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The Los Angeles Times reports: Gas-powered yard tools may be harder to come by starting this year. Assembly Bill 1346 requires phasing out fossil fuel-fueled leaf blowers, lawnmowers, weed trimmers, chain saws and other tools. The tools were targeted for …

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Most people find it hard to believe that they live among folks who are so unprincipled that they are willing to inflict great harm on others, simply because they get fabulously rich whatever process is at stake, whether that’s selling …

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Over the coming 15 years or so, the citizens of Earth will experience great change.  From the standpoint of the energy and transportation sectors, that will mean decarbonization, both in our grid-mix and in our automobiles. The years between 2030 …

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My friend Bill Moore, of EVWorld.com fame, likes to let the world know how well his home state of Nebraska is doing  in terms of phasing out fossil fuels in favor of wind.  Here we see this morning’s report, represented …

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Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s presentation yesterday on global warming was fabulous. Of particular interest was her position on her Christian faith as it affects the role she plays as a scientist and advocate for climate change mitigation.

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As noted here, energy from biomass (non-fossil organic matter) is a much bigger deal in Europe than it is in America. That’s largely because of the mandate to get rid of coal, on top of which, the industry got a heavy-duty …

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New Zealand’s ban on offshore oil drilling serves as a reminder that our civilization is making solid progress in phasing out fossil fuels. 

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Frequent commenter Frank Eggers notes on my post on the Dakota Access Pipeline: The material will be shipped whether or not the pipeline is built. If it is not shipped by pipeline, it will be shipped by rail and rail …

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One of my colleagues is trying to put together an interview for me with the Wall Street Business Network, and asked me to develop some “talking points” to provide an example of how this might unfold.  I just knocked out …

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Here’s a step in the right direction, I suppose: The G7 has decided to phase out fossil fuels by the end of the century. My thoughts: • Equating natural gas, oil and coal, simply because they are all fossil fuels, …

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