It comes as no surprise that California has the strictest clean air legislation in the U.S., culminating in our bill “SB 32” that recently passed the state assembly and is not on its way to the senate. Yet, as one …
Battle Royale Over California’s Clean Air Standards Read More »
Is there anyone who doesn’t stand in awe of (British political comedian) John Oliver? It’s hard to imagine how a few moments each week could be packed with more hard-hitting truth, all delivered on a sardonic carrier wave that leaves …
Eviscerating the American Petroleum Institute: John Oliver At His Best Read More »
It certainly will be interesting to see how the stock market responds to the situation in which the oil companies will soon find themselves. There are several aspects of this, none of them good for share-holders (though very good for …
A Few Good Reasons to Short Oil Companies’ Stock Read More »
As we’ve all seen during this exciting (?) political season, memes can contain factual/true information, but they can just as easily communicate false or misleading ideas. Here’s one the truth of which is hard to deny. The fossil fuel industry …
Our public relations ace Annemarie Osbourne just sent me this brilliant article from the New York Times: How Producing Clean Power Turned Out to Be a Messy Business. This is a terrific piece that offers a great deal of truth of …
The True Gating Factor Limiting the Adoption of Renewable Energy Read More »
Those interested in “following the money” when it comes to energy and the environment will be interested in this animated global map, which visualizes 20 years of US oil import data (in 20 seconds), collected import data from the US …
It’s not uncommon for us Americans to say that our two dominant political parties are so close to being identical to one another that it doesn’t matter for whom we vote. The reasoning is thus: they are both essentially owned …
I light up whenever I come across a new article by Dr. Michael T. Klare, a professor at Hampshire College and the author, most recently, of The Race for What’s Left. (A documentary movie version of his book Blood and …
It’s the 60th anniversary of the signing of U.S. President Eisenhower’s Federal Highway Act, which established the Interstate Highway System. On this occasion, let’s note a few aspects of the project that bear mentioning in the context of our modern-day …
The U.S. Highway System Is More Than Just a Few Thousand Miles of Macadam Read More »
Those looking for an excuse to celebrate something today may wish to check out yesterday’s unanimous decision made by the Oakland City Council to ban the handling and storage of coal in a marine terminal under development at the former …
Saying No To Coal: Champagne Corks Popping in Oakland, CA Read More »
