Category: Renewables – Politics

Those Sierra Club people aren’t too sanguine in Trump’s election.  Here’s what I just received: Dear Craig – Trump has released his agenda for the first 100 days. If fully implemented, it is a disaster for our country, our planet, …

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Counter-intuitive as it may be, President Trump (wow, it hurts to even type that) may provide an opportunity for renewable energy.  For one, his energy plans (other than lifting restrictions on fossil fuel extraction) are very vague; it is believed …

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Garrison Keillor’s article in today’s Washington Post on Trump’s victory is amusing, to be sure, though it’s hard to know what to do with his main message, i.e., it’s the Republican’s baby now; progressives can sit back and catch up on …

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President Trump.  Wow, it hurts just to type those words.  Readers hoping for an upbeat take on the presidential election will have to look elsewhere, for instance, to the Natural Resources Defense Council, which wrote this morning: Shock and disappointment. …

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In a follow-up to my recent post on Donald Trump, Larry Lemmert comments: Craig, many of your talking points against Trump are taken from his ill- conceived words that indicate a lack of polish and a lack of political savvy.

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In response to my post U.S. Presidential Election Could Signal the End of Hope for the Environment, frequent commenter and long-time reader Larry Lemmert writes: Some of us would rather risk the flames of Hell or global warming rather than …

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One of the presidential candidates has proposed to halt all federal government investment in clean energy, clean cars, and climate science. The fact that he’s in striking distance of the White House is testimony to….what exactly?  How is it possible …

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Of all the reasons to question the sanity and moral standing of Trump supporters, perhaps the most obvious is the environment.  Voting for Trump means thinking it’s a good idea to dismantle the Paris Accord and the EPA, while ratcheting …

Trump: Hammering the Environment Read More »

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Someone asked me the other day if the on-again/off-again tax treatment that the solar and wind industries receive from Congress is hurting the forward progress of this sector.  She was referring to reports like this one from Energy Matters, a …

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Here’s an article that presents a mathematical analysis of “how not to waste your vote.” Though I find it interesting, I object to the premise, i.e., that any vote for a losing candidate, or any vote for a winning candidate in …

Are You Wasting Your Vote? Read More »

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