Koch Brothers: A Routine Update
Every couple of weeks we like to provide a little update on what the Koch Brothers are attempting to pull off, often with a nauseating level of success, with respect to blunting the progress of renewable energy in favor of expanding their fossil fuel empire. In particular, they’re currently using their huge wealth and political clout to apply enormous pressure on state legislators to pass laws that create disincentive for homeowners to power their houses with solar electricity. I hope readers will check out the petition linked above.
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Here’s an excerpt from this week’s 
When a climate change skeptic wrote: Climate models have crucial flaws making them useless, I wrote, “This idea lives on the outer banks of the remotest fringe of science.”
A colleague in England, Gary Tulie, sent me this 
Here’s a story about a 
It is easy to see that, for many people, a lack of greenery around their home can demonstrate that there are very few options for renewable energy. This is particularly true in the city where people can have a more negative outlook on the potential for green energy solutions to be distributed to them without the advantages that other homes have for generating their own renewable energy. However, there are ways in which city living can be made more green and sustainable. 
We at 2GreenEnergy have had 134 consecutive days of Instagram posts. Each morning, before I get out of bed, I come up with something that I think will resonate with the audience (primarily people half my age or younger). In all but one case, they have been non-commercial in nature, i.e., they pointed to an important environmental issue, promoted a certain flavor of renewable energy, offered a call to action to get involved, or perhaps delivered an uplifting thought.
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