Dr. Mitchell contibuted to the book’s chapter on algae as biofuel. Fundamentally, the photosynthetic process reduces inorganic compounds like carbon dioxide, water, nitrogen, and phosphorous, and builds these biochemicals. Initially sugar, and then the sugar’s burned to build all sorts …
The World Resources Institute’s Vice President for External Relations Robin Murphy contributed to the book’s chapter on the role of NGO in the migration to clean energy. WRI assists leaders in both the private and public sectors in making sound …
Johanna Wald contributed to the book’s chapter on litigation – using the court system to force public and private entities to conform to laws that are in place to protect the people and the planet we call home. There are …
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The Carbon War Room’s CEO, Jigar Shah, contibuted to the book’s chapter on Free Market Capitalism. Founded by British industrialist and humanitarian Richard Branson, the Carbon War Room uses the principles of laissez-faire capitalism to deal with the problems brought …
Brian Rutledge contributed to the book’s chapter called “Renewables and Environmental Stewardship – Thinking Through All the Implications.” His major point is that we want renewables, but they come at a cost – and part of that cost, ironically, is …
NREL spokesperson George Douglas contibuted to the book’s chapter on the US federal governement’s laboratories. As one might expect, there are many non-profit organizations of different types that make important contributions to the quest for clean energy: government agencies, NGOs, …
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Professor V. Ramanathan of Scripps Institution of Oceanography contributed to the book’s chapter on global warming. “Ram” (as he likes to be called) is the man generally credited with the discovery of the phenomenon of global warming, correctly predicting in …
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James Woolsey, the contributor to the chapter on Energy and National Security, has received a total of four presidential appointments – under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Most notably, he was Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency from …
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I’ve known Dan Conine for a couple of years now, and he never ceases to amaze me with his insight as a political philosopher and social critic. Here, he writes: We have got to….think about the general configuration of humanity. …
