A major beer brand just announced its switch to a 100% biodegradable substance, made from a mixture of by-product waste and compostable materials, to form the rings that hold six-packs together. Now here’s an interesting question: Why doesn’t the existence of such a substance result in the government’s mandating its use? (more…)
Question: Which major beer brand just announced its switch to a 100% biodegradable substance, made from a mix of by-product waste and compostable materials, to form the rings that hold six-packs together? (more…)
African elephant herd walking in Amboseli, Kenya
LEED-certified architect and old school chum Bruce Wilson writes: Hi Craig. I get a daily email from DailyGood.org. Today’s email has a short video intro to the movie “Home” by world renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand. (more…)
2250 megawatt coal-fired power plant
When the coal market crashed a few years ago, three of the four large coal concerns in Wyoming laid off huge percentages of their workforces, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and survived via reorganization, leaving Cloud Peal Energy alone in choosing to continue on course. But, in the face of an “untenable coal market” (per this article), it saw its performance and its stock price crash. (more…)
Here’s an opinion piece in today’s Los Angeles Times predicting that the Trump presidency won’t end well. While this may be a widely held belief, the author offers an interesting set of reasoning; he bases his prediction on an observation first written by the ancient Greek philosopher (“nothing endures but change”) Heraclitus: Our character defines our fate. (more…)
Best wishes for the holidays.
Many thanks to all our contributors, clients, and supporters. (more…)
As a man of peace, I celebrate the cessation of hostilities wherever they happen around the globe. The United States has been a war-like nation since its inception, and I certainly wish this were not the case. Making matters completely intractable is the fact that Dwight D. Eisenhower’s prediction happened exactly as he warned, i.e., an entrenched military-industrial complex would lead to a condition of permanent fighting around the globe. (more…)
Now we’re learning about what was happening at the U.S. Department of Interior (DoI) before Ryan Zinke was removed from the helm, and found himself the subject of a Justice Department investigation for violating federal laws that prohibit the use of federal office for self-enrichment. Would it surprise you to know that there was suppression of science? Denial of climate change? The silencing and intimidation of staff? (more…)
It appears that, when this whole Russian deal is finally untangled, it will go at least 25 years back in time. It was approximately then that Trump was in terrible financial trouble, and the only place he could turn was the motherland.
Here’s ForeignPolicy.com’s take on this.
