EPA administrator Scott Pruitt now says rising temperatures might be beneficial, and it would be “arrogant” to stop global warming. Can someone please explain why anyone could possibly give a damn about this jackass’s viewpoints on climate change? Would you …
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Are Coal Mining Jobs Coming Back?
For those keeping score, the net change in coal mining jobs since Trump took office is +771, soon to fall to +371, according to the American Energy Society. In their (highly recommended) publication “Energy Matters,” they write:
Renewable Energy Has Won the Battle, But Not the War
Many readers have correctly noted that 2GreenEnergy has taken on a more political tone as the years have gone by. The reason is summed up in my most recent book: Bullish on Renewable Energy, and in this article in Forbes.
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When It Comes To Climate Change, What Do You Believe?
Here’s a video on climate change, featuring EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s remarks that it’s inappropriate to talk about the connection between climate change and natural disasters like hurricanes. Pruitt, of course, is a climate denier. The video concludes, “What do …
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Gutting the Environmental Protection Agency
In response to my post yesterday on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s purge of scientists who refuse to toe the line of the fossil fuel industry, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: (EPA Administrator) Scott Pruitt, like everyone else in the U.S. …
The Environmental Protection Agency’s War on the Environment
As I suggested the other day, it’s useful to look at the nauseating, minute-by-minute drama happening in the White House as an artful distraction, much like a magician’s misdirecting his audience. We need to ask ourselves: What’s happened quietly, behind …
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“Climate Hawks” Outraged at Trump’s Plan to Eradicate the Environmental Protection Agency
Here’s something I got from the people at Climate Hawks, a group that, as its name suggests, adamantly supports climate change mitigation. The only thing one can say about the appointment of Scott Pruitt as administrator of the EPA is …
