Question: According to a report in yesterday’s Washington Post, by what percentage is the Trump administration proposing to slash the budget of the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs? (more…)
For centuries we have striven to reach prosperity by developing new solutions and ways of overcoming every obstacle. As a result, we live in a high-tech world where everything is possible and easily accessible. The bigger we get, the faster we grow and the more we need. Unfortunately, we can only last until our resources last. This is why the past few decades have been dedicated to raising awareness of the fact that we are globally running low on resources while smothering Mother Nature. This is where green accounting comes to place.
There are a variety of reasons why vehicle owners should strive to reduce their car’s emissions. Not only is it good for the environment, but it will also allow them to enjoy a cleaner car, which can result in improved performance and increased fuel economy. Learn how to cut your driving emissions. (more…)
In my recent post There Are No More Apolitical Americans, I suggested that a significant percentage of Americans believe that Trump is “a sociopath, riding a wave of bigotry and ignorance, inflicting enormous damage and embarrassment on this once-great country on a daily basis.”
Frequent commenter Cameron Atwood writes: “I’m (aligned with that), except that I believe our nation’s greatness is far more in its potential than in its history.” (more…)
It’s easy to see that the evil in the world keeps getting worse. Regardless of what one believes as to the genesis of human species, wickedness has been around us since the beginning. Yet it seems like just yesterday that at least it had a purpose, as if it were a means to an end: maybe taking over the world, cleansing a region of an undesirable race, raping a woman, or holding a child for ransom. Now ISIS and the Taliban are blowing up schools and hospitals, inflicting intense amounts of suffering on a random and senseless basis. (more…)
We all know that coal, at least in the U.S., is on its way out. A coal plant closes here every 22 days; a total of 17 have been decommissioned since Trump took office a little over a year ago. (more…)
Along with all the damage it’s wrought, the Trump phenomenon has had a very positive effect on this country: it’s brought essentially all Americans out of the political closet. At this point, virtually everyone here believes one of three things about the president: (more…)
It 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…)
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…)
Depending 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”)
