Where is the U.S. on the two most critical issues facing our civilization?
Climate change: Congress rejects the agreements reached among 155 countries in Paris a few months ago, broadcasting to the world that the most powerful nation on Earth has essentially no interest in mitigating the effects of global warming. (more…)
My colleague Jon LeSage has just published another edition of his Green Auto Digest, this one attempting to answer an important question: Why is Apple investing $1B in Chinese ridesharing giant Didi? Jon provides several good answers, some rather blatant, others well hidden. (more…)
A reader had a tough time with my piece of civil disobedience and climate change. He writes: Don’t confuse the very important concepts of: public meetings; protest events; political lobbying, etc. with the obnoxious term “civil disobedience.” They are not synonymous at all and have no place in civil society.
Civil disobedience has no place in civil society? I’ll try to remember to run that by Jesus, George Washington, Thoreau, Gandhi, and MLK if I happen to see them in heaven someday. 🙂
Colorado just became the state with the best incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles ($7,500 from the federal government plus $5,000 from the state = $12,500).
Looks like Coloradans can legally get high and purchase EVs at a bargain price. Wow.
It sure seems that there is more civil disobedience re: climate change happening every month. You might want to Google the subject (see link above) and review some of the 607,000 articles online.
I’m not saying that this can all be done with impunity, but it does appear that the justice system is not without some sympathy for those involved. I was both delighted and amused to come across this earlier today: (more…)
From the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
Just weeks from now, NRDC and its allies will be fighting in the D.C. Circuit Court to defend the Clean Power Plan in one of the most important courtroom battles ever for our climate. (more…)
Here’s a post intended for physicists like Glenn Doty to comment upon. A reader asks: Say we make a circumnavigating coil of conductor material, wouldn’t you generate a current? I am not into big money investments in risky ventures, but this might turn into something. (more…)
Here’s a wonderful graphic that helps us visualize what’s happening with global warming. Yes, I know there are people who say, “But there is still snow,” etc. Perhaps this will communicate to them. Perhaps not. 🙂
Victoria Marugg writes: Hello, Craig. I have a burning question for you that flared up again with today’s NY Times article which is off-handedly praising a new bio-diesel plant in Hawaii. Please clarify for me and others… Doesn’t the burning of biodiesel create “greenhouse gases?” Why is it approved as sustainable if it adds to the insulating layer of Earth’s gases? Or am I wrong? Is burning biodiesel pure? (more…)
Growing consumer demand and the pressure of legislation have a huge influence on businesses across many industry sectors. They are changing the perception of sustainability, which has moved past being just a hip trend. Today, it is the embodiment of new business thinking, a model that makes companies future-ready and more competitive. After all, production patterns, warehouse operations and goods transportation, these things have a profound impact on the carbon footprint the business world leaves on the nature. (more…)
