’ve Long Understood the Value of Education To a Democracy
It’s the birthday of the father of American public education, Horace Mann, who left us with this: “Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark, all is deluge.”
Another Day, Another Wrecking Ball
The only nice thing to be said about the Trump administration is that, despite the way it’s often portrayed in the media, there really are no surprises. We have seen that the president micro-manages the entirety of the federal government, …
