Europe-Drifts-RightIt’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…)

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370295-Lewis-Carroll-Quote-Cat-Where-are-you-going-Alice-Which-way-shouldWe 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…)

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27072592_10214598186205431_1686443729712916915_nAlong 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…)

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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

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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