Here’s an article that speculates on the psychology of climate denial, i.e., the mental processes that enable people to disbelieve the science on this subject. A few thoughts as you read through this: (more…)
Here’s a cool advertisement from IBM (former client of mine) that leads with the existential threat of climate change and closes with the corporate icon’s set of solutions–some of which date back decades.
The Fortune 50 really understand what climate change’s all about, thank the Lord.
I met a guy at the farmers’ market just now who asked me what I was doing with my life. In the course of my explanation, I mentioned that renewables and cleantech generally are facing a stiff headwind associated with the current administration in the U.S. government. (more…)
As we’ve noted a few times over the years here, Royal Dutch Shell seems to be by far the most progressive of the world’s major oil companies. Here’s an article discussing Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden (who recently traded in his clean-diesel car for an EV) and his observation that the world really is moving away from petroleum in favor of electric transportation. (more…)
For all you geologists who study the macro-effects of climate change, here’s a recent article from Science Magazine on the loss of ice in Western Antarctica. (more…)
It’s the birthday of French aristocrat Alexis de Tocqueville who came to the U.S. about half a century after it was formed to observe and critique its fledgling democracy. Amazed with what he saw, he wrote in his book Democracy in America (1835): “There is one thing which America demonstrates invincibly, and of which I had been in doubt up till now: it is that the middle classes can govern a state. (more…)
Here’s something of such little note, I won’t blame you for skipping it altogether: The Republican-dominated House of Representatives has voted to cut funding for wind and efficiency in half, while expanding research into fossil fuels. (more…)
You don’t need to be an environmental enthusiast to understand the benefits of an environmentally-friendly home. A green home is not only beneficial to your planet, but it also saves you lots of money in the end. Using less energy translates to financial stability. Here are some approaches for making your home greener. (more…)
As I suggested the other day, it’s useful to look at the nauseating, minute-by-minute drama happening in the White House as an artful distraction, much like a magician’s misdirecting his audience. We need to ask ourselves: What’s happened quietly, behind the pandemonium as the U.S. president plays the role of the petulant child, running amok, gleefully taking a machete to what’s left of our democracy?
Answer: The quiet onslaught continues against many of the things Americans cherish most deeply, proceeding silently and unabated, with amazing precision. (more…)
Whether you keep abreast of global issues or not, chances are you will be aware of global warming and the threat that it poses to our planet. Polar ice caps are rapidly melting due to steadily increasing global temperatures, and if it doesn’t stop soon then we could be looking at nothing short of a global catastrophe. (more…)
