Author: craigshields

Climate March 2017 took place in Washington D.C. earlier today, and in over 250 “satellite” venues across the country and around the world. A couple of hundred thousand protesters voiced their outrage at President Trump’s planet-killing energy policies in the …

Scorching Hot Day for the 2017 Climate March in Washington D.C. Read More »

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This isn’t an original thought, but it’s a good one.  It was expressed yesterday by the Governor of Vermont, who said something like, “The only good thing about the Trump presidency  is that it has turned tens of millions of …

The Dialectic: Activism Blossoms Under the Trump Presidency Read More »

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China is moving ahead on environment and economic plans for electric vehicles. They already are 2-3x ahead of US sales on units, mostly tilted towards lower cost models but moving upstream also. The genuine action orientation of China has them …

From Tech Maven Fritz Maffry: More Insights on the Technology, Economics, and Politics of CleanTech Read More »

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There are lots of terrifying aspects of the Trump presidency.  But while terror may be the deepest emotion, sadness is probably broader, reaching, as it does, the desperate and brokenhearted masses who were promised the American dream and who worked …

Lots of Tragedy in the U.S. Economy, a Great Deal of Which Is a Gross Misunderstanding of the Fundamentals of the Energy Industry Read More »

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A particularly abrasive commenter notes on my post about the March for Science: What you are really saying is: “March for the Science I support!” Come on, dude; that’s not what I’m saying at all, and you know it.  Science …

“Science” Means Something Very Specific Read More »

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A friend marvels at the enormous participation in the March for Science, wondering why this is so popular.  My belief: Science is a pretty noncontroversial issue.  I know there are hard-line religious zealots who don’t like the contradiction to various …

Supporting Science Is Hardly Controversial Read More »

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Here’s a typical story, given the March for Science last weekend.  It’s an example of how our society has come to accept totally illogical garbage, as long as it fits in with what we’d like to believe.

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Do you have a cleantech product or service that you’d like to promote vigorously?  If so, you could be in the process of making some tough and critically important marketing-related decisions:

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2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood sent me this a few days ago, in advance of Earth Day: Cameron:  Craig, here’s a letter written to students by Senator Gaylord Nelson for the silver-anniversary Earth Day in 1995:

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I can’t make it to Washington D.C. for Earth Day this year, but I’m looking forward to participating in one of the hundreds of satellite marches…this one in my home town of Santa Barbara. This is a good opportunity for …

Happy Earth Day Read More »

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