Every year, more and more people make the switch to renewable energy sources like solar power. In the past few years, solar power has seen so much success that most climate scientists believe it’s the best option when thinking about …
Tag: Renewable Energy
From Guest Blogger Anica Oaks: Four Ways We Can Move Our Energy Systems Away from Coal Dependency
The use of coal, as an energy source, not only dominates the world’s industrial culture, but it is also among the most detrimental to the environment. It is a leading cause of acid rain and creates more than 300,000 tons …
Renewable Energy Is Happening. Just Look.
It amuses the heck out of me that we have people all around us who love to expound on how renewable energy can’t scale—in an environment where renewables are visibly and aggressively replacing fossil fuels as we speak. My advice …
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From Guest Blogger Lizzie Weakly: Four Greenest Home Improvement Projects
There are a lot of reasons to go green when it comes to improving your home. Green home improvements can make a difference for the environment, but they also make economic sense. Most of these improvements can save money on …
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From Guest Blogger Randy Carlson: Solar Osmosis–a Better Drought Solution for the Southwest
America’s Southwest is running out of water. Reservoirs are drying up, and our population continues to grow. Our cities, our high-value agriculture, our environment and our future all depend on water resources we don’t have. One abundant resource the Southwest …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, Climate Change, green energy, Renewable Energy, solar energy, sustainability
If You’re Trying To Find a Winner in the Race To Renewables, Don’t Count Out Sweden
Here’s our Instagram post from the other day. Caption: Sweden managed to reach its goal of a 50 per cent renewable energy share several years ahead of the Swedish government’s 2020 schedule, in 2012. The most recent figure of 52 per …
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Got a CleanTech Business Concept? Send It Along
It’s about time for me to re-offer a free service that I’ve been delivering happily for the last seven years: business plan evaluation. Suppose you have an idea for a cleantech business—anything in renewable energy, electric transportation, smart-grid, energy storage, sustainable …
Calling All Mothers in a Climate Crisis
When I received this earlier today I knew immediately that I needed to reprint it in full. It’s hard to imagine a more cogent and touching letter on Mother’s Day. If you agree, and you’d like to help, simply go here. …
The Love Affair Between Big Money and Politics Will Soon Be Over
There must be 200 posts here since 2GE’s inception in 2009 dealing with the imperative to remove Big Money from U.S. politics. The reason? Though we happen to be focused on renewable energy here, the American people will never get …
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Those Greenpeace Boys Are At It Again
Greenpeace is well known for its aggressive posture vis-a-vis environmental justice, and, in particular, for its demand that our civilization phase out fossil fuels in favor of conservation, efficiency solutions, and renewable energy. Among other things, that means putting a …
