Question: As you look at the bar chart below, presenting the renewable energy generation in each of the 50 states, what’s the first thing you notice? (If you wish, see if your observation coincides with mine.) Answer: Can be found …
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Some Ironies Are Funnier Than Others
This reminds me of the environmental conferences I’ve attended at which bottled water is offered, and the symposium on alternative fuels whose keynote addresses was given by a spokesperson for the American Petroleum Institute.
The Pace of the Phase-Out of Fossil Fuels
It’s easy to understand this guy’s frustration. My only comment is that market-based climate solutions do not necessarily have to be gradual. Once carbon-based products become relatively expensive, they’ll disappear fairly quickly.
The Scourge of Trickle-Down Economics
Forty years after Reagan and the advent of “trickle-down” economics, it’s widely recognized that the theory was an abject failure. Of course, it didn’t fail the rich, whose already-huge piece of the pie has ballooned since 1980, an outcome that …
A County in Washington State Sets New Rules Against Fossil Fuel Expansion, Celebrated as ‘Blueprint’ for Nation
From this article: “This is a landmark victory for the local communities who have stood up and held firm for over a decade to protect the climate, the Salish Sea, and their own health and safety.” In a move that comes …
Renewables Top Coal
This remarkable graph (larger version below) shows that, for the first time in history, renewable energy has surpassed the combustion of coal in the U.S. grid-mix. This is an important reminder that things aren’t hopeless, regardless of what we may …
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My Three Degrees of Separation from Trump
A few years ago, I asked a wealthy friend if he had any good investment ideas. He told me that the private equity firm Colony Capital had tripled his money in a fairly short period of time. I looked into …
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Pennsylvania’s Fight to Join Cap and Trade Program: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Pennsylvania’s state senate is proposing a bill that would block the state from joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) — a compact of 11 New England and Mid-Atlantic states, with over a decade-long track record, to reduce carbon emissions …
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Slow Leaks in Trump’s Tires
As suggested in this cartoon, one thing is fairly clear at this point: there is nothing that Trump could possibly do or say that would turn most of his people against him. “Hitler did a lot of good things?” Whatever.
From The Nation: It’s Time to Repeal Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Say Progressives
From The Nation: Progressives in and out of Congress are leading a push to eliminate all subsidies for the fossil fuel industry, making a repeal of these multibillion-dollar giveaways a red line in the upcoming budget reconciliation package, the larger …
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