Perhaps the single saddest aspect of the Trump Administration’s war on the environment is that, though it’s premised on growing the economy, it comes at enormous hard costs in terms of human health alone.
Category: Renewables – Business
The Federal Government’s War on the Environment Can Have Only Limited Effect
It’s no surprise that Trump’s presidency is in the process of reversing the progress that the U.S. has made over the last half century vis-a-vis environmental protection and climate change mitigation; after all, that was one of his campaign promises, …
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Why Rural Alaska Is Integrating Lots of Renewable Energy
According to this article in Scientific American called What Rural Alaska Can Teach the World about Renewable Energy, “Remote communities have integrated renewables into their diesel-based power grids with more success than anywhere else.”
The Cost-Effectiveness of Renewable Energy: Will It Win the Day?
I wish there were a way to spin this article in Forbes as exciting “new news,” but it’s been totally obvious now for several years: the plummeting costs of solar and wind energy is in the process of making everything …
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Market Forces Move Against Coal
Here’s an article that outlines the reasons behind the rapid decline in the generation of electricity from coal-fired power plants. As predicted, it’s the basic economics, i.e., the costs associated with running coal plants in competition against natural gas and …
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Environmental Catastrophe
Even with all the ignorance and indifference to human suffering that are the hallmarks of the current administration here in the U.S., economics appears to be winning the day, ushering in massive amounts of wind energy at the expense of …
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True Patriots Should Heed the Call of Renewable Energy
By now, a few important things have been established about the U.S. economy: • Due to falling demand, jobs in coal mining are not coming back, regardless of the completeness with which environmental regulations are gutted. • Jobs in solar …
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Bloomberg and Moody’s: Corporate Buyers Snatching Up Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements
It appears that the opponents of renewable energy, e.g., the Koch Brothers, have won the battle but lost the war. Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), the mechanism that many people thought would win the day for solar and wind, have been …
Renewable Energy Getting Fabulously Inexpensive
Up until yesterday, there has been some level of lingering doubt as to the cost-effectiveness of electricity from renewables in a direct comparison to coal and natural gas. That debate is essentially gone at this point, given Solar Reserve’s bid …
Holland Is So Cool….
As suggested in this short video, The Netherlands is really kicking butt in the world, in terms of nearly everything that matters. Perhaps the U.S. could take some direction from people who are getting it right.
