A great number of folks wrote in, commenting on my recent piece in which I outlined Plans A, B, and C, i.e., three broad-level ways in which our society could deal with its sustainability issues vis-à-vis energy. Many people commented …
Category: Renewables – Politics
Good Ideas in Sustainability and Clean Energy Won’t Happen in the Absence of Good Leadership
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, good leadership, green energy, Renewable Energy, sustainability
Can the American Political Process Result in Real Leadership?
A friend who favors right-wing ideologies sent me a video in which the Cato Institute ripped up Obama’s State of the Union Address, pointing out certain claims as lies – even challenging the legality of some of the actions he’s …
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Clean Energy Will Come When We Clean Up Government
Here, Ronald Reagan’s budget director David Stockman speaks to the level of corruption that exists between Washington and Wall Street. I’m always impressed with people who enjoy the luxury of self-criticism; Stockman is clearly remorseful for the position he took …
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Deal with Corporate-Government Collusion Or We’re Doomed as a Nation
A friend of mine who runs a very successful hedge fund cautions me to expect inflation, and suggests that perhaps it’s a good time for me to get back into real estate. But our discussion so far leaves me unconvinced: …
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2GreenEnergy Opposes SOPA and PIPA
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Steady Erosion of Civil Liberties Is a Real Challenge for “The Land of the Free”
Journalist Chris Hedges’ op-ed “Why I’m Suing Barack Obama” provides the rationale behind his use of the U.S. court system to challenge Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, questioning the legality of the Authorization for Use of Military …
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GOP Candidates Bashing the EPA
Here’s an article from the New York Times, a bit out of date, but still fiercely relevant: Bashing E.P.A. Is New Theme in G.O.P. Race, pointing out that Newt Gingrich wants to padlock the E.P.A.’s doors, and Rick Perry wants …
Why Trillions of Dollars of Private Capital Has So Little Interest in Clean Energy
Michael Klare is a documentarian from Amherst, whose film “Blood and Oil” shows that from World War II on, every single administration has acknowledged that our wars are always fought over oil. His piece here focuses on the military, but …
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U.S. Response to Climate Change Divided Across Party Lines
Steve Cohen, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of Columbia University’s Earth Institute sees the climate change issue in much the same way we tend to here at 2GreenEnergy: shamefully divided across party lines – yet not hopeless. On his …
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Clean Energy May Be Right Around the Corner
A number of folks commenting on my piece The New Living Large Is Living Small noted that perhaps we need a precipitating event to pull the world together, and teach us once again how to live with one another. But …
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