Environmentalists everywhere were saddened that the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency with its recent ruling invalidating the EPA’s regulation of mercury and other toxic chemicals that are emitted from power plants. But at the …
Setback to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Read More »
It’s because we’re all aware of our own mortality that we endeavor to make the most of our days here on Earth. I’m reminded about this, as it’s the 423rd anniversary of the baptism of poet Robert Herrick (pictured), who …
If there is one thing that people of all political persuasions can agree upon, it’s that “opinion” and “news” are two different things, and that editorials should not be presented as if they were fact. This is why I cringed …
The EPA’s Justifications for Its Power Plant Regulations Read More »
For 25 years, I made my living as a marketing consultant to the Fortune-sized tech and industrial companies: IBM, HP, FedEx, Sony, etc. My company, Mueller/Shields, had a few defining characteristics in its approach that we tried to make a …
Smart Grid: Addressing the Hot-Buttons of the Target Market Read More »
A friend sent me a long and scathing attack on the wind energy industry and writes: “From friends in Connecticut—This has a lot of right wing “anti-green” rhetoric, but how much is factual?” Thanks very much. Good to hear from …
Here’s an article whose author is attempting to show that the goal of 100% renewables is closer than we think. At the risk of stating the obvious, I jotted down a few notes I wish to share: • We’re a very …
How Much Renewable Energy Does the World Really Need? Read More »
I just sat down over lunch with a printed publication to which I subscribe called the “Green Money Journal.” Fantastic stuff. I loved the lead article, “From Growth Capitalism to Sustainable Capitalism,” by Joe Keefe, President and CEO of Pax …
A Sustainable Energy Policy Looks at Externalities Read More »
Here’s another article by frequent commenter Glenn Doty on the drought in the United States. Its publication roughly coincides with physicist Dr. Richard Muller’s op-ed in the New York Times, in which he summarizes the work performed over the past …
Drought, Extreme Weather, and Global Climate Change Read More »
It’s the birthday author Paul Theroux who said: “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, and travelers don’t know where they’re going.” If I may be permitted a liberty here, I would say that perhaps there’s an analogy here to where …
Natural Systems — What We Know and What We Don’t Read More »
Readers may be interested in the conversation Glenn Doty and I are having on electric vehicles, as comments to my piece: Lateral Power, Distributed Generation, and the Third Industrial Revolution. Here’s another question for Glenn (and anyone else who would …
National Security, Environmental Damage, Lung Disease, and Peak Oil Read More »
