We’ve Long Understood the Value of Education To a Democracy
It’s the birthday of the father of American public education, Horace Mann, who left us with this: “Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark, all is deluge.” (more…)
Another Day, Another Wrecking Ball
The only nice thing to be said about the Trump administration is that, despite the way it’s often portrayed in the media, there really are no surprises. We have seen that the president micro-manages the entirety of the federal government, and will not miss a single opportunity to dismantle any aspect of it that has some chance of actually helping the common American.From Guest Blogger Wiktoria Jablonska: Albert Einstein–The Father of Solar Cells [infographic]
Solar energy is being regarded as the power source of the future. The existing and emerging technologies that use sunlight to generate electricity are considered the cleanest renewable energy source available. Most importantly, it’s a potential solution to the ongoing environmental problems caused by the overuse of Earth’s natural resources and high fossil fuel consumption. (more…)
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2GreenEnergy at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo
I’m down at the ACT Expo in Long Beach today, duly impressed, as always, with the progress that the world is making in the direction of sustainable transportation.
Of course, most of what we see here are vehicles that are for sale/lease, or will be soon. (more…)
The New Yorker Takes Aim At Trump
There are so many unprecedented aspects of life today that it’s hard to count them all. At the core of most of them, however, is the fact that the most powerful person on Earth is a sociopath, and that a large and growing number of people simply won’t pretend this isn’t happening and allow it to be normalized. (more…)
Voice Dissenting Views At Your Peril
It’s entirely rational for political dissidents, even here in the good ol’ USA with its First Amendment protections, to watch their backs, staying alert to threats to their physical and financial well-being. If you think this is all paranoia, ask Rick Friday, who had been giving farmers a voice and a laugh every Friday for two decades through his cartoons in Farm News, until he was fired last Friday. (more…)
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Oil Giants in Peril
Forbes Magazine has dubbed two of the oil giants that are part of the 30 stocks that compose the Dow Jones Industrial Average “Dogs of the Dow,” pointing out “Chevron, Verizon and Exxon Mobil are also the biggest 2017 losers among the Dow 30, down 9.3%, 14% and 9.5% year-to-date, respectively.” (more…)
Coal Is Going Away, and It’s Not Coming Back
Here’s an article (with great graphics) that helps us understand the limits to the power of the Trump administration in the outcome of our civilization. Can he slow down the integration of renewables into the grid-mix? Yes, at a certain level. Can he make it easier for oil companies to drill in ocean waters all around the U.S.? Yes, at least temporarily. (more…)
Why Are We Saying Goodbye To Consumer Choice in Energy Efficiency?
It’s hardly news that the Trump administration is doing its level damnedest to dismantle the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). And it’s easy to guess why, given the president’s chummy relationship with the entrenched energy interests, which have traditionally fought hard against EPA regulations. (more…)
American Energy Society Calls Out U.S. Department of Energy’s Horrific Lack of Integrity
Here’s an interesting note I came across in the newsletter “Energy Matters,” a publication of the American Energy Society, describing the process through which the Trump administration, through the Energy Department, has started withholding money for grants already approved by the agency. (more…)
