Question: Actually, this is a bonus “double question.” Earlier today the California Public Utilities Commission levied a fine against Pacific Gas and Electric, the power company that serves most of the northern part of the state and a bunch of …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Wanted: “New and Unique Ideas” to Address World Energy Policy
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech titled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University. The speech was the first time he explained …
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Sustainable Politics: We Want Our Democracy Back – And It Appears We Just May Get It
Here’s the brand new video from Mayday, the crowd-funded PAC (political action committee) to end all PACs, issued the day after we had our first major victory. I have to admit that there are tears of joy in my eyes …
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Koch Industries Ramps Up Opposition to Renewable Energy
The contribution to the U.S. grid mix from renewable energy last month was 7.3%–not counting hydro-electric dams, which accounted for an additional 7.0%. At this point, I guess it’s fair to say that clean energy in the U.S. is not …
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Sustainable Politics: Mayday Reform Candidate Wins — Saving American Democracy Looks Possible
Those who had given up hope that corruption in the U.S. Congress could be eradicated might want to rethink their positions. Check out Mayday, and dig this: Our first Mayday reform candidate, Ruben Gallego, declared victory last night in Arizona’s …
Ultra-Right-Wing Works Hard to Suppress Renewable Energy–But Is Support Waning?
I spend an hour or so every day on my new book project: Bullish on Renewable Energy – Eleven Reasons Why Clean Energy Investors Can’t Lose. Actually, the current count is 14, but since that changes every time I have …
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U.S. Migration to Renewables Happening Slowly—Here’s Why
Because I live in the U.S., and I’m most familiar with the goings on here, most of my posts concern the migration to renewable energy, albeit painfully slow, that’s occurring within my country’s borders. There are a few main reasons …
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Social Attitudes Towards Energy Policy Can Change Quickly
The migration of the farmers out of the Oklahoma dust bowl in the 1930s was a story of gut-wrenching passion and sorrow, but the mainstream press in the U.S. was completely uninterested in covering it—until a very specific instant in …
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The Renewable Energy Industry Is All About JOBS
This political campaign ad from the woman running against Mitch McConnell for a U.S. Senate seat in Kentucky reminds me of an important issue—perhaps the only important issue—driving the ultimate success of the renewable energy industry in this country: the promise of …
Au Revoir to Our Fabulous Intern, Parisian Olivier Goavec, and Merci Beaucoup for His Insights Into Clean Energy
My profound thanks to our intern from France, Olivier Goavec (pictured here), whose numerous essays over the past few months have brought great insights in the dynamics of the energy industry in Europe. Olivier: You’re a bright young man with …
