I haven’t spent too much time covering the many progressive/activist groups in the renewable energy space. But it’s worth noting that Power Shift 2011 was successful in organizing more than 10,000 people who converged in Washington, DC, this past week. …
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Visits to Washington DC are bittersweet for me. I deeply enjoy the rich sense of freedom, justice, and opportunity that are the core values on which our great country is based. But there are constant reminders that the mechanics of …
Here’s a slight digression from our normal chat: the pending legislation that would essentially end the use of non-drug remedies as cures for diseases. Referred to by opponents as “criminalizing nature,” the laws will force Europe’s population to obtain a …
2GreenEnergy Associate Bruce Allen spends a great deal of time in Washington D.C., advising Congressmen on energy policy. Recently, when he told me his clients included people “at the highest levels of government,” I asked the natural question: “Oh really …
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To the surprise of no one, The Clean Air Act is under siege in the Senate. Fortunately, four amendments attacking our clean air each failed to get the required 60 votes to pass in yesterday’s sessions. But I was a …
Today, Ralph Avallone, the president of the National Green Energy Council, received a response to the very specific letter he had written to Barack Obama in which he urged the president’s support of green technology and renewable energy, and the “green …
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In an average week, I get a couple of invitations to be on radio programs whose hosts want a guest to speak on clean energy. Here’s a typical request that I got just a few hours ago, to which I …
I got a call shortly after dinner last night from a radio host in Denver, explaining that due to a last-minute cancellation, he had an hour-long opening on his show. He asked if he could call me for the interview …
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Every few months I try to write a short piece about what I consider the mother of all threats to the quality of life here in the United States: the 2010 US Supreme Court Decision granting corporations the right to …
Understandably, accompanying the situation in Fukushima is a flurry of discussion of renewable energy. And, where some of that conversation shows a great deal of sophistication and enlightenment, some of it does not. I was amused by Fred Upton’s (R- …
