Those of us who are concerned about the ongoing capacity of our planet to support life are looking forward to the day on which our civilization extracts and burns its last lump of coal. But is this a simple matter? …
Getting Rid of Coal: It’s Easy To Oversimplify The Process Read More »
In 2011, clean energy author and consultant Craig Shields made international news by divesting his 401(k) of fossil fuels and all other extractive industries. OK, that was a joke. I actually did that, but, I can assure you, no one noticed …
Is Divestment from Fossil Fuels Popular? You Bet Your Stranded Assets It Is. Read More »
True to form, frequent commenter MarcoPolo stands up for the coal industry in response to my recent post “What’s Happening in the U.S. Coal Industry Is Most Certainly Not Helping the Miners”, in which he begins: I’m astounded by your ill-informed and deliberately …
There’s Nothing Controversial About Coal-Fired Power Plants Read More »
The Keystone Pipeline ruins the planet. But it has two modes: When it works as advertised, this destruction takes place slowly, over a period of decades; when it fails, the process is greatly accelerated. The Facebook post to the left …
I go to a fair number of conferences on renewable energy, and sustainability more generally. A few times a year, I check out events calendars, decided where I’m going and when, and then hit up the event producers for press …
2GreenEnergy Doesn’t Attend Conferences Promoting Coal Read More »
Americans woke up this morning to learn that Republican senator from Alaska Lisa Murkowski, introduced legislation last night that would open a portion of a pristine wildlife refuge in her state to oil and gas development.
From Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Digest: Oil giant paying for air pollution improvements:
The debate between which fuel, gas or diesel, is “better” has been a longstanding one, especially since the auto industry has implemented several improvements in greenhouse gas emissions and fuel economy. But not everyone sees what is best in the …
From Guest Blogger Eileen O’Shanassy: Gas and Diesel–A Tale of Two Fuels Read More »
With closing of two more coal plants in Texas, the U.S. has crossed the half-way threshold (262 of the original 543 plants closed, 261 remaining open). As is always the case, there were multiple “causes of death” in the two …
Regarding the Shuttering of Coal-Fired power Plants, We’re Playing the Back Nine Read More »
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: How much difference a mere nine months can make! One of President Obama’s few real accomplishments was his irrational hatred of the US coal industry. In a mere eight years, President Obama contributed to massive job …
