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In my first conversation with Bridge Energy Group’s Director of Regulatory Strategy and Compliance David O’Brien, which took place by phone a few weeks ago, I became instantly aware that I was speaking with a true energy pragmatist.  I could …

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I’ve often written that Big Energy is on the same path that Big Tobacco chose to take in the mid 20th Century: knowingly causing significant damage to the population’s health and safety, but covering it up as long as possible.  In …

Neither Big Energy Nor Big Food Are Behaving Princely Re: Public Health Read More »

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Frequent commenter Steven Andrews writes: Wind and solar have the best characteristics plus on top of that use no water resources.  Why are these systems so under attack by fossil fuel burners?  Gandhi said: first they don´t pay attention, then …

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Actress and environmental activist Daryl Hannah doesn’t pull any punches in this impressive article, The Battle Against Big Energy’s Rush to Ruin Our Planet. It’s hard not to feel a profound sense of gratitude to people like her, who make huge personal …

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2GreenEnergy co-founder George Alger and I are in the process of making a five-minute video on “Ethics and Energy” to be entered in a contest later in the year.  As we currently contemplate the project, the video will feature me …

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I had a chat with a friend the other day on the likely future for humankind vis-à-vis global climate change.  He asked, “What do you think it will take, Craig, for us to muster the will to do something?  If …

Global Climate Change — Framing the Conversation Read More »

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The reader who asked me about this article on renewable energy from RealClearScience poses this follow-up: So the article didn’t stress the importance of a “level playing field” which I understand is of major importance. So, your overall impression is that …

Fossil Fuel Industries Likely To Remain Insanely Profitable Read More »

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Germany has installed enough photovoltaics that, at this point, coal-fired power plants are beginning to become unprofitable. This is driven by a combination of factors, e.g., that coal isn’t asked to provide power at the peak of the day, when …

What’s the Plan For Phasing Out Fossil Fuels? Which Do You Want To Hear First? The Good News or the Bad News? Read More »

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I am new to the Blog section here so I will stick my toe in the water first with a short article about an event that happened this morning.  Mr. Obama in announcing his proposed government budget for the 2011 …

From Guest Blogger Adam: Celebrate Today! Read More »

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The interviews that I am conducting that will eventually form the chapters of my upcoming book on renewables are, by design, on a variety of different topics.  Yet I can’t help noticing that powerful common threads are emerging from the …

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