Like all little kids, mine would often make messes, perhaps knocking over a glass of water at the dinner table or dropping a plate of food. Of course, incidents like these tend to be somewhat traumatic, as the person feels …
Category: Renewables – Business
Blackrock and Environmental Sustainability–The Prank of the Century
Anyone who loves a good prank will get a charge out of what happened to Blackrock CEO Larry Fink, the target of a hoax the size of all outdoors (quite literally). The only thing that would make this any better …
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A Contributed Post: Creating Sustainability Through Utility Infrastructures
Nowadays, more and more people are becoming aware of the importance of creating sustainable systems in our society. In order to combat the threat of dwindling resources, businesses and governments are starting to explore environmentally conscious alternatives on a variety …
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More Updates from Tech Maven Fritz Maffry
Here’s another installment on the tech sector from my colleague Fritz Maffry. – ed Amazon expounds upon their intentions with electric and autonomous transportation
Fraudulent Claims in Renewable Energy
For those who like to debunk fraudulent claims in renewable energy, here’s a thing of real beauty. It’s a device that uses solar energy to boil (thus purify) 5000 liters of water per day.
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Fostering the Transition To Clean Energy
According to a report recently published by the nonprofit think tank International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD): • On a worldwide basis, coal, oil and gas get more than $370 billion per year in support. • This compares with roughly $100 billion for renewables.
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Renewables: Happening Because of Cost, Environmental Factors
Discussions that assert that a certain thing (e.g., the migration from fossil fuels) is “possible” or “impossible” are interesting, but news that a certain thing is actually happening are even better, in that they are based on fact, rather than speculation. …
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Africa Looks at its Energy Future
Here’s an article that provides a fairly comprehensive look at Africa as an energy hub of oil and gas production. Strangely, it doesn’t contain a single mention of renewables. Why is that strange? Simply because of:
John Paul Stevens, Citizens United, and Foreign Money in U.S. Elections
We’ve discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 decision “Citizens United” a great deal here, but it’s hard to overstate the damage this landmark case has already had on our law-making processes and the overall quality of any democracy to which …
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Ohio State Legislature Buddies Up with Coal, People Rightfully Unhappy
There are those who think that our civilization will find a way to progress beyond the wanton destruction of our environment, and others who say that we’re doomed, i.e., that we’re past the point of no return. I happen to …
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