When U.S. President Barack Obama leaves office in early 2017, he will have left behind him innumerable elements of progress in the direction of a clean energy future. Obviously, all eyes are on the Keystone Pipeline just now, but that …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Big Oil and Campaign Finance Reform in the U.S.
Those hoping for campaign finance reform that would reduce the corruptive influence of money on politics took a drubbing in November. Witness the election postmortem of the ambitious MayDay SuperPAC, an attempt to use contributions from grass roots sources to …
Caring About Our Environment Is Not a "Leftist" Position
I wrote a piece earlier in which I lamented that the producers of PBS’s “This Old House” (which I love) will not even mention that better efficiency in the way houses are built, insulated, heated and cooled might have a …
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Unexpected Good News on Human Rights
Wow, the Catholic Church is going through some turmoil. It’s an example of the fact that things one never thought possible are commonplace today. Here’s confirmation that the highest-ranking U.S. cardinal has been demoted over his unwillingness to bend to …
Tagged with: Human rights
Don’t Expect Miracles from U.S. Lawmakers When It Comes to the Environment—Or Anything Else
It’s no secret that U.S. Congressmen routinely act with complete disregard to the interests and needs of the people who elected them; in fact, this sad truth is so pervasive in Americans’ lives that it really doesn’t even make the …
Our Sensibilities Are Changing at an Incredible Speed
For those who think that human attitudes and glaciers move at the same pace, check out this gag set of Christmas cards from Ayn Rand. Yes, you’ll chuckle, but remember that it was only 50 years ago that many intellectuals …
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Americans’ Level of Concern for Environmental Issues Can Change Very Quickly
Here’s a comment that a friend sent me in response to my post in which I lamented how little Americans know and care about environmental issues. As you’ll see, my buddy doesn’t disagree, but he frames his thinking in a …
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Where Do Americans Learn About Environmentalism, Climate Disruption, Etc.?
I received a comment from one Hugh Haskell on my recent post in which I expressed my displeasure at my fellow Americans for their failure to “get it” with respect to environmentalism in general and climate change in particular. Since …
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Want the Truth in Energy? We Need to Think for Ourselves
A few years ago I wrote this post expressing my displeasure at my countrymen, as they had adopted wholesale the explanation that our government provided for invading Iraq. Immediately before the attack, this message, without a comma’s worth of variation, …
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No Energy Policy, But Good News on Cuba
As we’ve seen, any move by the U.S. legislature that would send us in the direction of clean energy is far too contentious at this time. Fortunately, our Congress has stumbled upon another good thing to be done in the …
