My friend Paul Scott has been active in the environmental movement and the push for electric transportation since long before he co-founded Plug-In America with Chelsea Sexton in 2005. Accompanying his video here, he writes: Wanted to share a sliver …
Celebrating Nature’s Beauty with Plug-In America Co-founder Paul Scott Read More »
I’d like to think that the people who made this video believe they are doing a service to the environmental movement, suggesting that chips of cactus in the desert can be turned into biofuel in a fashion that isn’t a complete …
As readers are aware, I very seldom respond to frequent commenter MarcoPolo, as he is a professional troll of this and other environmentalist sites, and I don’t think it’s right to provide a place for his antagonistic and generally inaccurate …
On this date in 1920, American women won the right to vote, as the congress ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This is a wonderful example of our civilization’s progress driven by scores of dedicated people, working in …
Looking back in time from our current-day perspective, most “movements” along the way are deemed to have started on a certain day, if only as an aid to those who try to make sense of these important turns in the course …
Most Important Movements in Human History Begin with a Seminal Event Read More »
One of the more radical civil rights leaders of the 1960s was not at all happy with the progress that African Americans were making at the time, with their sit-ins to force “white people only” diners to allow blacks to …
I just came across a strange article in the Boston Globe called “Inconvenient Truths for the Environmental Movement,” written by Joshua S. Goldstein and Steven Pinker. In the section below, I present a few excerpts and provide my responses in …
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend on the unlikely combination of climate change and women’s rights that I thought readers might find interesting. Friend: Check this out. Really??? Don’t these congressional statements do more harm than good? Craig: …
Climate Change, Women’s Rights, and Campaign Finance Reform Read More »
Here’s a good article by Robert Rapier, an extremely senior journalist in the energy industry. He and I had a nice chat on cellulosic ethanol a few years ago, and I have a great deal of respect for him. Having said …
