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I write often about the “tough realities” of renewable energy, and sustainability more generally.  A good example is coal-fired power plants, and the fact that we can generate base-load electricity at 3 or 4 cents a kilowatt-hour with coal, unquestionably …

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Here’s a beautiful piece on environmentalism – climate change in particular – written within the context of holiday gifts.  The author, Rebecca Solnit, celebrates the gifts we received, like the Sierra Club’s success with its Beyond Coal campaign, which, she …

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