One of the more radical civil rights leaders of the 1960s was not at all happy with the progress that African Americans were making at the time, with their sit-ins to force “white people only” diners to allow blacks to …
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2GreenEnergy on the Local News
I just got back to the office from an appointment down in nearby Santa Barbara, which enabled me to take a run on the beach (pictured). To my surprise and delight, there was a camera crew there from a local …
Methane Leakage and Climate Change
A reader suggests a video on the effect of natural gas leaks in general, and Porter Ranch, CA in particular: Here is one of the best informative video’s I have seen discussing the Porter Ranch, California gas leak. Michael Parker …
Climate Change and Melting Ice
Those keeping track of the slowly unfolding demise of the Antarctic will be interested to know that the Scar Inlet is now predicted to shatter into small icebergs sometime close to the end of March, the end of a long, …
More on the Trans-Pacific Partnership
In response to my recent post on the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), “MarcoPolo” writes about my position that we need to reject the agreement: That’s the problem of trying to interpret every issue through an ideological prism. After years of discussion, …
Fuel Cells that Operate at Lower Temperatures
2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie of Buckinghamshire, England (pictured) writes: Ceres Power is a UK company developing mains gas fuel cells using ceramic coated steel. The fuel cells use readily available low cost materials and processes and operate at lower temperatures than …
Trans-Pacific Partnership
Insofar as we here at 2GreenEnergy tend to view the world through the lens of energy and the environment, the principal reason we call for the rejection of the TPP is that it will guarantee big polluters immunity from prosecution, …
Renewable Energy’s Progress: Good News
Here are several pieces of good news from all around the world, heralding breakthroughs in the use of renewable energy. It’s so good to see that this is happening. The king of Morocco sounds like a heck of a good …
Good News in Geothermal
With all the buzz in the renewable energy arena swirling around the ever-increasing cost-effectiveness of solar and wind, many of the other flavors of clean energy go wanting for attention. Geothermal, the form of energy that uses the heat from …
Mitigating Climate Change Requires a New, Less Selfish Way To View Life’s Challenges
Frank for Florida writes: Hi Craig. I think that people need to go back in history, and they will find that the renewable energy industry is NOT the first major industry to get subsidies from the government. In the next …
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