There are a lot of reasons to have an eco-friendly home. First of all, the damage we’re doing to the environment is becoming the most important social and political issue of the day and everyone should do their part to mitigate it. (more…)
Here’s a job opening for someone with the training in physics, engineering and computer science that are required to model the effectiveness of solar PV panels that float on water. (more…)
Echoing the theme of my most recent book (Bullish on Renewable Energy), the Wall Street Journal concludes that the forces of free market capitalism is in the process of saving the day, vis-a-vis climate change. Of course, this is hardly a surprise since, for the right-leaning WSJ, capitalism is the cure for everything. (more…)
Most people’s reaction to the passionate and brilliantly written resignation letter below is one of congratulations. But is that correct?
What happens when the few remaining good people in the Trump administration resign? They’re replaced with bad people. Perhaps the best response to the criminal antics of our president is perseverance. (more…)
OK, that’s a joke, perhaps a bad one. But I thought this was too, until I realized it was completely on the level: Trump’s appointee to head the Centers for Disease Control believes that AIDS is God’s punishment for our society’s tolerance of homosexuality. (more…)
A few hours before the end of his tenure as EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt made a desperate attempt to exploit a loophole in an Obama-era law that would have limited the number of refurbished trucks with older, highly polluting diesel engines. (more…)
Oil giant Exxon covered up its knowledge about climate change
Questions: How much has the fossil fuel industry spent to avoid dealing with climate change since the year 2000? What is the ratio of what they’ve spent on lobbyists vs. all environmental groups combined? (more…)
This week in Helsinki, it became clear for the very first time what’s happening in the Russian-American relationship: The U.S. is under attack from an extremely intelligent and focused enemy.
First, let’s review: (more…)
We normally think of the various impacts of climate as occurring slowly over long periods of time, perhaps decades or even centuries. For example, no one expects to experience sea-level rise as he sits, sipping cold ones and admiring the bikinis at the beach. (more…)
Andrew Wheeler during his confirmation hearing
I normally enjoy punching out these blog posts; there’s usually a certain excitement that comes with communicating a message to a world that I believe needs to hear it.
That’s not the case here. It’s my duty to report that, as his first official act, the new EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler has relaxed the environmental standards that formerly restrained the operators of coal-fired power plants from dumping the toxic ash residue into our waterways. (more…)
