UntitledThose who eagerly await the Apocalypse will like this: the latest roll-back of environmental regulations concerning the consumption of coal.  Andrew Wheeler (seated), administrator of the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is shown here repealing the federal law (The Clean Power Plan – CPP) that kept all those heavy metals: mercury, cadmium, selenium, arsenic, etc., all those carcinogenic radioactive isotopes, not to mention greenhouse gas emissions, out of the air we breathe.  (more…)

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1495258541-7517The southern Indian city of Chennai (formerly Madras), the country’s sixth largest, is in crisis after its four main water reservoirs ran completely dry, which has resulted in a severe water shortage, lasting weeks at this point.  As reported here: “Millions of people are running out of usable water in Chennai, which is currently experiencing major droughts and a rapidly worsening water crisis.”

Glenn Doty responds: (more…)

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UntitledThere’s lots of buzz here about President Trump’s public warning of a mass deportation effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to start next week.  “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” he tweeted. (more…)

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maxresdefault (10)American life in 2019 is steeped in frustration.  We all want a better country and an improved quality of life, but we have an incredible divergence of perceptions as to what our real problems are and how to solve them.   (more…)

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100707-singh-wIn response to my recent piece on the cancellation of subsidies for solar and wind, 2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie writes: “U.S. costs for residential solar are way higher than in other parts of the world. (more…)

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wind_tulipHere’s a renewable energy investment opportunity that I recommend you avoid: wind flower turbines.  As shown in the video, the inventor claims that small wind will eventually takes its place in the constellation of renewable energy solutions, along with rooftop solar PV and the rest. (more…)

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10-2-1Lots of good news today.

The U.S. Supreme Court said no to gerrymandering in Virginia that favors Republicans by minimizing the importance of votes from communities of color. (more…)

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shutterstock_341129564.0As we head into summer in the Northern Hemisphere, this may be a good time to look at the melting ice.  Greenland lost 2 billion tons of ice….yesterday alone.  For those wanting to know what this looks like, here’s the approximate math: (more…)

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Alpha-ParticleHere’s the latest from nuclear fusion hopeful Tri Alpha Energy, now called TAE.  I was introduced to these guys by my friend Jim Boyden, who got his PhD in physics from Cal Tech the same year I entered kindergarten. (more…)

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gettyimages-1059443162-e1551207728649Bill Gates is nobody’s fool.  A college chum who went on to become one of Microsoft’s first 50 employees told me that, though Gates was always willing to make time for presentations from  his staff, he took a very dim view of these who wasted his time.  (more…)

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