If you invest six minutes into the video in this article, you’ll learn that, unless something changes, 30 towns in West Texas will have run out of water by the end of the year. Not only are they suffering a …
Fracking Uses Huge Volumes of Water in Places Where It’s Dangerously Scarce Read More »
It’s always great to come across people who “get it.” The authors of this article begin their piece: While a clean energy future is inevitable, questions remain about how quickly we will get there. Exactly. I wish I had a dollar …
A friend who follows the world of transportation just wrote, bemoaning the horrible congestion on our freeways and suggesting that we need a paradigm for personal mobility, insofar as our current cars are so big and bulky, and that they’re …
Here’s a terrific website dedicated to helping the world understand the true price of oil, i.e., that there are numerous “externalities,” or costs that are passed along to others associated with each gallon of gasoline we use. Who’s paying the …
A reader with a long position on Axion Power (AXPW) asked for my opinion. He notes from their 2012 10-K: “Our PbC energy storage device is a hybrid battery supercapacitor that combines the simplicity of lead-acid batteries with the faster …
Here’s another good reason that I wouldn’t last 10 minutes in politics: I just don’t have the required facility with the language. Who can compete on the podium with Ron Johnson (R-WI), who accuses the groups associated with climate change …
Some Climate Change Deniers Have a Fabulous Command of the Language Read More »
I tend to be critical of the U.S. government’s failure to take on a leadership role in promoting renewable energy, but I forget how far we’ve come. This piece describing the U.S. Department of Interior opening up public lands for …
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As I mentioned when I posted this satirical piece on “Exxon Hates Your Kids,” I thought I had a knack for insulting the oil companies; these people make me look like Mr. Rogers (pictured left). Apparently, they’re at it again, …
The U.S solar industry keeps putt-putting along instead of moving full steam ahead. Why? The go-to answer is soft costs. But that doesn’t tell us much. The term “soft costs” doesn’t even have a universally accepted definition. What does it …
It’s never too early to start teaching environmental awareness, and while preschools and nursery schools are teaching it, they can go green at the same time. Parents invest far beyond the tuition costs by sending their children to preschool and …
From Guest Blogger Heather Legg: Nursery Schools Can Become More Green Read More »
