When this international nightmare is over, we’ll have a lot of time to discuss the many types of punishment Trump inflicted on our civilization, and argue which ones caused the deepest and longest-lasting damage. As an environmentalist, I tend to …
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Nuclear Fusion Holds Great Potential
In the history of the nuclear energy space, most of the world’s attention has been focused on fission, the breaking apart of large atoms, like uranium, into smaller ones, and the capture of the huge amounts of energy that happens …
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Preparing Young People for Life in the Real World
I thought this was great. Fortunately, we are turning out a large and growing number of environmental science majors, though one wonders what they’re going to be actually doing in the workplace, given that science is increasingly ignored in our …
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You’re Not Voting for President
The author of this piece deserves kudos for wrapping up the situation so accurately, yet so poetically. So many things are at stake here. Presuming Biden’s momentum propels him to victory in the primary and again in the general, regardless …
Rocky Mountain Institute and the Government of The Bahamas
The Rocky Mountain Institute was featured on last Sunday’s edition of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” which featured a discussion of how RMI will work with the government of The Bahamas to implement microgrids to improve resilience in this and other island …
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Outcome of the U.S. 2020 Election?
A reader sent me the meme here and writes: Seems like a repeat of 2016. Not sure why folks think there will be a different outcome. Assuming that Biden’s momentum carries him to victory in the Democratic primary, I actually …
Trump’s Skyrocketing Debt
Amee, I understand that you’re upset, but I want to point out that it wasn’t “for nothing.” 83% of his enormous tax breaks went to making rich people richer. News flash: rich people like that. They adore that, and donate …
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South Korea To Close up to 28 of its 60 Coal-fired Power Plants This Month
From this article: South Korea will idle up to 28 of its coal-fired power plants in March, scaling up the country’s ongoing efforts to curb air pollution, the Energy Ministry said on Sunday.
Twisted Logic Associated with Coronavirus
Some people object to the passages in the New Testament of the Bible to the effect that those who leave this world without accepting Christ as their savior are going to spend eternity burning in hell. They point out that, …
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Is Oil Giant ConocoPhillips Really Working to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
Houston-based oil giant ConocoPhillips notes: Between 2000-2016, the natural gas and oil industry invested $108 billion on new technologies to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions — and U.S. emissions are at their lowest level in a generation. We must continue working …
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