We Americans are so wrapped up in resisting the Trump administration’s relentless attack on the environment and social/economic justice that it’s easy for us to forget that, elsewhere around the globe, many good things are happening.
Category: Fossil Fuels
News from the World Bank Is Good for Everyone But the Oil Companies
The World Bank (New York headquarters shown at left) was formed at the end of World War II for the purpose of reducing poverty around the globe. Currently, it has 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over …
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Trump’s Aggressive War on the Environment
Although this is funny, the environmental policies of the current Administration are far more malicious than suggested here. In fact, by subsidizing fossil fuels, removing tax credits for solar and wind, opening up federal lands to oil and gas exploration, eviscerating …
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Getting Rid of Coal: It’s Easy To Oversimplify The Process
Those of us who are concerned about the ongoing capacity of our planet to support life are looking forward to the day on which our civilization extracts and burns its last lump of coal. But is this a simple matter? …
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Is Divestment from Fossil Fuels Popular? You Bet Your Stranded Assets It Is.
In 2011, clean energy author and consultant Craig Shields made international news by divesting his 401(k) of fossil fuels and all other extractive industries. OK, that was a joke. I actually did that, but, I can assure you, no one noticed …
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There’s Nothing Controversial About Coal-Fired Power Plants
True to form, frequent commenter MarcoPolo stands up for the coal industry in response to my recent post “What’s Happening in the U.S. Coal Industry Is Most Certainly Not Helping the Miners”, in which he begins: I’m astounded by your ill-informed and deliberately …
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Keystone XL Pipeline Leaks
The Keystone Pipeline ruins the planet. But it has two modes: When it works as advertised, this destruction takes place slowly, over a period of decades; when it fails, the process is greatly accelerated. The Facebook post to the left …
2GreenEnergy Doesn’t Attend Conferences Promoting Coal
I go to a fair number of conferences on renewable energy, and sustainability more generally. A few times a year, I check out events calendars, decided where I’m going and when, and then hit up the event producers for press …
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Arctic Oil Drilling Offers Few Benefits, Lots of Pain
Americans woke up this morning to learn that Republican senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski, introduced legislation last night that would open a portion of a pristine wildlife refuge in her state to oil and gas development.
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ExxonMobil In the News
From Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Digest: Oil giant paying for air pollution improvements:
