As anyone could have predicted, the meat industry (through its innocuous-sounding front group “Center for Consumer Freedom”), spend $5 million on a Super Bowl ad in an attempt to dissuade viewers from trying The Impossible Burger or Beyond Meat. What …
Category: Renewables – Business
Think Before You Promote Your Ideas
Had I been in the Sunflower Bank conference room when this slogan was being considered, I would have point out that, while the slogan could be translated, “Spend money you have, not money you don’t,” and that’s a good thing: …
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Rejecting a Coal Bailout Bill
Coal consumption continues to decline in the U.S., as plants around the country are shuttered, largely due to operational costs and inexpensive natural gas and renewable energy. As one might guess, however, this happy trend is not proceeding unencumbered. From …
The Woeful Demolition of American Education
In yesterday’s post America’s Recession in Manufacturing Could Be a Boon To World Consumers, I laid out some of the more sorrowful aspects of the U.S. education system, and how the Trump administration is doing everything in its power to …
America’s Recession in Manufacturing Could Be a Boon To World Consumers
Everywhere we go we hear this joyous refrain: The U.S. economy is doing great! And it’s true if you’re wealthy, heavily invested in the stock market, which was up ~30% last year. Just be glad you’re not a farmer or …
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Salesforce CEO: Capitalism As We Know It Is Dead
Yes, Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff really did say this, but it doesn’t mean what it appears to at first glance. The rich haven’t stopped getting richer; they haven’t somehow lost control of the U.S. law-making process and a break-away redistribution …
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Goldman Sachs To Support Environmental Sustainability
From the “Good News Network“: David Solomon, chief executive of Goldman Sachs, recently wrote an editorial in the Financial Times in which he laid out the premise behind a $750 billion plan for a decade of investing, financing, and advisory …
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Clean Energy in Germany: They Never Fail To Impress
Germany continues to impress the world with its bold adventures into sustainable energy and transportation. Their decision to get rid of both coal and nuclear means lots of natural gas, and a huge commitment to renewable energy, which, given the …
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BlackRock Announcement Huge Win for the Environmental Movement
Larry Fink, CEO of money management firm BlackRock, announced today that the company would prioritize mitigating the climate crisis in its decision-making on future investments and strategies.
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Tres Escenarios Energético Que Veremos en los Próximos 20 Años, Or (Roughly) Three Energy Scenarios We’ll See in the Next 20 Years
At left: “The need to replace fossil fuels.” I’m sure I’ve mentioned that I’m trying to learn Spanish, an endeavor that has been much more difficult than I expected it to be, perhaps because I took it on fairly late …
