In response to an earlier piece, a staunch advocate of free-market economics objected to the notion of a government’s making policy that phases out fossil fuels in favor of renewables, on the basis that it’s an “ideology,” and notes: “Losers always want to change the rules.”
Two points: (more…)
In the U.S., perhaps the most important legal battle pertaining to environmental sustainability and climate change is the centerpiece of the Obama administration’s efforts in this arena, the Clean Power Act. (more…)
There must be 200 posts here since 2GE’s inception in 2009 dealing with the imperative to remove Big Money from U.S. politics. The reason? Though we happen to be focused on renewable energy here, the American people will never get any of the things they want: clean energy, Wall Street reformation, universal healthcare, tighter background checks for prospective gun owners, better public education or whatever, until our lawmakers become responsive to our needs and not those of the huge moneyed interests. (more…)
Unfortunately, most of our politicians approach their role from the perspective of law; in fact, four of the last nine U.S. presidents had degrees in the subject. But what happens when someone comes along with a perspective of environmental and social justice? Check out the article linked above.
I’ve written about this earlier, but it’s such a wonderful topic that it bears repeating–and celebrating.
As my colleague Jon LeSage reports in the April edition of his Green Auto Digest, EV sales are approaching 1% of all vehicle sales in the U.S. But is this cause for celebration or sadness?
Personally, I choose the former. Everything seems to be coming into alignment as far as the migration away from oil in the transportation sector is concerned: longer range, lower prices, better charging infrastructure, and the slow but sure elimination of coal from the electric grid-mix.
Frequent commenter “BreathOnTheWind” asks: Could someone “remind” me why Nuclear Energy is essential as a “new model” for an era without fossil fuels?
I would summarize the issues with nuclear as follows: (more…)
We often talk about the imperative to bring electrification to the rural parts of the developing world. Energy is a gateway to education, and education is a gateway to prosperity, environmental conservation, as well as stronger and smaller families. This is an extremely important thing here in the 21st century, as our population is in the process of quintupling from two billion in 1950 to ten billion in 2050. (more…)
This could be huge. My colleague Brian McGowan sent me this article on the legal aspects of global warming that begins: “In the first lawsuit to involve a planet, a U.S. Federal District Court judge ruled in favor of 21 plaintiffs, ages 8 to 19, on behalf of future generations of Americans in a landmark constitutional climate change case brought against the Federal Government and the Fossil Fuel Industry. (more…)
KFC is one of the few large fast food chains that still injects healthy chickens with antibiotics on a routine basis. This promotes the development of antibiotic-resistant superbugs which kill 23,000 Americans annually while making over a million people ill. In the article linked above, you will note that McDonald’s has already made the right decision to support human health. No offense, but if McDonald’s can do this, anybody can.
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Caption: “But feeling lonely at times is a small price to pay for the privilege of helping the 7.3 billion people on Earth, not to mention future generations, to have an inhabitable planet on which to live.”
I have to say that I’ve fallen into the game of coveting “likes”; I feel put out when I get just a few; I’m like my daughter in that respect. But this one got 67, more than twice my average.
