Frequent commenter (when will I find a new descriptor?) MarcoPolo writes: Trump knows his audience will hear what they want to hear. His best publicists are his enemies. The more vitriolic and outraged they become, the more likable he seems.
Author: craigshields
The Effect of Raising One’s Voice
Re: my post on Bill McKibben speaking about the U.S. presidential election, frequent gainsayer MarcoPolo writes: Advocates like Mckibben may get cheers from the “converted” but many Democrats will stay away from the polls because they don’t like his rhetoric. …
Presidential Candidates on Climate Change
Here’s a little exchange on Twitter that I thought might bring readers a Friday afternoon chuckle: A guy writes: Something that shouldn’t need saying but apparently does: @HillaryClinton’s climate plan is better than @realDonaldTrump’s. …..to which my colleague Stephen Lacey …
What’s a Rational Course Toward Environmental Sustainability?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes about the urgency with which I propose to tackle our environmental problems: There are two methods of addressing any crisis: 1) Cry doom, despair, calamitous disaster! Rush out and fling yourself upon your horse and ride …
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If It’s Good Enough for Bill McKibben…
Here are legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben’s thoughts on the upcoming U.S. elections. Worth noting, along with his contempt for Donald Trump, is his relatively sanguine perspective on the Democratic platform. Obviously, he was rooting for Bernie, but absent a Sanders’ …
Understanding U.S. Oil Imports
Those interested in “following the money” when it comes to energy and the environment will be interested in this animated global map, which visualizes 20 years of US oil import data (in 20 seconds), collected import data from the US …
Speaking of Sustainability
When I was asked to speak at the MIT Enterprise Forum on “green business” a couple of months ago, I took my usual tack in such situations, i.e., getting my audience to examine its thinking on the larger issues associated …
Tagged with: anthropology, decarbonize our energy mix, future generations will not be born into a toxic, green business, Is capitalism compatible with sustainability. environmentalism powerful social trend, MIT Enterprise Forum, resource-depleted environment, Speaking of Sustainability, sustainability of our civilization
Evidence of Climate Change Is Getting Quite Intense
Two locations in the Middle East topped 129 degrees F today, setting a record, and reminding us of what’s in store for us if we don’t aggressively take action to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gasses. My request: Look at …
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Marketing Can Be Shameless, and the Products It Promotes Can Be Harmful
I’ve been chatting with an old friend who, like me, had a long career in marketing; she became a VP at Grey Advertising. She told me about her experience at a practice round for the PGA Championship (that starts today …
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Tagged with: catastrophic climate change, electric transportation, energy storage, loss of biodiversity, marketing, ocean acidification, renewable energy and all the peripheral technologies, smart grid, sustainable ag, the fossil fuel boys knew 35 years ago that their business model (extracting the last molecule of petroleum out of the ground and burning it
California Carbon and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Summit
Each year, I attend somewhere between 10 and 15 conferences on energy and the environment, sometimes as a speaker, but always as an active participant in meeting people and encountering new ideas and cleantech business plans. It’s also important to …
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