Human Rights, Environmentalism, and Global Climate Change
One way to analyze the political spectrum, normally thought of as “conservative to liberal” or “right to left,” is to look at our conception of human rights, i.e., what we believe to be the set of basic and inalienable rights that should be given to all people, merely by virtue of their being born into this world and living in the 21st Century.
In the parts of the planet where it is possible, I think most people would say that all people, regardless of their ability to pay for it, ought to receive a certain level of nutrition, clean air and water, and protection from criminals. But what about education? A job? Health care? A safe, warm place to live? (more…)
I know I have a tendency to carp about dozens of issues: 
2GreenEnergy has a new relationship with a publicity company down in Los Angeles called 
I know many readers are following the Chevron/Ecuador case, in which the oil giant has been ordered to pay $18 billion to clean up the environmental catastrophe they deliberately caused while operating as Texaco in the 1960s – 1990s, and in restitution to the indigenous people who continue to suffer incredible rates of disease as a result. In a new but hardly unexpected twist, 
Obviously, the world cannot simply turn off its fossil fuel-based power plants overnight. What can and must happen, however, is that each country take an inventory of its energy situation: current grid-mix, renewable resources, unemployed labor force, national wealth and credit standing, etc., and develop a realistic plan to migrate toward clean energy and transportation within a sensible time-frame.
Whether you want to reduce your carbon footprint after hearing about 
Here’s an article that discusses the 
Those who haven’t visited downtown Los Angeles since the 1990s will be pleasantly surprised at the incredible resurgence of areas just east of the skyscrapers that were, back then, blighted beyond belief. Though there are still bad areas, there is a huge portion of this area of the city that is thriving with hip young people with their trendy bars, and more important, a technology corridor where start-ups in social media and cleantech are veritable beehives of innovation. 
When my colleague Jon Lesage of the 
