When this international nightmare is over, we’ll have a lot of time to discuss the many types of punishment Trump inflicted on our civilization, and argue which ones caused the deepest and longest-lasting damage. As an environmentalist, I tend to …
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Coal Plant Retirement
Environmentalists do a great deal of hand-wringing about the terrors of the Trump administration, but we tend to forget how powerful our legal system is when it comes down to actually rolling back regulations that have been lawfully put in …
Tagged with: coal kills 13000 annually while causing disease in hundreds of thousands of others, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, environmentalist, greedy planet-ruining pigs, protect the health and safety of all Americans, Scott Pruitt and his EPA are trying their damnedest to put a spear through the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards, terrors of the Trump administration, Trump loves coal
Why Rural Alaska Is Integrating Lots of Renewable Energy
According to this article in Scientific American called What Rural Alaska Can Teach the World about Renewable Energy, “Remote communities have integrated renewables into their diesel-based power grids with more success than anywhere else.”
Optimism in the Face of Environmental Pressures
A young reader notes: (Through my religion), I now see hope for this planet where I had not seen any before. I was in fear that I would see the end of the planet during my lifetime. Now I see …
Tagged with: environmentalist, hugely toxic effects of fossil fuels, leaders of the world don’t care about climate change, loss of biodiversity, ocean acidification, survive environmental damage, wiping out the entirety of the progress that had been made in the direction of environmental stewardship over the past half-century in the U.S.
Lunch with Environmentalist Jen Boulder
I’m on my way out for lunch with a new-found friend, environmentalist Jen Boulder. As I wrote in an email in preface to our meeting: Wow. I love your site. Btw, I’m told I’m a half-decent public speaker; you, in …
We Need Better Public Transportation — But Can We Afford It?
Here’s an article co-written by environmentalist superstar Bill McKibben that speaks to the need for better public transportation. The authors point out that transportation generally contributes 27% of the total greenhouse gas emissions. Since transportation is 98%+ based on gasoline …
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Changing the World for the Better
As legendary environmentalist Paul Hawken points out in the lecture to which I referred here, there are now over 200,000 groups on the planet devoted to causes within the umbrella of sustainability and humanitarianism. So, when we contemplate the challenges …
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My Honor To Meet Nancy Pearlman, Environmentalist Extraordinaire
I was delighted to meet Nancy Pearlman yesterday, award-winning broadcaster, environmentalist, college instructor, anthropologist, editor, producer, on-air personality, and outdoorswoman. Nancy safeguards the earth’s ecosystems, both as a vocation and an avocation, having worked with hundreds of conservation organizations, serving …
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