Environmentalists everywhere were saddened that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency with its recent ruling invalidating the EPA’s regulation of mercury and other toxic chemicals that are emitted from power plants. But at the …
Setback to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Read More »
It’s the 303rd birthday of political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (pictured), best known for his 1762 masterpiece The Social Contract, the central point of which is that a government is legitimate to the degree that is exists via the consent of …
A large storm came through Tuesday night and we lost power for 43 hours. During that time I ran the house on my little solar PV system and batteries. My new inverter provided clean power without shutting down when the …
From 2GreenEnergy Supporter Brian McGowan: Living on Solar PV After the Storm Read More »
A reader from Africa notes: I was watching this YouTube video of Mr. Shields speaking on renewable energy investment opportunities, and I must say we have something in common. I have been researching using sugarcane bagasse to make paper. I …
Frequent commenter Larry Lemmert remarks on my post in which I wrote to a reader: Do you find the notion that we can have a robust economy without destroying our planet to be absurd? Why? Personally, I believe that true …
U.S. Constitution Protects Us From Public Opinion Read More »
In response to my post: Legal Case in the Netherlands – Failure to Curb Climate Change Is a Violation of Human Rights, my colleague Glenn Doty writes: The Dutch have a much more personal relationship to the issue of global …
Two cleantech entrepreneurs wrote to me in the last couple of hours; one discussed a 30 MW wind farm in Michigan and the other a biogas plant in Poland—both legitimate renewable energy investment opportunities, but both flawed in the same …
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A reader wants to know if the results he’s achieved with his newly designed solar thermal hot water heater are compelling. He used his panel solar absorber area of 16.25 sf to heat 50 gallons water 55.2 degrees F in …
Solar Thermal Hot Water Heating May Be a Time of the Past Read More »
A reader asks for documentation re: my claim that the costs of solar and wind are “plummeting.” Here you go: Solar: The highly conservative International Energy Agency predicts the cost of solar energy will fall to around 4c/kWh in coming …
2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie sent me this piece on a class action suit in The Netherlands. A three-judge panel ruled that government plans to cut emissions by 14-17 per cent compared to 1990 levels by 2020 were illegal, insofar as …
