I had to laugh just now when I came across this article entitled: Yes, the Koch brothers really are that evil. To explain this sort of gallows humor, I need to mention that my mother and I speak frequently about …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Few People Would Mourn the Disappearance of Koch Industries
Someone asked me recently to name some of the things I would miss most and miss least during my time here on Earth if I were to be hit by a bus this afternoon. Here’s an excerpt from what I …
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Are Koch Industies’ PR Campaigns Successful?
I wrote recently that I was mystified about PBS’s “Ask This Old House” and how it so awkwardly avoids the issue of energy and the environment. Several readers pointed out that the show is produced by WGBH in Boston, which is …
Shell Oil’s Attempt to Clean up Its Image Is Backfiring
The Internet has empowered many key social phenomena of our day, including shining a light on shameful behavior—on the part of both individual people as well as corporations. This can have enormous impact, as huge numbers of people decide to …
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How Dangerous is Fracking? — Further Discussion
In response to my piece: How Dangerous is Fracking? my friend and colleague Glenn Doty makes some excellent points: The question is not “is fracking safe”. The question is: “given what we know, how likely is it that fracking would cause more net …
How Dangerous is Fracking?
Sorry for the bait and switch, but I don’t know; no one does. In fact, I hope to live long enough to be here when we learn the truth. In particular, what is the result of squirting hundreds of billions …
Will An Energy Policy Based on Natural Gas Fracking Be Effective in Stemming Climate Disruption?
Here’s a very solid article from Bill McKibben summing up the current approach to energy in the U.S. which, summarizing even further is as follows: a little wind, a little solar, but an enormous effort to substitute natural gas, harvested …
Tagged with: Bill McKibben, causing climate disruption, gas leaks, natural gas fracking, solar energy, Wind Energy
Dirty Energy, Dirty Money: Universities’ Move To Divest from Fossil Fuels Rolling Along, But Encounters Bumpy Terrain
Here’s a video on the travails of the young people at Yale University (pictured) and their organization “Fossil Free Yale.” These folks are working hard to get their school to follow the lead of other top-level institutions like Stanford and …
Resolution in the Chevron-Ecuador Case Doesn’t Appear To Be Right Around the Corner
Those keeping track of the law suit against Chevron in response to the damages it caused in Ecuador will be interested in this recent article in Rolling Stone magazine. The bottom line is that it’s extremely unlikely that I’ll still …
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The Toll from Coal
I often quote the number 13,200 as the annual death toll associated with Americans’ breathing the aromatics from coal-fired power plants, but I never actually had seen the source document until a reader sent it to me just this morning. …
