I wrote a piece the other day on Bill McKibben’s 350.org, which has launched a national campaign to persuade colleges, universities, churches, foundations, etc. to stop investing in the fossil fuel industry. I went on to say that lower demand…
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"Stop Investing in Fossil Fuels" – Bill McKibben’s 350.org
Tagged with: 350.org, Bill McKibben, fossil fuels, Glenn Doty, stop investing in the fossil fuel industry
Posted in Fossil Fuels
Posted in Fossil Fuels
350.Org Says: Stop Investing in the Fossil Fuel Industry
I’m fascinated by the dynamics at work in our society that surround climate change. The United States is notably sluggish in its response to the challenge, and, perhaps because of this, certain groups with progressive ideals are getting fairly militant. …
The Economics of Mitigating Climate Change
Frequent commenter Gary Tulie sent me this Wiki-article describing the 700-page “Stern Report” which, published in 2006, lays out a comprehensive set of economics regarding climate change mitigation. From my reading of the article (though not the complete report), my…
Bill McKibben: Obama Versus Physics
I remember learning about the “pathetic fallacy” in high school English, i.e., assigning human moral characteristics to inanimate objects, e.g., “the cruel sea.” Obviously, there is nothing cruel about the sea; it has no motives or intentions. Likewise, at least…
Mitt Romney Vs. The Environmental Community
Mitt Romney continues to shock the environmental community with his extremely clear and forceful contempt for the ecological issues facing us all. His language couldn’t have been any more distinct in his interview on “Meet the Press” yesterday, during which…
Tagged with: 350.org, Mitt Romney shocks environmentalists, Romney on Meet the Press
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
The "End Polluter Welfare Act"
If you were tasked with crafting the worst possible energy policy, what would you do? Well, you’d say, “OK, I’m going to reward bad behavior, and penalize good behavior,” right? Then you’d send enormous sums of tax-payers’ money to the…
Tagged with: 350.org, alternative energy sources, eliminating tax breaks, End Polluter Welfare Act, end subsidies, Friends of the Earth, loopholes benefit the fossil fuel industry, Representative Keith Ellison, Senator Bernie Sanders, subsidies, subsidies for coal companies, subsidies for oil companies, Taxpayers for Common Sense
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Bill Paul’s Earth Preservers Interviews Bill McKibben of 350.org
My friend and 2GreenEnergy financial guru Bill Paul runs the organization “Earth Preservers” that is doing fantastic work in bringing the fundamentals of clean energy and sustainability to a world that desperately needs to come to grips with these basic…
Environmentalist Bill McKibben: Get Angry at Corruption in Congress
Here’s environmentalist Bill McKibben at his best, pointing out that we should shelve the resentment and cynicism that we feel for corruption in Congress, and start to show how we truly feel: ANGRY. He writes, “We’ve reached the point where…
Tagged with: 350.org, alternative energy, Bill McKibben, clean energy, corruption, environmentalists, green energy, Renewable Energy
Posted in Renewables - Politics
Posted in Renewables - Politics
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