make-your-clothes-more-eco-friendlyIt is something that most of us have heard a dozen times already – how can we work towards conserving our own environment on a daily basis? And let’s be honest and say that most of us know the answers already. Every Earth Day, we are reminded that all of us reside on the same planet, breathe the same and most importantly, share an equal responsibility towards preserving and nurturing the natural environment that allows us to live. (more…)

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This March 29, 2017, photo obtained by the Associated Press, shows Robert Murray of Murray Energy, right, hugging Energy Secretary Rick Perry at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington. (Simon Edelman, Dept. of Energy via AP)

Robert Murray of Murray Energy, right, hugging Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Here’s a video that’s illustrative of a couple of important operating principles in the U.S. government: (more…)

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27067197_1732837463407468_3528355250454860121_nDepending on whom you ask, corporations generally can have a pretty nasty reputation when it comes to environmental stewardship.  And while no one doubts that this is well deserved in many cases, we tend to overlook the incredibly broad and powerful sustainability initiatives that big business has put in place over the last decade or so.

Perhaps the best and most consistent example of this is the adoption of clean energy; as shown here, many Fortune-sized companies are doing all they can to power their operations with renewables.  (GP = “green power”)

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Air quality regulations are designed to help keep the public safe. Many of these regulations have been in effect for years. Here are a few that are working to reduce the amount of pollution that is released by industry. (more…)

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hqdefaultHere’s an article called “No, Trump, Ice Isn’t Growing at Poles, and Yes, We Are Boiling the Earth,” written to refute Trump’s statement that the polar ice caps are in good shape and that climate scientists are wrong. (more…)

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26904619_346517212424180_496449134697865949_nQuestion:  The Koch brothers spent $20 million to pass the tax reform scam.  What’s their ROI, i.e., the annual percent return they’re getting on that $20 million investment?

Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.

Relevance:  As Bernie Sanders says, “The rich are using their wealth to pass legislation to make themselves even richer at the expense of working people. That’s not how democracy is supposed to work.”

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Runoff from Icecap

I thought I’d reprint a comment that just came in from David Poppe in Alaska; it’s always good to get the viewpoint of the “man in the street.”  He writes:  (more…)

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effects-of-climate-change-and-mitigation-policies-6-728Don’t you love a good paradox? Here’s an article in Energy Today that raises an interesting question: How is it possible that the Trump administration dismisses climate change as a hoax, and the U.S. military, which Trump directs as its Commander in Chief, regards it as the single greatest long-term threat to national security? (more…)

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clean-between-handlesWith the recent and ongoing effects of global warming, billions of people all around the globe choose to switch from harmful and toxin-infused products as a protest. They aim to prevent and gradually lessen both the cause and effect of the said phenomena. And as one of the many results, many are switching and interested to turn their bathrooms eco-friendly. Conserving water and avoiding harmful products for your bath space won’t just benefit the environment anyway, but it will also eventually help you save money. (more…)

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DUkMAkWWsAArmEBHere’s an astute and very fair note in response to my recent post The Solar Industry Takes a Hit, But It’s Not Alone from commenter “Wayne”: As a painter in Southern California for almost 40 years, I have witnessed an overwhelming invasion by illegal aliens in all segments of the trades that have clearly resulted in job losses and a stagnation of wages and nobody in some office can convince me otherwise. Nobody seemed to care about those jobs being lost except those affected, families and all. (more…)

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