Many of the great consultants in green business practices have developed ways of introducing their clients to topics like LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design – the internationally recognized green building certification system) and biomimicry (taking lessons from the …
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Occasionally I write on political and philosophical points that have important but indirect effect on renewables. As a result, folks sometimes want me to link to their blogs in spaces that are off-topic to clean energy. If you’re interested, here’s …
I appreciate all the comments on my piece on the BP oil spill. Here’s a note that I just put up on Renewable Energy World on the Gulf tragedy.
We all share a deep sadness and disgust over the Gulf oil spill. Of course, the pragmatists among us are less interested in affixing blame than we are in resolving the issue, and ultimately containing and cleaning up the mess. …
As I mentioned on Renewable Energy World, I take great pleasure in announcing a victory for the good guys in energy over the bad. California voters – I among them – defeated “Proposition 16” – signifying our outrage at Pacific …
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As I noted in today’s Writer’s Almanac by Garrison Keillor, it’s the birthday of the biologist E. O. Wilson, who reminds us: “Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.”
I have a great deal of respect for PBS, but in many ways they’re no better than CBS’s 60 Minutes – whose every story is about one thing: convincing us of something. Pick an item – normally an emotionally explosive …
I’d be remiss if I didn’t note with sadness the passing of John Wooden. Coach Wooden will stand forever as a personification of strength of character and integrity, and his examples will never be forgotten. When I sat down to …
Many of my friends have asked my opinion on the likely impact of the Gulf oil spill on the trajectory for renewable energy. And although one might think that I’d be in a reasonably good position to answer a question …
