Over the last 40 years, legendary primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall has won just shy of 50 of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a scientist. It is at least in part for this reason that the world community regards …
Goodall: Trump Has Done “Shocking Damage” to the Environment Read More »
Here’s an article, written in Spanish, that discusses wine-making and how it can be made more sustainable with the use of renewable energy. With all the vineyards around here, it’s hard not to learn a little bit about the wineries …
I wrote a post last week in attempt to answer this question, in which I suggested that it’s simple supply and demand. Anywhere there is a demand for contra-scientific thinking, there will be charlatans popping up like mushrooms to supply …
Why Are Republicans the Only Climate-Science-Denying Party in the World? Read More »
My colleague Jon LeSage serves as Editor and Publisher of Green Auto Market, which tracks the business of green cars, fuels, and technologies. As shown in the bar chart below, pure diesel buses now account for less than half of …
Violence against environmental activists is skyrocketing. 350.org founder Bill McKibben receives death threats regularly, though, to my knowledge, there have been no attempts on his life. When I met him a few months ago, he seemed assured, though I don’t …
As you absorb the discussion here, realize what this means. Trump’s fan base will not be told anything about his proposed budget as it pertains to Social Security, and even if they were to come across it accidentally, they would …
Trump To Make Zero Cuts to Social Security, Give or Take $25 Billion Read More »
Here are a few words from Neal Katyal, American lawyer and partner at Hogan Lovells, as well as Paul and Patricia Saunders Professor of National Security Law at Georgetown University Law Center. Katyal served as Acting Solicitor General of the …
A reader submits the pic here and adds: “Roof mounted solar panels and solar water thermal mirror panels for a commercial building.” (Larger version below.) This concept misses the central point of solar, i.e., aiming panels directly at the sun, …
What’s happening in the U.S. Senate is viewed by people around the world as the end of rule of law we had treasured since the dawn of the republic. For most of us, at least here at home, this is …
I’ve known Jigar Shah for about ten years now; in 2015 he was good enough to write a testimonial that I used on the back cover of my book “Bullish on Renewable Energy: 14 Reasons that Clean Energy Investors Can’t …
