Someone asked me the other day if the on-again/off-again tax treatment that the solar and wind industries receive from Congress is hurting the forward progress of this sector. She was referring to reports like this one from Energy Matters, a …
U.S. Congress Bedevils Renewable Energy–Even When It’s Trying to Help Read More »
Here’s an excerpt from the remarks Steven Colbert made at an awards dinner honoring Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people shortly before our 2012 elections here in the U.S. The full transcript is linked above; it’s just too good… Of …
It’s the birthday of social philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a leading figure in the Enlightenment, whose writings contain the basic ideas behind the U.S. Constitution, the French Revolution, and so many other important elements of the way Western civilization has developed …
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A reader sent me this: Kudos to General Mills for seeing the writing on the wall and releasing GMO-free Cheerios. This is a huge step in the eradication of this highly destructive agricultural “technology” that industrial agriculture has been pushing …
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2GreenEnergy financial guru Bill Paul writes in response to my piece on Sane Energy Policy: I think that if you look at what’s happening in countries OTHER THAN the U.S., there’s reason for optimism. In Japan, South Korea and the …
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the State of Vermont in which I recalled a conversation I had with my father when I was a little boy. We were talking about his impressions of the people who …
