Wednesday, I was lucky enough to attend a conference presented by the Institute for Integrated Economic Research, a non-profit research organization focused on developing an unbiased view of global economic processes. I’ll be interviewing one of its key people and …
Civilization Faces Many Crises, So Let’s Abandon Science Read More »
Holy smokes, things are getting ugly around here. Here’s the beginning of Matthew Vadum’s recent article, “Registering the Poor to Vote is Un-American” Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the poor to vote? Because they know the …
Do People Find Mean-Spirited Political Rhetoric Appealing? Read More »
When I met Stephen Lacey at Renewable Energy World a few years ago, I recall one of the first things he told me about his organization. “We advocate for renewables and against nothing,” he explained. I clarified, “So you don’t …
Stephen Lacey at ClimateProgress.Org – Making a Statement Read More »
What an annoying time it is to be alive. I keep telling myself to join the millions of others who simply refuse to listen to the news. But no, I had to check out this video this morning in which …
Although China may be a recent arrival in the “Big Power Club,” it is a very old, and WISE culture. They have developed their nation to this point on the profound understanding that the average voter in the western world is …
From Guest-Blogger Roy Hopkins: Notes on China and Energy Policy Read More »
I try not to comment on political issues that have no direct bearing on clean energy, or sustainability more generally. Having said that, I have indeed taken up the mantle of MoveToAmend.org, in its fight to overturn corporations’ recently granted rights to …
France has outlawed hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a technique for extracting natural gas and oil. French senators voted the measure through on July 2nd, after much hoopla this year. As BusinessWeek reported on April 4th 2011, Jose Bove, a French …
As we all well know, China is front and center on the world stage when it comes to energy. The “awakening giant” is simultaneously the world’s biggest polluter and most aggressive clean energy investor, with bold, fully committed plans to …
China Appears Committed To Renewables — But Why? Read More »
When I wrote the other day: “Every day we read about the global dominance that China is achieving in cleantech, and wish the US could get on the stick as well,” a well-meaning reader wrote back: “It makes you sad …
In his farewell address in 1961, Dwight D. Eisenhower, warned us: “You and I, and our government must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.” I was …
Energy Policy Needs to Come from “Enlightened Government” Read More »
