Tag: Green New Deal

As you look at the words at left, can you imagine? I can’t, though I can imagine Biden’s winning, thus putting an end to this attempt to convert the United States into an authoritarian regime.  What America is likely to …

America as a Beacon of Decency: Can You Imagine? Read More »

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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promises to achieve 100% renewables by 2030 if her party wins re-election in October.  The plan calls for an accelerated schedule and the use of pumped hydro energy storage to make clean energy universally …

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It’s becoming clear that Big Oil is in the process of losing its death-grip on the world energy industry. Though this will be an uneven process, it clearly is moving in this direction.  Sure, it will be helped along by …

Celebrating a Climate Victory: “Big Oil No Longer Quite as Big” Read More »

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Regular readers may know the name Annemarie Osbourne, 2GreenEnergy’s “associate” in the public relations field. Annemarie just wrote to me from her home in Southern Germany with a concept she supports for stimulating the growth of cleantech. 

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The ubiquity of news coverage on the cornavirus has offered the fossil fuel industry an opening no one could have anticipated: the opportunity to claim that our civilization is too busy to worry about anything else.  They’re using this to …

Pursuing a Coronavirus Vaccine and Renewable Energy Solutions: Walking and Chewing Gum Read More »

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Europe’s “Green Deal” is much like the American concept of the “Green New Deal,” with the exception of the fact that it might actually happen.  Having said that, it is facing opposition, and from a predictable source. The Green Deal …

From the EU Coal Countries: Any Excuse Is Fine If It Impedes the Progress of Clean Energy Read More »

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The pic of the peas here inspires both laughter and terror.  Yes, it could be part of the endless “you had one job” series, and that’s always good for a smile. More seriously, it’s a reminder of what needs to …

American Global Competitiveness Requires Investment in Cleantech Read More »

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“This is Europe’s man on the moon moment,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters in Brussels before detailing the plans. “I’m convinced that the old growth model that is based on fossil fuels and pollution is out …

Europe’s “Green New Deal,” “Man on the Moon,” Call It What You Will Read More »

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Lobbying by Koch Industries is up by almost 20 percent compared to this time last year, according to the mandatory disclosure forms linked above.  Makes sense, given that Democrats took control of the House, as the Green New Deal entered …

Koch Industries Lobbying Up 20% This Year, Aiming To Kill Clean Car Policies Read More »

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Insofar as the concept of the “Green New Deal” is in the news, it’s worth looking at some of the broad ideas that would serve to support such a concept in general…or that might invalidate it as an unavoidably wasteful …

High-Level Notes on the Green New Deal Read More »

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