Category: Climate Change

New York City is amazing in so many ways–principally that most things one encounters there are good.  From the Julliard, to the Met, to a tunafish sandwich from any of hundreds of delis around town, it just doesn’t get any …

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Those who liked the uplifting video on climate disruption I posted yesterday featuring the Morgan Freeman voice-over will love this one–an expansion on the same theme.  It’s very action-oriented, i.e., “we have every reason to act–today.” Apparently, it was shown …

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IMO, John Oliver doesn’t get enough coverage of his terrifically insightful and hilariously funny commentary on life in the 21st Century.  Here’s a four-minute-long excerpt from his recent piece on climate change, including this exchange: Newscaster: According to a recent poll, …

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Want 63 seconds of inspiration to jumpstart your Monday morning?  Here’s Morgan Freeman’s video on climate action. Note the tone of this masterpiece: it’s not about scaring the viewer, or calling out the bad guys, or placing blame on piggish …

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I’m sorry I was unable to be a part of this historic event.  “People in the streets as far as the eye can see,” reported the NY Times, a reporter for which took this shot a few hours ago.  Wow, …

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The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known. It could be heard 3000 miles away and it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing.  Pictured here is the relatively tiny eruption of the same volcano in …

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Here’s a petition to ask (U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, right-wing climate science denier) John Boehner to: “Act on Climate Change!” I often sign things like this, but this one’s a bit like asking Hitler to support the …

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I make very few comments on the subject of religion here, but I sure am pleased to see here that this coming Sunday in New York City, September 21, the Interfaith Contingent  will be among more than 1,000 organizations participating in …

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A young lady who served one of our famous internships here at 2GreenEnergy (and did a fabulous job, btw) wrote me this morning, asking for answers to two questions: Hello Mr. Shields.  I had a question for you that I …

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When a flight I’m getting ready to board is cancelled for a mechanical issue, as happened yesterday, I try not to be angry, but to remain positive, and keep two things in mind: • It’s better to be on the …

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