Here’s a story about a town that has all but vanished due to climate change. Of course, many people, when they see how remote the village is and how foreign its people are to our more “civilized” ways, will discount …
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2GreenEnergy on Instagram: A Daily Attempt To Do Something Good
We at 2GreenEnergy have had 134 consecutive days of Instagram posts. Each morning, before I get out of bed, I come up with something that I think will resonate with the audience (primarily people half my age or younger). …
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New Concept in Low-speed Electric Transportation
Here’s the ELF (electric, light and fun). Legally a bicycle, it is reminiscent of the EMcycle, whose design I have been promoting as a cleantech investment opportunity for the last couple of years. And like the EMcycle, it’s hard to know …
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Mourning the Loss of a Great Environmentalist
It is with deep sadness that I report the assassination of Berta Cásares of Honduras (pictured), one of the most noteworthy environmental activists in Central and South America. She had dedicated her entire life to the support of the indigenous …
Where Do Free Speech Rights End?
I recently took a position that public universities should not accept donations from groups who admit that they are trying to influence the political philosophy taught at those schools, and that environmental groups shouldn’t accept donations from polluters. A reader responds: …
Florida Lags in Renewable Energy, And Here’s Why
Frank from Florida writes: Hi Craig, Yes, the Department of Energy is doing wonderful things. Here I am sitting in a state, where it has been said time and time again how productive Florida would be with solar, and yet …
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Should the Sierra Club Accept Donations from Polluters?
Referring to the fact that the Sierra Club accepted a $26 million donation from Chesapeake Energy, a natural gas company, check this out: “Runners shouldn’t smoke, priests shouldn’t touch the kids, and environmentalists should never take money from polluters,” John …
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Queen of Peace
My trip to New Bedford, MA the other day to visit a client was my first time in this charming little fishing village, which, 150 years ago, was the whaling capital of the U.S. I got up early and walked …
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Those Pesky Laws of Physics
Here’s a little discussion on Facebook, based on this video: A lady writes: Cool idea to put the kids to work…. now we just need a storage battery!
Busy Day at the ARPA-E Show
I thought readers might be interested in my “notes to self” from the ARPA-E show the other day: A representative from Électricité de France (logo pictured) says that the company is going full bore with EPRs (European pressurized water reactors).
