Man, life is tough sometimes. One of my very best friends, a devout environmentalist, asked me today how involved I was on the 2014 California referendum that would ban fracking in our county (Santa Barbara, CA). It’s called “Measure P.” …
Category: Fossil Fuels
Lego Prefers Not To Be Associated with Destroying the Arctic–Toy Icon Won’t Renew Its Co-Marketing Arrangement with Shell Oil
It’s hard to understand public apathy on important issues, when we’re constantly bombarded with proof that our voices actually matter. Over the last 50 years, Lego, one of the most revered brands on the planet, has been ensconced in a …
Can the Koch Brothers Really Be That Evil?
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 …
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 …
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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 …
