Here’s a good and readable, though extremely alarming piece on climate change, providing the precise reason that the governments of the world have only the next 12 years to make sweeping reductions in greenhouse gas emissions if we are to avoid catastrophe. (more…)
Let’s begin with the admission that this generality is unfair to a great number of people; we all know many Christians who are very fine people.
Yet there is enough truth here to make this an interesting paradox. Jesus Christ was an olive-skinned, egalitarian, anarchistic radical whose deepest beliefs were in the equality of all humankind, that money was (at best) unimportant, and that we, collectively as a society, need to come together and take care of the sick and the poor. How His present-day followers came to represent the precise opposite values in American life is indeed a mystery. (more…)
To answer that question, here’s Barack Obama.
Not to sound obnoxious, but, had I been asked to write this for him, I would have nailed it within a few words here or there. America will be fine as long as we participate in the democratic process and vote for leaders who reflect true American values: honesty, compassion, and fairness. (more…)
Question: How many people from across Europe gathered near the Hambacher Forest in western Germany on Saturday to defend the area from the expansion of coal-fired energy and demand much more ambitious climate action?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. (more…)
Every year in the United States, 20 million mattresses end up in landfills. To put this into perspective, that amount of mattresses could circle the earth. (more…)
It’s obvious that the Trump administration has been great for billionaires, corporate polluters, weapons manufacturers, evangelical Christians, and a few privileged sexual abusers, including the president himself. What may not be so obvious is that another set of beneficiaries include hate groups. (more…)
Question: How many electronic devices are connected to the Internet? What percentage of the U.S. total energy consumption does this represent?
Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. (more…)
As I’ve mentioned, 2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie made huge contributions to my most recent book. Here, he writes from his home in Buckinghamshire, England: (more…)
Whether you want to sell your property or just improve it so that you can enjoy your time here even more, sustainable outdoor home improvements are the best way to go. These will definitely attract everybody’s attention and make your house the talk of the own. (more…)
Whatever could this gentleman mean?
Well, perhaps it’s a reference to the fact that the will of the people has exactly zero bearing on the way those people are governed.
Over 90% of American voters favor universal background checks for prospective gun owners, but this concept is so taboo that even a discussion of the subject on the floors of Congress is impossible. (more…)
