A great number of ballot initiatives aimed at mitigating climate change went up in flames in the midterms on Tuesday, largely because voters were misled by a torrent of advertising. Here’s an article describing how the Koch brothers and other oil companies spent $31 million to defeat a single measure in Washington State. (more…)
A reader asked for my viewpoint on this vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT).
On its best day, small wind is extremely expensive and inefficient. (more…)
The federal judge who blocked construction of the disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline said the Trump administration “simply discarded” the effect the project would have on climate change, and ordered that no work can go forward until the government more fully reviews the pipeline’s environmental impact. (more…)
From Leslie Hyde, an old college friend, who now functions as a chaplain in the tiny village of Yarmouth, Maine:
The world feels a little like it’s spinning out of control at the moment. (more…)
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Question: What did the ingredients in this blender at 2GreenEnergy “headquarters” become seconds after this pic was taken, mostly sourced from a local farmers’ market? Hint: What you can’t see are Worcestershire sauce, white vinegar, a small jalapeno pepper, ginger root (my secret weapon), and salt.
How many such markets are there in the U.S., regularly dispensing locally grown food? (more…)
Investment in renewable energy is currently growing at more than 10 percent per year and according to a recent report from BCC Research will hit nearly $800 billion in 2019. That are big bucks and it is part of a broader move by investors to clean energy. (more…)
Living in California isn’t cheap, but there’s a reason for that: lots of people want to live here. And there’s a reason for that too: we make progress happen. (more…)
I have to say that I love this meme; perhaps one could say it’s a summary of what it means to be a progressive/liberal.
Obviously, it’s possible to argue against it, which is why there are lots of conservatives out there. There IS danger; we DO need laws. (more…)
Pumping 126,803 gallons of water out of the ground at a height of 330 feet requires about 200 kilowatt hours of electricity according to the Earth Policy Institute. That is the same amount of water an average American family consumes in a year. (more…)
The oil companies would like you to believe that they have your best interests at heart.
You may have heard, for instance, that ExxonMobil is working on algae-based biofuels and developing the separators for the lithium-ion batteries that are the heart of our electric vehicles. Both of these statements are true, by the way, though are they intended to make a dent in our planet’s consumption of fossil fuels? (more…)
