This remarkable graph (larger version below) shows that, for the first time in history, renewable energy has surpassed the combustion of coal in the U.S. grid-mix. This is an important reminder that things aren’t hopeless, regardless of what we may …
Category: Renewables – Business
My Three Degrees of Separation from Trump
A few years ago, I asked a wealthy friend if he had any good investment ideas. He told me that the private equity firm Colony Capital had tripled his money in a fairly short period of time. I looked into …
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Pennsylvania’s Fight to Join Cap and Trade Program: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania’s state senate is proposing a bill that would block the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) — a compact of 11 New England and Mid-Atlantic states, with over a decade-long track record, to reduce carbon emissions …
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Slow Leaks in Trump’s Tires
As suggested in this cartoon, one thing is fairly clear at this point: there is nothing that Trump could possibly do or say that would turn most of his people against him. “Hitler did a lot of good things?” Whatever.
From The Nation: It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives
From The Nation: Progressives in and out of Congress are leading a push to eliminate all subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, making a repeal of these multibillion-dollar giveaways a red line in the upcoming budget reconciliation package, the larger …
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Oregon: 100% Clean Power By 2040
From SolarPowerWorld: A bill committing electricity providers to deliver 100% clean power to Oregon customers by 2040 passed both the House and Senate of the Oregon State Legislative Assembly on Saturday. If the policy is signed into law by Gov. …
Tagged with: advanced nuclear, development of grid-scale energy storage, Exxon is aggressively and effectively stalling the transition to clean energy, fossil fuel industry industry is clearly not giving up in the attempts to bake and poison our planet for profit, price of renewables, “We are the first generation to feel the impact of climate change and the last generation that can do something about it.”
In the U.S., Renewable Energy Making Slow Progress
People sometimes ask why the transition from fossil fuels to low-carbon energy sources is taking so long. Well, here’s a good example: Last month the governor of Texas, Republican Governor Greg Abbott, signed a law banning state investments in businesses that cut their ties …
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There’s No Law That Says You Can’t Do It, But Why?
It’s amazing that both the homeowner and the architect thought that a design, built as it is around stubbing toes, was a solid idea. This is the advice I give people who want to build energy generation systems centered around …
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Transitioning from Oil
From Bloomberg: Increasing pressure on major oil companies has forced many to make promises to reduce the extraction of their main fossil fuel. They also warn that the result may not be a reduction in global emissions.
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It’s Not Theoretically Impossible, But That’s Not Enough
The photo here illustratrates something I see all the time in cleantech business plans. When I’m asked what I think, I respond with things like: Sure you can do it. Yes, it will generate some electricity. No, it’s not physically …
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